Genova San Giorgio bridge: RINA at the helm of a great Italian engineering success
Constant planning and schedule adjustments, non-stop work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 80 technical specialists dedicated to Project Management, Works Supervision and Safety Coordination has resulted in the bridge being opened on time and on budget. The "Genoa model" is the result of total commitment and round-the-clock management and supervision. Genoa – The Genova San Giorgio bridge reopened just 15 months from the start of construction work. Managing a project of this size and comple...
Roadmap Released for Revamping Transportation Financial Statistics
A new report compiled by the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) to help the Bureau of Transportation Statistics seeks to help improve that agency’s publication of revenue, expenditure, and other financial statistics relevant to transportation decision makers. [Above photo by Missouri DOT.] NAPA began work on this report in October 2019 and conducted a series of meetings with industry stakeholders – including the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officia...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Nearly $5 Million to 4 New University Transportation Centers
Centers will focus on 4 key research priorities with a total of nearly $5 million in grants WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced $4.925 million in grants to fund four new Tier 1 University Transportation Centers (UTCs) to advance research and education programs that address critical transportation challenges facing our nation. “These investments in four new transportation research centers will help advance innovation and create new solutions to increase acces...
$300 Billion Transportation & Logistics Industry Is Still in Infancy of Digital Transformation
While steady industry growth continues, Lux Research finds that new hurdles arise in agility, sustainability, and visibility BOSTON, MA, JULY 30, 2020 – The transportation and logistics (T&L) industry has observed steady growth for more than 10 years and now represents an over $300 billion industry. The industry has three major challenges – agility, sustainability, and visibility – and companies operating in the industry are hoping to address those challenges through digital transformation. I...
Kansas DOT Begins Highway Expansion Project, Issues CCLIP Funds
Julie Lorenz, secretary of the Kansas Department of Transportation (at left in above photo), joined Kansas Governor Laura Kelly (D) (at right in photo) on July 20 to officially “break ground” on a long-delayed U.S. 50 highway expansion project. [Above photo via the Kansas DOT.] Concurrently, the Kansas DOT said it plans to distribute $18.5 million over a two-year period via its City Connecting Link Improvement Program (CCLIP) to fund 36 projects making improvements to state highways that e...
DART Rail Generates $10.27 Billion Near Rail Stations
A new study looking at construction near Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) light rail stations shows just how productive and important it is to the overall North Texas economy, generating billions of dollars in revenue, taxes and jobs. Researchers from the Economics Research Group at the University of North Texas (UNT), led by Michael Carroll, Ph.D., reviewed 81 development projects completed within a quarter mile of DART stations with a total property value of $5.138 billion between 2016 and...
Stantec Leads Design for I-83 North York Widening Project
The $300 million project will widen a 5-mile stretch of congested interstate and reconstruct three interchanges in southern Pennsylvania York, PA - TSX, NYSE: STN: Top ten global design firm Stantec is leading design for the I-83 North York Widening Project in York, Pennsylvania, approximately 25 miles south of Harrisburg. As part of the $300 million project being led by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), approximately five miles of the four-lane interstate will be reco...
Stantec awarded bridge inspection contracts across three US states
Departments of Transportation in Nevada, Colorado, and North Dakota are investing to protect the traveling public and critical shipped goods Stantec has been selected to provide bridge inspection services for three US State Departments of Transportation (DOT): Nevada (NDOT), Colorado (CDOT), and North Dakota (NDDOT). The work carried out by Stantec’s bridge inspection teams will use the latest technology and engineering methodology to ensure the bridges are safe for the travel...
Video: Tennessee DOT Coronavirus Response
The latest episode of the Transportation TV series entitled "DOT’s Best" highlights how the Tennessee Department of Transportation reports is handling the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on transportation projects across the state.
Fitch Ratings: Transportation Faces COVID-19 Recovery Challenges
With non-essential travel largely ground to a halt due to COVID-19, the ability of various transportation segments – airports, the cruise line industry, and toll roads – to maintain revenues and passenger traffic volumes will be “an increasing challenge,” according to a new report issued by Fitch Ratings on July 14. [Above photo by the Port of Tampa Bay.] “Federal monies that airports can use for any lawful purpose and existing funds held in unrestricted reserves and construction accounts...
Video: Crashes Drop Measurably After Rural Road Safety Improvement Project on US 521 in Lancaster County
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