IRVING, Texas and DENVER—Fluor Corporation’s (NYSE: FLR) commuter rail maintenance facility for the Regional Transportation District’s (RTD) commuter rail network in metro Denver has been awarded LEED Gold certification. The commuter rail maintenance…
Balfour Beatty Joint Venture Selected to Deliver a Smart Motorways Package
Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today announces that its joint venture with VINCI, a global player in concessions and construction,…
ARTBA Conference Explores “Next Chapter” in Public-Private Partnerships
WASHINGTON— More than 200 transportation design and construction executives, financial services and consulting professionals, and government officials…
Gov. McAuliffe Announces Settlement to Recover Taxpayer Dollars from Route 460 Contract
CHESAPEAKE, Va., July 2, 2015—Gov. Terry McAuliffe today announced that his administration has reached an agreement with U.S. 460 Mobility Partners, the company that was contracted to execute the now-cancelled US Route 460 public-private partnership, which…
May – June 2015 TRENDS
In this section, Informed Infrastructure compiles infographics from trusted sources that reveal insight on infrastructure spending. We also compile some of the top infrastructure stories that shouldn’t be missed. Industry Employment Rebounds and Backlogs…
PennDOT Accepting Unsolicited Public-Private Partnership Proposals until April 30
Harrisburg, Pa., April 9, 2015—The PennDOT Office of Public-Private Partnerships (P3) today announced that it is accepting unsolicited proposals for transportation projects from the private sector through April 30. The submission period applies to PennDOT-owned…
Blackbird Infrastructure Wins $1.2B Contract for Highway 407 East in Ontario
Ontario has awarded a $1.2-billion contract for the completion of Highway 407 East, a provincially owned portion of the toll road. Blackbird Infrastructure has signed a fixed-priced contract to design, build, finance and maintain the project. The province…
Pennsylvania Releases Final List of 558 Bridges to be Replaced under Public-Private Partnership
More than 500 of Pennsylvania’s worst bridges will be replaced under an innovative program that uses a private consortium to finance, design and build the bridges and then maintain them for 25 years. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation on Monday…
Ohio Department of Transportation Embarks on State’s Largest Single Construction Project
The Ohio Department of Transportation this week announced it was reviewing formal proposals to build a 16-mile, four-lane limited access highway from U.S. 23 north of Lucasville to U.S. 52 near Sciotoville (east of Cincinnati near the Kentucky border). The…
