Contractors Must Fix Cracks On Tracks in Phoenix - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Repairs to cracks in steel rails along a $1.4-billion, 20-mile Phoenix-area light-rail project are nearly complete. The 33-station, at-grade METRO line, which runs through Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa, is still
Publication Date: 07 May , 2008
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Dulles Project: Not Dead Yet - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
After $210 million of value engineering, the proposed $5-billion, 23-mile extension of Washington, D.C.’s metro-rail system to Dulles International Airport is back on track. In a surprise reversal of
Publication Date: 07 May , 2008
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Florida Pushes Ahead With Plan for New System - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Florida Dept. of Transportation plans to proceed with design of a $615-million commuter rail system in Central Florida, even though the Florida Senate failed to approve a deal with CSX Transportation t
Publication Date: 07 May , 2008
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Pile-Driving Gantry System Debuts in North Carolina - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 07 May , 2008
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Bridge Modeling Pioneer Abdel-Ghaffar Dies at 61 - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Ahmed M. Abdel-Ghaffar, an internationally known University of Southern California civil engineering professor specializing in the analysis and monitoring of long-span flexible bridges, died April 17, at t
Publication Date: 05 May , 2008
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Congress Clears SAFETEA-LU 'Corrections' Bill - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
A long-delayed measure to make "technical corrections" to the 2005 SAFETEA-LU highway and transit statute has gained final congressional approval. The House passed the bill April 30 by a 358-51 vote; the S
Publication Date: 01 May , 2008
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Dulles Metrorail Extension Back on Track - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
After $210-million in value engineering, the proposed $5-billion, 23-mile extension of Washington, D.C.'s metrorail system to Dulles International Airport is back on track.
Publication Date: 01 May , 2008
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Nevada Breaks Ground On First Design-Build Road - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Nevada broke ground April 24 on its first design-build road project, the $234-million, Interstate-15 North widening in Las Vegas. The state is one of the last to use design-build and the innovation comes a
Publication Date: 30 April , 2008
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Road-and-Rail Bridge Over Mississippi Gets a Physical - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
A joint venture participating in a massive steel-bridge-widening project in New Orleans is establishing a stress baseline for the structure before it is loaded with new steel by installing an 827-sensor mo
Publication Date: 30 April , 2008
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Rutgers/PB-Led Research Team Will Study Hundreds Of Bridges- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
A multidisciplinary team is set to begin surveying and inspecting 400 bridges across the U.S. in the first five-year phase of a Federal Highways Administration-funded Long-Term Bridge Performance program
Publication Date: 29 April , 2008
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Missouri and Illinois Select Designer for Mississippi Crossing - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Missouri and Illinois departments of transportation have chosen HNTB Corp., Kansas City, to design a plann
Publication Date: 24 April , 2008
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Pittsburgh TBM Jams Again With New Two-Week Delay - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
For the second time in two weeks, the 500-ton boring machine digging Pittsburgh's North Shore connector light-rail project is jammed.
Publication Date: 24 April , 2008
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Senate OKs Highway Bill 'Technical Corrections' - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Senate April 17 overwhelmingly approved a "technical corrections" highway bill that will ensure that numerous highway projects authorized under SAFETEA-LU continue to move forward. The Senate also appr
Publication Date: 18 April , 2008
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Record-Setting Dubai Bridge Moving into Design Phase - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 16 April , 2008
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Dubai Prepares to Build Record-Breaking Arch Structure - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Already home to the world's tallest building, Dubai is preparing for a record-breaking arch bridge. Inspired by desert dunes, the flowing structure of Dubai Creek's new bridge will include a 667-m span, ou
Publication Date: 10 April , 2008
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Belgium Firm Awarded Major Contract for Panama Canal - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has awarded a $177.5- million dredging contract to a Belgium firm to widen and deepen the Pacific entrance to the canal as part of the $5.25-billion expansion of the waterw
Publication Date: 09 April , 2008
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Belgian Firms Snags $177M Panama Canal Dredge Contract - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Panama Canal Authority has awarded a $177.5-million dredging contract to a Belgium firm to widen and deepen the Pacific entrance to the canal as part of the massive $5.25-billion expansion to the histo
Publication Date: 04 April , 2008
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Longest Stress Ribbon Bridge Takes Shape In San Diego - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Foundation work is almost complete on a 990-ft-long stress ribbon bridge over San Diego County’s Lake Hodges. When finished in March 2009, the $10.3-million footbridge will be the world’s longe
Publication Date: 03 April , 2008
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I-35W Crossing May Be Done Months Early on Fast Track - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The joint-venture team for the new Interstate 35W bridge expects to begin placing precast segments for the 504-ft-long main span this month and complete the superstructure in June at least two months earli
Publication Date: 02 April , 2008
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Old, New and JetBlue Join At New York Airport - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Literally pushing aside a 700-ton piece of the past to make room for the security-focused present, crews are building a 26-gate, $750-million new terminal in tight space at John F. Kennedy International Ai
Publication Date: 02 April , 2008
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Bent Gusset Plates Close Another Minnesota Bridge - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
With the Interstate 35W bridge collapse of last Aug. 1 and the role of gusset plates in it fresh on their minds, Minnesota Dept. of Transportation officials on March 20 shut down a 51-year-old continuous s
Publication Date: 26 March , 2008
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Minnesota DOT Shuts Bridge, Citing Bent Gusset Plates - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
With the Interstate 35W bridge collapse of August 1 fresh on their minds, Minnesota Dept. of Transportation officials shut down a 51-year old continuous steel deck truss arch bridge in Minnesota indefinite
Publication Date: 21 March , 2008
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NTSB Decides Not to Hold Hearing on Bridge Collapse- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Reactions are mixed to the National Transportation Safety Board's decision not to hold a public investigative hearing on last August's Minneapolis bridge collapse. House Transportation and Infrastructure C
Publication Date: 21 March , 2008
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Officials Reopen Interstate 95 After Fixing Cracked Column - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation officials reopened early March 20 a 3-mile section of I-95 near Philadelphia, after two days. Contractor J.D. Eckman, Inc., of Atglen, Pa., began repair
Publication Date: 21 March , 2008
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I-35W Bridge Gussets, Loads Still Undergoing Scrutiny - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 19 March , 2008
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Aeronautically Inspired Truss To Take Flight In Seattle - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 12 March , 2008
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Stopgap Clears Way For Airport Grants - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
After a hiatus of about two months, federal airport construction grants soon will start to flow again with the Feb. 28 enactment of a four-month aviation authorization bill. The Federal Aviation Administra
Publication Date: 05 March , 2008
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With Eye on Costs, New York Agency Hopes Plan Will Fly - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
With an eye on a proposed congestion pricing plan for Manhattan-bound motorists, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority released a proposed $29.5-billion five-year capital program on Feb. 27. T
Publication Date: 05 March , 2008
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Plan for Mississippi River Span Moves Forward - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
After two decades of planning and debating, the Missouri and Illinois transportation departments have agreed on a funding plan for a new $640-million Mississippi River bridge on Interstate 70 between St. L
Publication Date: 03 March , 2008
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4-Month FAA Bill Signed, With Construction Grants - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
President Bush has signed a stopgap measure that will allow the Federal Aviation Administration to resume approving new airport construction grants after a hiatus of nearly two months. The new bill, which
Publication Date: 29 February , 2008
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Ex-FHWA Chief Capka Joins Lobbying Firm - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
J. Richard Capka, former head of the Federal Highway Administration, has joined Dawson & Associates, a Washington, D.C.-based lobbying and consulting firm, as its chief operating officer, the firm anno
Publication Date: 28 February , 2008
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Florida Codes Now Permit Use of Welding Technique - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
An improved version of electro-slag welding, a technique once banned by the Federal Highway Administration, is being used on a $205-million Tampa interchange upgrade for the Florida Dept. of Transportation
Publication Date: 27 February , 2008
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Speedy Carolina Crews Build Seven Spans in Seven Weeks - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
An assembly line of construction crews worked like clockwork, around the clock, to replace seven bridges in 45 days on the island of Ocracoke, N.C. Thanks to precast components and careful logistics, Carol
Publication Date: 27 February , 2008
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Traffic Signals Eyed, and More - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Gainesville, Fla., has begun an $18.2-million traffic management upgrade that includes plans to build a wireless network for traffic-signal control. City-owned Gainesville Regional Utiliti
Publication Date: 27 February , 2008
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New Cableway System Set For Hoover Dam Bypass - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 20 February , 2008
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Station Plan Could Serve As Beacon For New York Region - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The second-largest commuter railroad in the nation is pushing its first-ever transit-oriented development project in Beacon, N.Y. Project officials hope that the 18-acre plan in Dutchess County, north of N
Publication Date: 20 February , 2008
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First Composite Rail Bridge Undergoes Successful Testing - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 13 February , 2008
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Sinkhole Shuts I-25 in Denver; 66-in. Water Main Ruptures - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
A 66-in. water main beneath Interstate 25 in Denver burst on Feb. 7 in the afternoon, creating a sinkhole about three lanes wide and 16 ft deep, shutting down all northbound lanes of the highway.
Publication Date: 08 February , 2008
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DOT Secretary Mary Peters Pushes Big Shift for Roads,Transit - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
It’s a chilly late January morning and U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters is in Montgomery, Ala., speaking bluntly about the need to revamp the nation’s highway program. At a press c
Publication Date: 06 February , 2008
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Glasgow Officials Close Bridge After Cable Connector Snaps - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
After a cable failed and an anchor cracked on a Glaswegian arch bridge commissioned slightly more than two years ago, city officials ordered a shutdown for emergency repairs.
Publication Date: 01 February , 2008
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Va. Officials Struggle To Save $5-Billion Dulles Rail Project - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Virginia officials are mounting a last-minute effort to rescue the troubled Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project from the brink of cancellation following a largely negative assessment of the project's viabili
Publication Date: 29 January , 2008
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Capka to Leave as FHWA Chief - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
J. Richard Capka, who has headed the Federal Highway Administration since May 2006, said he is leaving his post by the end of February. Capka informed President Bush of his decision in a Jan. 23 letter. No
Publication Date: 24 January , 2008
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NTSB Finds Fractured Gussets in I-35 Span - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
As a result of those findings, NTSB recommended the U.S. Dept. of Transportation direct states to include effects on gusset plates as they do their bridge load calculations, and DOT quickly issued a technical advisory.
Publication Date: 16 January , 2008
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Public-Private Deal Brings Peace to Bliss - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 16 January , 2008
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Safety Board Finds I-35W Bridge Plates Too Thin - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
National Transportation Safety Board investigators probing the Aug. 1 collapse of an Interstate highway bridge in Minneapolis have found that some of the gusset plates in the bridge's main trusses were abo
Publication Date: 15 January , 2008
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Florida DOT Reopens I-4 After Emergency Repair Work - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Traffic is moving again on Interstate 4 in Central Florida after a 70-vehicle pileup damaged the road bed necessitating emergency repairs.
Publication Date: 14 January , 2008
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Historic Cable-Stayed Link Taking Shape in Louisiana - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The 1,583-ft main span of the John James Audubon Bridge will be the centerpiece of an overall $403.5-million project that includes a new river crossing between New Roads and St. Francisville, La., and 12 miles of road-way approaches from La. 1/1
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Publication Date: 09 January , 2008
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Authority Starts Bid Process For Lock Work in Panama - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Late last month, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) opened the bid process for the $3.35-billion locks portion of the ongoing massive expansion of the historic waterway The “design-build” contrac
Publication Date: 03 January , 2008
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Delayed Las Vegas Expansion Finally Draws To A Close - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Seven years and a lawsuit later, transportation officials celebrated on Dec. 17 the completion of a $520-million, 9-mile U.S. Highway 95 widening in northwest Las Vegas.
Publication Date: 27 December , 2007
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Scots Opt to Replace Bridge Over the Firth of Forth - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Scotland's regional government earlier this month approved plans to build a mutli-span cable-stayed road bridge over the Firth of Forth waterway at an estimated cost of up to $8.4 billion.
Publication Date: 27 December , 2007
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Panama Canal Authority Calls For Bids on Lock Segment - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Panama Canal Authority has opened the bid process for the $3.35-billion locks portion of the ongoing massive expansion of the historic waterway.
Publication Date: 26 December , 2007
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Indiana Firm Settles Fraud Claims - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Thanks to a whistleblower, an Indiana contractor that fraudulently fattened up tests on the asphalt content of its roadwork to receive higher compensation is now paying up.
Publication Date: 19 December , 2007
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Miami Closes Funding Gap In Port Tunnel Package- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Miami-Dade County Commission approved Dec. 18 a City of Miami-proposed public works package that includes $50 million for the city’s share of the nearly $1-billion Port of Miami Tunnel project.
Publication Date: 19 December , 2007
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Four PPP Concessionaires Vie for $1.5-B Fla. Road Job - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Florida Dept. of Transportation has short-listed four possible concessionaires to design, build, finance, operate and maintain for 35 years its $1.5-billion Interstate 595 Corridor Roadway Improvements
Publication Date: 19 December , 2007
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GLOBAL SOURCEBOOK 2007: Rapid Global Development Fueling Greater Demand for Rail and Transit - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 19 December , 2007
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Tunneling and Tracklaying Mark Euro High-Speed Ambitions - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Both countries continue to make major investments in systems that, within a decade, will allow uninterrupted high-speed travel from London’s newly restored St. Pancras terminal to the Mediterranean coast 2,250 km away.
Publication Date: 19 December , 2007
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Las Vegas Completes Widening $520-million U.S. Hwy 95 Project - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Transportation officials – seven years and a lawsuit later – this week celebrated completion of a $520-million U.S. Highway 95 widening in northwest Las Vegas. The 9-mile-long project added fou
Publication Date: 18 December , 2007
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Core-Swap Claim Costs Contractor $8 M to Settle - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Thanks to a whistleblower, an Indiana contractor that fraudulently fattened up tests on asphalt content of its roadwork to receive higher compensation is now paying up.
Publication Date: 17 December , 2007
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Backed by Tax Hike, Transit Takes Off in Utah - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Mass transit construction in Utah is ramping up, as a new 44-mile, $611-million commuter line between Salt Lake City and Pleasant View to the north is set to open in April, and construction of a 45-mile so
Publication Date: 12 December , 2007
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Cianbro Considers Building $1-Billion Maine Toll Road - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
To spur economic development in northern Maine and create better transportation links with major Canadian and interstate U.S. highways, Cianbro Corp. is considering privately developing a $1-billion, cross
Publication Date: 12 December , 2007
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