London-based Firm Looks to Ireland for Roads to Riches - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Publication Date: 15 March , 2007
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Green Efforts, Technology Highlight Reno Conference - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Aviation industry groups anticipate a lively debate on the way to their desired destination: reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration three-year funding bill, due in September. Consultants an
Publication Date: 12 March , 2007
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Los Angeles Revamps Terminal to Save International Business - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Feb. 26 broke ground on a $723.5-million upgrade of the 1-million-sq-ft Tom Bradley International Terminal. The improvements are seen as a key component to ke
Publication Date: 12 March , 2007
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Toronto Turns to the Future and Prepares to Spend - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Toronto is planning to rejuvenate its main public square at the same time the city adds to its well-regarded subway system.
Publication Date: 12 March , 2007
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ACCI-led Venture Wins Big Fla. Job - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
In what officials say is its largest contract award ever, the Florida Dept. of Transportation has selected a joint venture of Anderson Columbia Co. and Ajax Paving Industries Inc. to design, build and fina
Publication Date: 09 March , 2007
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World's Biggest Borers Begin Digging New Chinese Link - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Two of the world’s largest tunnel slurry borers are starting to drive 9-kilometer-long tunnels under China’s Yangtze River, in Shanghai. They are a key element of the $1.6-billion, 25.5-km Shan
Publication Date: 05 March , 2007
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Contractor Faces Tight Schedule And Rough Terrain on U.K. Job - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
One of Europe’s largest domestic gas pipeline projects is entering its second phase after winning government approval from the United Kingdom to enter an environmentally sensitive national park. The
Publication Date: 26 February , 2007
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Reno Researchers Shake Things Up - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Researchers now are sifting through the data gathered from a Feb. 15 shake test on a large-scale four-span bridge model at the University of Nevada, Reno. It is the first time a full-bridge structure model
Publication Date: 26 February , 2007
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Deciding Vote Due in March on Alaskan Way Viaduct - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Rebuilding Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct—not replacing it with a tunnel—is the only path forward, according to Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire (D). Although the governor and state lawm
Publication Date: 24 February , 2007
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Cash-Strapped Agency Looks for Way Out on Route - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Faced with lower than anticipated use of an old railroad tunnel that was converted to carry high-occupancy-vehicle highway lanes, Port Authority of Allegheny County officials want the Pennsylvania Dept. of
Publication Date: 05 February , 2007
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Conference Emphasizes Better Tolling, Stewardship - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Many transportation officials are looking to ease the toll that congestion takes on highways—by tolling those highways to relieve congestion. But many industry officials and consultants say that easi
Publication Date: 05 February , 2007
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Hoover Dam Bypass Date Pushed Back Two Years - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The Federal Highway Administration last month announced that the $234-million Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge will now finish in late 2010 instead of June 2008. The new delay is due in part to the collapse last y
Publication Date: 05 February , 2007
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European Storms Damage German Rail Station and System - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Berlin’s Lehrter Bahnhof is Germany’s largest, newest and most high-tech railroad station, but it was no match for storm-whipped winds that caused a 2-tonne steel beam to fall some 40 meters. L
Publication Date: 29 January , 2007
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São Paulo Officials Launch Probe After Deadly Collapse - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
As the recovery of bodies from a massive collapse at a subway station construction site in São Paulo winds down, officials there have begun the process of determining what caused the fatal cave-in.
Publication Date: 29 January , 2007
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Second-Low Bid Is Way Up High - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
A difference of about $160 million, or almost 50% of the engineer’s estimate, separated the low bid from the second-low bid on a huge tunnel contract in New York City.
Publication Date: 29 January , 2007
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Hoover Dam Span Falls Further Behind Schedule - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The Federal Highway Administration yesterday announced that construction of the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge won’t finish until late 2010, or nearly two years later than anticipated. The project suffered
Publication Date: 25 January , 2007
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Joint Venture Team Drops Bid For Missouri's 800-Bridge Rehab - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
A joint venture team of Bilfinger Berger BOT Inc., Parsons Transportation Group, VMS and DEPFA Bank has withdrawn from the procurement process for a design-build-finance-maintain contract to rebuild 800 of
Publication Date: 25 January , 2007
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Will Change at New York Airport Lead to Expansion? - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey expects to take over in October the remaining 93 years of a 99-year lease for Stewart Airport, 55 miles north of New York City. Its Board of Commissioners appr
Publication Date: 25 January , 2007
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U.S. DOT to Propose Aviation Bill Soon - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The U.S. Dept. of Transportation plans to release its proposal for revamping how federal aviation programs are financed soon after President Bush unveils his fiscal year 2008 budget proposal, says DOT Secr
Publication Date: 24 January , 2007
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Firm Says No Mea Culpa in Pave Job - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
A firm hired to do inspection services on a botched $44.8-million concrete paving job in North Carolina is denying any role in the problems that led to potholes and crumbling on Interstate 40 in 2005. The
Publication Date: 22 January , 2007
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Honolulu Elevated Megaproject Leaves the Starting Gate - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann signed a bill Jan. 7 authorizing a locally preferred mass transit alternative that could begin partial operation by 2012 and cost more than $5 billion, making it the most expe
Publication Date: 22 January , 2007
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Caltrans Will Ramp Up Innovative Project Delivery Methods - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
As the California Dept. of Transportation gears up for the next 10 years with almost $20 billion in bond measure money, its director vows that the agency will pursue more design-build projects and public-p
Publication Date: 20 January , 2007
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Skanska's NYC Tunnel Bid Leaves $160M on the Table - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
A joint venture of Skanska Civil USA's New York City office, Secaucus, N.J.-based Schiavone Construction Co. and Walnut, Calif.-based J.F. Shea Construction Inc. is the low bidder on the first major constr
Publication Date: 20 January , 2007
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Dubious Deals Launch Florida Road Probe - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Investigators from the Orange-Osceola (Florida) State Attorney's Office and Orange County Comptroller Martha O. Haynie are scrutinizing records at the troubled Orlando-Osceola Expressway Authority for evid
Publication Date: 19 January , 2007
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Nevada Bets on New DOT Chief - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Susan Martinovich has 22 years of experience with the Nevada Dept. of Transportation, but as its new director, she will need it to handle 5,400 miles of state highway, 1,000 bridges-and a $3.8-billion fun
Publication Date: 15 January , 2007
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To Help Drivers, the U.S. Is Entering a Proactive Anti-Ice Age - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Less than 20 years ago, U.S. crews had one basic response to a winter event that threatened to slicken roads—plows, salt and more salt just in case. Trucks went out in a race against the chance
Publication Date: 15 January , 2007
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FAA Gets New Top Airport Official - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
D. Kirk Shaffer, a Tennessee attorney who has worked on airport issues, is the Federal Aviation Administration's new associate administrator for airports. Shaffer, whose appointment was announced by FAA Ad
Publication Date: 11 January , 2007
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Florida Expressway Chairman Resigns Following Allegations of Impropriety - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
An agency planning $1.1 billion in new construction over the next five years must now find a new chairman. Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority Board Chairman Allan E. Keen submitted a letter of res
Publication Date: 10 January , 2007
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As Delayed Job Regroups, Pontoons Float into Position - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The first pontoons for the new eastern half of Washington state's Hood Canal Bridge were towed to Seattle last month. It marked an important milestone for the beleaguered project, which increased in cost from $292 million to over $470 million a
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Publication Date: 08 January , 2007
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Los Angeles Light-Rail Project Makes Breakthroughs - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The $898-million Gold Line light-rail extension project in Los Angeles is proceeding full-speed ahead, with Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials hoping the toughest challenges
Publication Date: 08 January , 2007
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South American Project Stretches Ocean to Ocean - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
More than two-and-a-half centuries ago, the French explorer Charles Marie de la Condamine crossed the continent of South America. It took his expedition four years to wind its way over the Andes and throug
Publication Date: 08 January , 2007
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Ben C. Gerwick Jr. Dies at Age 87 - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Ben C. Gerwick Jr., an innovator in advancing the use of prestressed and pretensioned concrete and one of ENR's Top 125 People , died at his Oakland, Calif., home on Dec. 24. He was 87.
Publication Date: 29 December , 2006
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Los Angeles Completes Light Rail Tunnel - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The $898-million Gold Line light rail extension project in Los Angeles is proceeding full speed ahead, with Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials hoping the toughest challenges
Publication Date: 27 December , 2006
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Caltrans Names Manson Construction as Low Bidder for Underwater Cable - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
A second round of bids on an underwater cable relocation for the new $6-billion San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge came in much closer to engineers' estimate than the first — much to the relief of the
Publication Date: 26 December , 2006
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NJ Transit Taps Construction Manager for $7.2-billion Tunnel - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
New Jersey Transit has selected the construction management team for the $7.2-billion commuter rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey, just four months after the award of the preliminary engineering
Publication Date: 25 December , 2006
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New Florida Crossing Braced For Future Hurricanes - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Two years after it was ravaged by a Hurricane Ivan storm surge, four lanes of the new Escambia Bay Bridge in Pensacola, Fla., opened Dec. 19 with features intended to withstand future storms.
Publication Date: 25 December , 2006
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Ohio River Designs Unveiled As Funding Questions Loom - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Design work can now be completed on two signature bridges over the Ohio River that will connect Louisville, Ky. with southern Indiana as part of an overall $3.9-billion program. Construction dates are stil
Publication Date: 25 December , 2006
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Transportation Strategy Is Taking a Toll on Firms - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Large transportation projects lately have disappointed some of the nation’s biggest infrastructure contractors. They had been banking on that market strategy because they face fewer competitors, can
Publication Date: 25 December , 2006
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U.S. and Panama Sign Trade Agreement, Opportunity Seen in Canal Expansion - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The United States and Panama signed a free trade agreement on Monday that, if approved by the legislative bodies of both countries, will greatly affect the ability of U.S. firms to participate in the plan
Publication Date: 25 December , 2006
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Light Rail Extension Abandoned in Ottawa - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
With most of the design and property acquisition completed and construction scheduled to start this March, a $673-million, 29.4-kilometer north-south extension of Ottawa's light rail system has been abando
Publication Date: 23 December , 2006
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New Hood Canal Pontoons Float Into Position - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The first pontoons for Washington state¹s Hood Canal Bridge were towed to Seattle this week where the structures will be fitted with electronics and have roadways installed marking an important milest
Publication Date: 22 December , 2006
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Design-Build Road Helps Private Port - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Thanks in part to the Virginia Dept. of Transportation’s first ever design-build highway project, the nation’s largest privatized container terminal will be ready for a 2007 opening.
Publication Date: 18 December , 2006
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Seattle Viaduct's Fate Is Debated - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The chance that Seattle’s aging Alaskan Way Viaduct might be retrofitted instead of rebuilt or replaced by a tunnel grew slimmer last week. The Washington State Dept. of Transportation released a stu
Publication Date: 18 December , 2006
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Tacoma Narrows Decks Are Lifted into Place - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Early this month, crews positioned a 592-ft vessel with the final 15 deck sections needed to complete the new 2,800-ft-long Tacoma Narrows suspension main span and two side spans. The design-build te
Publication Date: 18 December , 2006
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Audit: Tampa Road Unit Created 'Conflict' by Tapping HNTB Executive - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
It was only a temporary appointment and the last thing the Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority needed was more controversy. But that is what it sparked when it named James E. Drapp, vice president and
Publication Date: 17 December , 2006
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Nevada Transportation Director Steps Down - ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
Nevada Dept. of Transportation (NDOT) Director Jeff Fontaine announced on Dec. 11 that he is stepping down in January. The move comes among speculation that incoming Gov.-elect Jim Gibbons (R) would name a
Publication Date: 13 December , 2006
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Irish Building Boom Fuels Innovative Project Delivery - ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
Ireland’s economy, fueled by euros, is a Celtic Tiger. As a result, Ireland is experiencing a road construction boom—and that boom is encouraging experiments with project delivery techniques.
Publication Date: 11 December , 2006
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Louisiana Officials' Goal Is Hurricane Resistant Bridge -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
In designing a replacement, $803-million, 100-year, Interstate 10, twin-span bridge across Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana highway officials say they are raising the bar on bridge designs to increase their r
Publication Date: 11 December , 2006
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Despite Problems, Atlanta's Airport Pushes Ahead and Innovates
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A huge construction program is unfolding at the main airport in Atlanta, which has also established itself as an innovator for fast runway construction and soon may take the lead with a new kind of taxiway
Publication Date: 10 December , 2006
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Despite Problems, Atlanta's Airport Pushes Ahead and Innovates
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A huge construction program is unfolding at the main airport in Atlanta, which has also established itself as an innovator for fast runway construction and soon may take the lead with a new kind of taxiway
Publication Date: 10 December , 2006
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For Missouri Highway Job, Designs Cross State Lines - ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
Design innovation, regardless of Missouri state codes, is the key to a $535-million reconstruction of a 10.5-mile-long segment of Interstate 64 in St. Louis. It is the state's first design-build effort.
Publication Date: 04 December , 2006
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Indiana Likes Speedy Delivery - ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
For the second time in three years, contractors will go into overdrive on an Indianapolis highway project. In November, the Indiana Dept. of Transportation announced a fast-track, $175-million reconstruct
Publication Date: 04 December , 2006
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New Jersey Rail Plan Moves Along - ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
Plans for a $7.2-billion commuter rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey are picking up steam. Two teams have been short-listed for construction management work, and a New Jersey Transit official las
Publication Date: 04 December , 2006
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State Files Negligence Suit For Boston Tunnel Plenum Collapse - ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly on Nov. 28 filed an 11-page civil lawsuit against 15 firms for negligence in management, design, construction and oversight on the $14.6-billion Central Arte
Publication Date: 04 December , 2006
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With Congestion Looming, San Diego Plans Expansion - ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
San Diego International Airport is running out of room, but for now it has nowhere else to go. A November ballot proposing Miramar Marine Corps Air Station as a site for a future commercial airport failed,
Publication Date: 04 December , 2006
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Federal Research May Clear Recycled Roads' Bad Rap -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
If asphalt contractors had their way, they would use large amounts of recycled pavement to stretch state budgets, decrease U.S. dependence on foreign oil, cut costs and increase profits. But a lack of tech
Publication Date: 27 November , 2006
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CA/T Safety Review Is Good News for Commuters, Project Managers -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
The first phase of a comprehensive review of Boston's $14.6-billion Central Artery/Tunnel project, ordered after a fatal ceiling plenum collapse, has determined that the tunnels, bridges and viaducts are
Publication Date: 27 November , 2006
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Signature Nevada Span Is No Longer in Limbo -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
A stalled northern Nevada bridge project has been rebid after the original contractor walked off the job. The cash-strapped Nevada Dept. of Transportation will have to cut into its road budget to absorb th
Publication Date: 20 November , 2006
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Denver Selects Team to Develop Union Station - ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
The master developer team led by Continuum/East West will spearhead the $420 million redevelopment and preservation of Denver's historic Union Station.
Publication Date: 16 November , 2006
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Caltrans To Try Again on Bay Bridge Underwater Cable - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
California contractors have another shot at winning the underwater cable relocation project for the Bay Bridge, according to Bart Ney, spokesman for the project at the California Department of Transportati
Publication Date: 13 November , 2006
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