House Passes 7th Extension for Highway, Transit Programs
With no deal yet in sight on a multi-year transportation bill, the House has approved another stopgap to keep federal highway and transit money flowing. The new, 30-day extension, which the House passed wi
Publication Date: 26 May , 2005
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House, Senate Pass 7th Extension for Highway, Transit Programs
With no deal yet in sight on a multi-year transportation bill, Congress has approved another stopgap to keep federal highway and transit money flowing. The new, 30-day extension would be the seventh stopga
Publication Date: 26 May , 2005
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Alleging Toxin Exposure, Bay Bridge Welders File Lawsuit Against Contractor
On May 13, 43 welders on the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge filed what could become a class action lawsuit against the Kiewit Pacific Co.-led KFM joint venture contractor and the makers of the weldi
Publication Date: 24 May , 2005
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California Transportation Funds May Be Restored
An additional $1.3 billion in California transportation projects could be up for bid by the end of the year if the state legislature approves Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s (R) proposed restoration of P
Publication Date: 23 May , 2005
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Emergency Bridge Placed In Hours in Military Exercise
Operation Bridge Out, coordinated by the U.S. Coast Guard, let 70 American and Canadian agencies test their ability to respond to a real emergency involving destroyed infrastructure. In the scenario, terrorists hijack a loaded fuel tanker truck,
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Publication Date: 23 May , 2005
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Panel Says Contractor Caused Fatal Singapore Tunnel Collapse
Serious prosecution and possible blacklisting await Japan’s Nishimatsu Construction Co. and three of its senior officials who were directly involved in the construction and subsequent collapse of the
Publication Date: 23 May , 2005
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Transportation Bill Heads for Conference
The Senate’s passage of a new transportation measure puts lawmakers in a race toward a May 31 deadline for a final version of the long-delayed legislation. The Senate bill, approved May 17 on a resoun
Publication Date: 23 May , 2005
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D.C., Indiana, Colorado, Minnesota Biggest Gainers in Senate Highway Bill
The District of Columbia and three states--Indiana, Colorado and Minnesota--would see the largest annual gains in federal highway funding under the five-year, $251-billion transportation bill that the Sen
Publication Date: 20 May , 2005
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After Setback, New Jersey Gets Speedy Segmental Span
After an initial failed design-build attempt at replacing an old swing bridge, the New Jersey Dept. of Transportation now plans to open its first precast segmental concrete bridge to traffic later this sum
Publication Date: 16 May , 2005
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Bidders Are Wary of Italy's Plans To Span Messina Strait
Italy’s state-owned promoter of the ambitious, 3.7-kilometer-long, $6-billion Messina Strait bridge to Sicily is putting a brave face on the dwindling band of international contractors interested in b
Publication Date: 16 May , 2005
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Clean-up Crews Beat the Clock. Now They Start Figuring the Bill
Heavy equipment operators and contractors working through the weekend beat the clock to re-open two of three northbound lanes of a parkway buried under an urban landslide in New York City late last week.
Publication Date: 16 May , 2005
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Feds Declare Bay Bridge Welds Sound; Repairs Under Way
Welding on piers of the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge are set to resume once workers finish filling in the gaps left by an extricated 6-ft weld sample that the Federal Highway Administration declare
Publication Date: 16 May , 2005
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Mile-Long Tunnel To Support UNC Enrollment Growth
Construction is proceeding in three phases, including one for the utility plant and two for separate tunnels connecting to the plant. Together, construction costs total $84 million. A joint venture of Whitaker Construction and Associated Brigham
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Publication Date: 16 May , 2005
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retaining wall, accidents, failures, collapse, Manhattan, New York, Bloomberg, Castle Village, Langen Engineering, soil
A massive stone retaining wall adjacent to the Henry Hudson Parkway in New York City, just north of the George Washington Bridge, failed spectacularly on the afternoon of May 12. No injuries were reported,
Publication Date: 13 May , 2005
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Denver Names Firms To Run Big Expansion
A team led by Carter & Burgess with Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas will help oversee design and construction of Denver’s $4.7-billion program to expand light rail, commuter and bus rapid
Publication Date: 09 May , 2005
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Fluor Answers VDOT's Ring Toll
Virginia’s Dept. of Transportation intends to use a public-private partnership to add two high-occupancy toll lanes in each direction on a 14-mile segment of Virginia’s Capital Beltway. The conge
Publication Date: 09 May , 2005
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Rail Line in Growing Tel Aviv Forces Freeway Bridge Move
The project also involves removing a nearby high school, building a new bridge for the train and altering traffic flow at the busy intersection. "In the early ’80s when the highway was planned, a rail line was not envisioned," say
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Publication Date: 09 May , 2005
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Rebuild Set on Florida Span Hit by 'Ivan the Terrible' Storm
The Florida Dept. of Transportation April 20 awarded a design-build contract to a joint venture of Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, New York City; Tidewater Skanska, Virginia Beach, Va.; and Flatiron Construction, Longmont, Colo. Ardama
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Publication Date: 09 May , 2005
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Bay Bridge Welds Not Flawed, Feds Say
Welds on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, which former employees of contractor KFM claimed were defective and deliberately ignored, "showed excellent workmanship," according to results of independent
Publication Date: 06 May , 2005
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Bay Bridge Weld Test Is Under Way in Lab
The Federal Highway Administration, which performed the initial inspection, hired independent inspector Mike Mayes, owner of Mayes Testing Engineers, Everett, Wash., and Albany, N.Y.-based metals consultant Roy Teal to test the 6-ft weld, cut ou
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Publication Date: 02 May , 2005
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Innovative, Movable Ramp Helps Land Island Supplies
The manually controlled ramp lowers from a deck elevation of 29 ft to water level for roll-on cargo, using a hydraulic cylinder to wind up or release chains to place it at the appropriate level. It will ease delivery of supplies to the Navy’
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Publication Date: 02 May , 2005
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Public-Private Partnership Plan To Add Virginia Highway Lanes Moves Forward; Work Could Begin Next Year
Virginia Dept. of Transportation Commissioner Philip Shucet announced the signing of a comprehensive agreement with Fluor Enterprises, Inc. and Transurban (USA) Inc. to improve Interstate 495 in Northern Virginia on April 29. Fluor origina
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Publication Date: 29 April , 2005
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Contracting, Budget, Status for Three Major Projects as N.Y. Metro Transit Authority Capital Plan Goes to Albany, Aileen Cho, Mysore Nagaraja, East Side Access, Second Avenue Subway, No. 7 line, MTA Capital Construction
Two project bid awards are on hold for the $6-billion East Side Access project to extend Long Island Rail Road into Grand Central Terminal. One is a $364-million, mile-long tunneling job that teams bid on seven months ago, says Nagaraja. A local
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Publication Date: 28 April , 2005
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Dual Purpose Tunnel Becomes a Very Smart Solution
Periodic flooding of Kuala Lumpur’s commercial center has dampened Malaysia’s ambitions for its capital to become a major international city. But by building a 9.7-kilometer- long water diversion
Publication Date: 25 April , 2005
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Work Finally Begins Again On Troubled Tampa Project
Problems with the $350-million, 7.5-mile reversible toll viaduct between Hillsborough County and downtown Tampa began in April 2004 when a pier sank 11 ft, followed later by another pier settling 1.3 in. The authority hired Ardaman & Associa
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Publication Date: 25 April , 2005
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Probe of Bad Welds Adds to Span's Woes
By next month, a Kiewit Pacific Co.-led joint venture building the $6.2-billion east span of the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge will know whether an FBI investigation substantiates union allegations of a
Publication Date: 18 April , 2005
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Depression Hits Florida Road
A contractor is wrapping up repairs on a 70-ft-deep sinkhole that brought southbound traffic to a halt on Interstate 75 in Florida during spring break travel season.
Publication Date: 11 April , 2005
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Boston Central Artery Controversies Build
The controversial Boston Central Artery/Tunnel project has morphed into a public relations nightmare following a major tunnel leak last fall that has engineering consultants, Massachusetts politicians and
Publication Date: 28 March , 2005
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Japanese Tunneler Digs In For Seattle Light Rail Project
Bite by bite, tunnelers will push through layers of glacial deposits to build a crucial section of Sound Transit’s $2.4-billion, 14-mile light rail system that will eventually connect downtown Seattle
Publication Date: 28 March , 2005
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Noted Designer Muller Dies at 80
Bridge engineer Jean Muller, 80, named by ENR in 1999 as one of the industry’s top 125 leaders, died March 17 at his home in France.
Publication Date: 28 March , 2005
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Atlanta Moving Foward on MARTA Expansion Plan
Atlanta has taken a key step to add some 60 miles of new rail line and highway lanes to its public transportation service under a plan passed by transit officials Mar. 14.
Publication Date: 22 March , 2005
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Airlines' 2005 Passenger Volume to Rebound to 2001 Level, FAA Predicts
The Federal Aviation Administration says that airline passenger volume this year will return to the level achieved in 2001. In the latest version of its annual forecast, released March 17, FAA predicts tha
Publication Date: 21 March , 2005
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Baltimore Dam Will Now Be Able To Beat Back Big Floods
Completion is nearing for the rehabilitation and structural strengthening of a dam that impounds one quarter of the water supply for the city of Baltimore and its surroundings. Work at the Loch Raven Dam s
Publication Date: 21 March , 2005
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California City Experiments With Precracking Treatment
Engineers hope that a new type of precracking treatment will save money and improve recycling procedures over the lifetime of a one-mile stretch of asphalt roadway in La Quinta, Calif.
Publication Date: 21 March , 2005
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Senate Committee Approves Same Transit Funding as House
In another step towards a new multi-year transportation bill, a Senate committee has approved legislation authorizing $44.3 billion over the 2005-2009 period for the federal mass transit program, the same
Publication Date: 21 March , 2005
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Senate is Next Hurdle For Transportation Bill
Now it’s the Senate’s turn to produce its candidate to be the next, big transportation bill. The ball bounced into that chamber on March 10 when the House passed legislation to provide $284 billi
Publication Date: 21 March , 2005
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Vancouver Lifeline Awaits Crucial Seismic Upgrades
A design contract for seismic retrofit of the 2,000-ft-long George Massey tunnel under the Fraser River near Vancouver, British Columbia, is slated to go out later this year. The $26-million upgrade will b
Publication Date: 21 March , 2005
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Vancouver Lifeline Awaits Crucial Seismic Upgradess
A design contract for seismic retrofit of the 2,000-ft-long George Massey tunnel under the Fraser River near Vancouver, British Columbia, is slated to go out later this year. The $26-million upgrade will b
Publication Date: 21 March , 2005
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Senate Panel Clears Highway Bill, in Line with House Version
A new transportation bill has made more progress in Congress, as a Senate committee approved a five-year bill that would provide about $190 billion in highway funding through 2009. That five-year amount is
Publication Date: 16 March , 2005
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On Any Scale, Metric Conversion Is a Flop
The California Dept. of Transportation is reverting back to the English system from the metric system, joining a majority of the country’s state transportation agencies that found across-the-board re
Publication Date: 14 March , 2005
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House Passes $284-Billion Transportation Measure
The revived effort in Congress on a new transportation bill has moved a step forward, with House approval of legislation to provide $284 billion for federal road and transit programs through 2009. But the
Publication Date: 11 March , 2005
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Cianbro Says 'Specs' Followed on Chesapeake Bridge Job
Cianbro Corp., the contractor on a problematic Chesapeake Bay Bridge concrete repaving project, has provided detailed comments to back up its contention that it adhered to specifications and procedures app
Publication Date: 07 March , 2005
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Interchange Shut Over Job Changes
The working relationship between the contractor and the California Dept. of Transportation started coming undone almost as soon as the $186-million contract to expand Interstate 215 and other roads was announced in February 2004. "There was
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Publication Date: 07 March , 2005
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New Caltrans Leaders Seek Better Way of Doing Business
Saying it is "time for change" at the California Dept. of Transportation, the agency’s newly appointed chief engineer pledges to cut red tape, increase communication, promote new seismic cod
Publication Date: 07 March , 2005
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Seattle Monorail Bid Still in Limbo
Negotiations with the remaining bidder for Seattle’s monorail project will continue until agreement is reached on design and costs. Work was to begin this year on the 14-mile line for a 2009 opening,
Publication Date: 07 March , 2005
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Sinkhole Causes Delays on Spanish Metro Extension
Efforts to stabilize a collapsed section of a new $130-million metro tunnel in Barcelona are nearly complete. Related work on the system’s Line 5 is on hold while engineers seek ways to improve the Ne
Publication Date: 07 March , 2005
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House Committee Clears $284-billion Highway-Transit Bill
Giving a boost to prospects for a new surface transportation bill, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has approved a $283.9-billion measure that would fund highway, transit and safety pr
Publication Date: 04 March , 2005
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Extra Mileage from the Transpo Beat
ENR editors frequently pick up interesting information that doesn't make it into the magazine. Transportation reporter Aileen Cho offers a few choice morsels she picked up on recent assignments. Her column will appear from time to time on enr.co
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Publication Date: 01 March , 2005
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Extra Mileage from the Transpo Beat
ENR editors frequently pick up interesting information that doesn't make it into the magazine. Transportation reporter Aileen Cho offers a few choice morsels she picked up on recent assignments. Her column will appear from time to time on enr.co
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Publication Date: 01 March , 2005
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Cianbro Says It Followed State 'Specs' on Chesapeake Bridge Job
Cianbro Corp., the contractor on a problematic Chesapeake Bay Bridge concrete repaving project, has provided detailed comments to back up its contention that it adhered to specifications and procedures app
Publication Date: 28 February , 2005
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Army of Steel Pipes Support Tough Pennsylvania Highway
The notoriously dangerous two-lane, 7-mile stretch of Lewistown Narrows highway is now undergoing a $105-million retrofit and widening to four lanes. It is the state’s most complex highway project ever, says Gary Hoffman, PennDOT deputy sec
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Publication Date: 14 February , 2005
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Berlin Airport Sets Tough New Policy
Flughafen Berlin-Schönefeld GmbH, the federal and state government owner, has recruited independent monitors to police an anti-corruption pact that airport designers, suppliers and contractors must sign. The "Integrity Pact" commi
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Publication Date: 14 February , 2005
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Transportation Issues Ignite New Jersey Constructors
When New Jersey’s Democratic contingent in Congress, plus 1,000 construction industry movers and shakers, got together last week in Trenton, they had not yet learned that President Bush raised the adm
Publication Date: 14 February , 2005
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Where the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Resurfacing Job Went Bad
At least five separate errors combined to badly damage sections of the recently resurfaced parts of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, according to a new report.
Publication Date: 11 February , 2005
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Where the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Resurfacing Job Went Bad
At least five separate errors combined to badly damage sections of the recently resurfaced parts of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, according to a new report.
Publication Date: 11 February , 2005
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Unusual Lightning Strike Hits Cable on New Greek Bridge
The bridge reopened Feb. 1. Work has begun on replacing the roughly 300- meter-long broken cable and another damaged cable. The $870-million, 2.25-kilometer-long link to the Peloponnese peninsula opened last August.
Publication Date: 07 February , 2005
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1,000 Boxes: Lawyers in Tutor Case Traded Nasty Jibes Over Evidence
Bitter, vitriolic.
Publication Date: 03 February , 2005
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Woodrow Wilson Bridge Beats Obstacles As it Becomes Beltway Savior
After the huge cost run-up on Boston’s "Big Dig," any $1-billion-plus transportation megaproject faces sterner scrutiny than before from the U.S. Dept. of Transportation, not to mention other federal and state auditors. What puts
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Publication Date: 31 January , 2005
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U.K. JV Adds Leg To Docklands Light Rail
A U.K. joint venture building a 4.5-km extension to London’s Docklands Light Railway (DLR) won a contract to design, build, finance and operate another 2.5 km of track, raising the team’s share o
Publication Date: 17 January , 2005
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Famed Golden Gate Span Undergoes Complex Seismic Revamp
Contractors are almost complete with the second phase of a planned decade-long, $392-million effort to keep San Francisco’s storied Golden Gate Bridge in place for future generations of span users and
Publication Date: 03 January , 2005
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