Central Artery Segment Design May Have Led to Cost Overrun
Massachusetts inspector General Gregory W. Sullivan says that deficient design work by Central Artery/Tunnel project consultant Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff may have resulted in at least $65 million in cla
Publication Date: 24 February , 2003
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Disney Wants Link In Florida's First High-Speed Segment
Florida high-speed rail Authority officials say it will be one year before the agency selects one of four proposals submitted Feb. 10 for the first phase of a statewide rail system. The 90-mile segment wou
Publication Date: 24 February , 2003
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Tacoma Moves To Enhance Position As A Key Cargo Hub
At the port of Tacoma one recent morning, Senior Director of Facilities Development Jeff Lincoln watched as 60-ton carriers loaded boxes onto trains bound for Chicago, New York and other destinations. In t
Publication Date: 24 February , 2003
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Officials Eye Massive Amounts of Construction for Manhattan
Work could begin as soon as next year on segments of a $5-billion transportation plan outlined by New York Gov. George Pataki (R). In a Feb. 6 letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency head Joseph Allb
Publication Date: 17 February , 2003
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Granite-Corman Apparent Low Bid on Wilson Bridge 28% Below Estimate
A joint venture of Granite Construction Inc., Watsonville, Calif., and Corman Construction, Annapolis Junction, Md., was the apparent low bidder on the second of three major contracts to build a new Woodro
Publication Date: 14 February , 2003
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House Transportation Chairman Backs Gas-Tax Indexing
To help provide more revenue for this year's highway and transit reauthorization, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Don Young (R-Alaska) says he supports increasing the federal ga
Publication Date: 12 February , 2003
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Drilled Shaft Foundation Specs May Need Serious Attention
The use of drilled shaft foundations is growing nationwide, prompting many industry leaders to say state highway specifications are flawed, outdated and lead to claims and lawsuits. To develop a dialogue b
Publication Date: 10 February , 2003
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DOT Proposes $247 Billion for Roads, Transit in TEA-21 Successor
The Bush administration will propose a transportation reauthorization bill that provides $247.2 billion for highways and transit over the next s
Publication Date: 03 February , 2003
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TEA-21 Successor Faces Squeeze
The past four years have been golden for transportation engineers and contractors, thanks to the 1998 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, the largest public works funding measure in U.S. histor
Publication Date: 03 February , 2003
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Sen. Inhofe Backs Higher Highway Spending, But Not Fuel Tax Hike
New Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman James Inhofe (R-Okla.) says the federal highway program needs increased funding in the reauthorization bill due this year, but Inhofe says he does
Publication Date: 29 January , 2003
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Designer Seeks More Sites for Patented Economical Crossings
The designer of two hybrid bridges that currently traverse a fragile wetland at an Alaskan golf course recently received a U.S. patent and has formed a company with the contractor to market the technology.
Publication Date: 27 January , 2003
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Boston Unveils $6.5-Billion Section of Central Artery Job
KICKOFF Testing is under way at I-90 vent building (left) at Fort Point Channel.
Publication Date: 20 January , 2003
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House Appropriations Sets Up Homeland Security Subcommittee
Recognizing the size of the recently launched Dept. of Homeland Security, the House Appropriations Committee has established a subcommittee to oversee the new department's funding. Under the reorganization
Publication Date: 20 January , 2003
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City of Chicago Refines Controversial Airport Expansion Plan
As Chicago residents are eagerly awaiting several high-profile public works projects to wrap this year, an extensive $6.6-billion plan to expand O'Hare International Airport moves forward. Despite oppositi
Publication Date: 03 January , 2003
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Washington State Continues Fight to Fund Transport Jobs
A contractor has demolished part of a new Florida bridge that sank 1 ft and twisted earlier this month, but officials expect to remain on schedule.
Publication Date: 30 December , 2002
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Big Virginia Transit Project Advances
Plans to build a 24-mile rail transit spur to northern Virginia's Washington Dulles International Airport have moved forward, with approval by Virginia's Commonwealth Transportation Board. The board's vote
Publication Date: 23 December , 2002
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Washington State Continues Fight to Fund Transport Jobs
Washington state officials, stung by last month's voter rejection of an initiative that would have used a 9¢ fuel tax increase to fund transportation improvements, are looking for new ways to prioriti
Publication Date: 23 December , 2002
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Auburn Posts Road Test Results
Results are in for the first phase of field tests at the National Center for Asphalt Technology at Auburn University in Alabama and states are crowing about the results. "They show if we can control qualit
Publication Date: 09 December , 2002
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Twin Passages Burrow Under The Land of Lakes and Airplanes
It is the eighth-busiest U.S. airport in terms of plane traffic, but Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport also is near the top of the list for ongoing construction--especially tunneling.
Publication Date: 25 November , 2002
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U.S. DOT Confirms 180% Hike in Virginia Interchange Costs
An audit from the U.S. Dept. of Transportation's inspector general's office has found that costs of a Virginia interchange project have risen 180% since 1994, to $676.5 million, and called for federal and
Publication Date: 25 November , 2002
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American Bridge-Kraemer Team Apparent Low Bidder on Wilson Bridge Drawspan
A joint venture of American Bridge Co., Coraopolis, Pa., and Edward Kraemer & Sons Inc., Plain, Wisc., is the apparent low bidder to build the bascule portion of the new Woodrow Wilson bridge across th
Publication Date: 08 November , 2002
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DOT Picks Seven Projects for Environmental 'Streamlining'
Following up on a recent executive order from President Bush, the U.S. Dept. of Transportation has selected seven major projects that will get expedited environmental reviews from federal agencies.
Publication Date: 01 November , 2002
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Congress Offcials Offer Mixed Future For Hughway Builders Hopes On TEA-21 Provisions
NEW YORK, Oct. 28--House and Senate transportation officials hold out doubts that a proposed 2¢ fuel tax increase that would pump up federal highway funding by $5 billion a year to $60 billion in 2009
Publication Date: 30 October , 2002
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GAO: Airports Tap Federal Grants for Security at Record Level
Airports spent $561 million in federal Airport Improvement Program grants on security projects in fiscal year 2002, a record sum, the U.S. General Accounting Office says. A GAO report released Oct. 25 says
Publication Date: 28 October , 2002
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Panel Warns of Big Gaps in Homeland Security
A blue-ribbon task force has bluntly warned that the U.S. is "dangerously unprepared" for a terrorist attack, saying it probably would mean more casualties than the Sept. 11, 2001 attack.
Publication Date: 28 October , 2002
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Rains Force Texas DOT to Shut Busy, Faulty Freeway Ramp in Houston
Heavy rains have forced a busy Houston freeway ramp to close after a massive pavement split occurred. On Oct. 10, a 100-ft-long crack, measuring 7 to 10-in. wide, was discovered on a two-lane temporary ram
Publication Date: 14 October , 2002
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UK Contractors Install Composite Highway Bridge near Oxford
Bridge construction passed a significant milestone with the installation of Europe's first plastic span built for a highway, according to the designer. Bridges of polymer reinforced with glass and carbon f
Publication Date: 14 October , 2002
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One Dead, Nine Hurt in Upstate New York Pedestrian Bridge Collapse
A mid-morning pedestrian bridge collapse Oct. 10 in upstate New York left one construction worker dead and nine injured, including a New York State Dept. of Transportation inspector. State and federal offi
Publication Date: 11 October , 2002
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New York Officials Push Hard For More Federal Funding For Transportation
New York City-area transportation officials urged a local construction group today to help lobby for a fair--and lion's--share of reauthorized funding in the next version of TEA-21. Speaking at a Professio
Publication Date: 10 October , 2002
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Louis Berger Group Picked for Afghan Infrastructure Contract
The U.S. Agency for International Development has awarded the Louis Berger Group, East Orange, N.J., a project management contract for a range of infrastructure work in war-battered Afghanistan. The key it
Publication Date: 09 October , 2002
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New York City's $1.9-Billion Rail Link Set Back By Deadly Crash
Investigators from the national Transportation Safety Board were working with New York City engineers last week to find out why a test train derailed Sept. 27, damaging part of a newly built guideway on th
Publication Date: 07 October , 2002
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DOT Says $107 Billion Needed to Improve Highway Conditions
The U.S. Dept. of Transportation estimates it will take $106.9 billion to improve the performance of the nation's roads and bridges, a 65% increase over what was spent on that infrastructure in 2000. In a
Publication Date: 26 September, 2002
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US DOT Secretary Pledges Support for More Transit Funding
Las Vegas—Calling a secure, efficient transportation system vital to economic recovery, U.S. Secretary Norman Y. Mineta told hundreds of gathered public transit officials Sept. 24 that $3.4 million ha
Publication Date: 24 September, 2002
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Speical Report - U.S. Ports Hope Funds Stay Afloat for Security Measures
It was a start, but the ports had filed grant applications for $750 million worth of work, eight times the total Mineta promised. According to the American Association of Port Authorities, ports have plans to spend at least $312 million of their
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Publication Date: 23 September, 2002
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McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR - Bush Signs Order to "Streamline" Transportation Projects' Environmental Reviews
President Bush has issued an executive order that directs federal agencies to accelerate environmental reviews of major transportation projects, but says that any such expediting should follow existing law
Publication Date: 19 September, 2002
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U.S. Agency Weighs Bids for Afghan Road Project
The U.S. Agency for International Development is evaluating bids to rebuild a portion of a heavily damaged major highway in Afghanistan. President Bush said on Sept. 12 that the U.S. had pledged $80 millio
Publication Date: 18 September, 2002
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After Delay, Blakey Confirmed as FAA Chief
The biggest construction issue facing Blakey will be next year's reauthorization of "AIR-21"—the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century. That statute sharply increased funding authority for Airport Improvem
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Publication Date: 12 September, 2002
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Labor Issue is Confirmation Hurdle for FAA Nominee
President Bush's nominee to head the Federal Aviation Administration has run into a snag in the Senate. Bush's FAA choice, Marion C. Blakey, currently the chairman of the National Transportation Safety Boa
Publication Date: 04 September, 2002
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Maryland Extends Bid Timetable For Third Wilson Bridge Contract
Maryland's State Highway Administration has decided to stretch out its schedule by several months for bidding the last of its three planned contracts for the superstructure of the new Woodrow Wilson bridge
Publication Date: 30 August , 2002
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Croatia Tries to Unlock Economy With Multibillion-Dollar Motorway
For centuries, Croatia's geographic location as a flash point between East and West has made the small Balkan country a battlefield. Culturally tied to the West and often dominate
Publication Date: 26 August , 2002
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Troopers Don Hardhats to Nab Construction Zone Speeders
"It's not really so much about trying to be sneaky as just trying to do the right thing," says Major Grady Carrick, commander of Jacksonville's Troop G, which launched the program July 26. "The construction zones, they are just so
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Publication Date: 26 August , 2002
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Worker Killed At Woodrow Wilson Bridge Project
A crane operator working on an overpass in Maryland near the new Woodrow Wilson bridge across the Potomac River was electrocuted Aug. 23 when the crane's boom fell and hit a power line, says a spokesman fo
Publication Date: 26 August , 2002
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U.S. DOT Releases Seattle Light Rail Design Funds
The U.S. Dept. of Transportation has released $49.5 million in design funding it froze last year for Seattle's planned Central Link light rail line after DOT's inspector general raised questions about the
Publication Date: 23 August , 2002
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Airport Construction Project Roles Now Come With Extra Baggage
At Boston's Logan Airport, crews are driving some 170 piles to a depth of up to 130 ft and ordering steel beams for 90,000 sq ft of additional space to the existing terminal in a $106-million project. This
Publication Date: 19 August , 2002
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Ground Zero Transit Hub Funded
In what politicians at an Aug. 12 briefing overlooking Ground Zero repeatedly termed an "historic" event, the federal government has agreed to earmark $4.55 billion for a transportation mega-hub there that
Publication Date: 19 August , 2002
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Los Angeles Terminal's First Phase Sails in on Time
Eight years into its pier 400 land reclamation and container terminal project, the Port of Los Angeles' first ship is about to come in. The world's largest container terminal will berth its first vessel t
Publication Date: 05 August , 2002
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Damaged Oklahoma Bridge Reopens Ahead of Schedule
The Interstate-40 bridge in Webbers Falls, Okla., which collapsed May 26 when it was hit by a barge, reopened on July 29, just 65 days after the accident. That's less than half of the six months that the F
Publication Date: 31 July , 2002
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A Time of Suspense for High-Speed Rail Developments Worldwide
A throng of waiting riders in Bremen, Germany, this spring watched the three-car train rise 10 mm off the 400-volt DC rail track, levitated by a bay of magnets that are repelled by reaction rails fastened
Publication Date: 29 July , 2002
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Alpine Tunneling Is Swift So Far As Crews Probe For Unstable Rock
Publication Date: 15 July , 2002
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Alpine Tunneling Is Swift So Far As Crews Probe For Unstable Rock
Switzerland's intent to force road vehicles onto the railroads will relegate the 1913 Lötschberg Alpine rail tunnel, built with pneumatic drills and hand shovels, to a secondary role. Crews building t
Publication Date: 15 July , 2002
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House Passes Airport Project 'Streamlining' Bill
The House has approved legislation that seeks to accelerate approval of new runways at U.S. airports. The measure, passed without objection on July 9, would require that environmental reviews done by vario
Publication Date: 11 July , 2002
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Deal on Federal Aid Averts Amtrak Shutdown
The U.S.Dept. of Transportation and Amtrak have agreed in principle to an infusion of federal aid that would prevent a shutdown of service in July. In a statement issued the evening of June 26, DOT Secret
Publication Date: 28 June , 2002
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In New Plan, Maryland to Advertise Bascule Parts of Wilson Bridge July 2
Adopting a new contracting strategy for the main partof the Woodrow Wilson bridge Maryland's State Highway Administration will advertise three contracts for the bridge superstructure. The first, covering
Publication Date: 20 June , 2002
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Plan To Rebuild Bridge Unveiled
Oklahoma is wasting little time in trying to restore its barge-battered Interstate 40 bridge over the Arkansas River, where 20,000 vehicles have been rerouted to a crossing 20 miles away. Demolition conti
Publication Date: 17 June , 2002
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Virginia DOT Halts Interchange Job For Five Days After Two Fatalities in Two Weeks
The Virginia Dept. of Transportation suspended construction for five days on a $650-million project in Springfield after two job site deaths of construction workers in two weeks. VDOT halted work early on
Publication Date: 17 June , 2002
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Boeing, Lockheed Martin Teams Win DOT Airport Security Contracts
The U.S. Dept. of Transportation has selected teams led by Boeing Service Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. for airport security contracts totaling at least $850 million. The winning teams also include engine
Publication Date: 10 June , 2002
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Senate Panel Approves $28.9 Billion for Highways in FY 2003
Members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee are pushing to restore $5.7 billion of the $8.6 billion in federal highway funds that President Bush proposed cutting in fiscal year 2003.
Publication Date: 05 June , 2002
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New Mexico's Open "I" Surgery Features Innovation, Incentives
"A lot of people said there is no way this project can be completed in 24 months," says Bill Moore, project engineer for New York City-based construction manager Parsons Brinckerhoff. The Big I opened a month early on May 25, with less
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Publication Date: 03 June , 2002
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Oklahoma Speeds To Replace Span Following Barge Collision
While recovery efforts continued following the May 27 barge collision and collapse of a bridge over the Arkansas River, the Oklahoma Dept. of Transportation on May 28 hired engineer Poe & Associates I
Publication Date: 03 June , 2002
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House Votes to Add $4.4 Billion in 2003 for Highways
The House has approved legislation that would set 2003 highway funding at a minimum of $27.7 billion, rejecting President Bush's proposal to cut spending by $4.4 billion. The vote on May 14 was 410-5. A c
Publication Date: 15 May , 2002
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