Irwin Rapoport - Wed February 08, 2017
Rochester's $21M Inner Loop Transformation Advances
Concrete Applied Technologies Corporation (Catco) began work on Rochester's $21 million Inner Loop East Transformation Project in May 2015 and expects to complete the project in September 2017. The federal government is funding the bulk of the project with $16.7 million from the TIGER program; the state is providing $3.8 million; and the city $414,000....
Mark Puente - Tue February 07, 2017
State Senator Steps Into Florida County Commissioners Row
State Sen. Jack Latvala shocked Pinellas County commissioners recently when he said he would block any legislation aimed at adding oversight or significantly altering the licensing board. Executive director Rodney Fischer retired last week amid a series of reports by the Tampa Bay Times that raised questions about the way the board disciplines contractors and how Fischer ran the agency....
Matt Volz - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon February 06, 2017
Democratic Lawmakers Push Infrastructure as Montana Priority
Montana Democrats said their top priority for the legislative session will be pushing Gov. Steve Bullock's $293 million infrastructure package after a similar proposal was rejected by Republican-led lawmakers two years ago....
Mon February 06, 2017
New USDOT Conditions Report Highlights $926B Highway, Transit Investment Backlog
The U.S. Department of Transportation in a new “conditions and performance” report estimates that the backlog of needed highway and transit infrastructure projects has reached $926 billion, and that many billions more will be needed in the next 20 years to keep up with demand....
Mon February 06, 2017
$550 Million Expansion Airport Expansion Project
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has officially broken ground on its North Satellite Modernization Project, which it says will expand and renovate the 44-year-old facility to better serve passengers and respond to continuing growth....
MARISSA PAYNE - Mon February 06, 2017
The Super Bowl Construction Ad That Was Banned From Broadcast
A Super Bowl ad imagined by the family-owned company 84 Lumber decided to tackle a controversial subject in its first Super Bowl ad. But it wasn't exactly how the company originally planned it, however....
Gary LaBarbera - Wed February 01, 2017
City Council Can Protect NYC Workers From Construction Accidents by Mandating Better Training
On January 31, thousands of New York City construction workers assembled to mourn the tragic loss of 30 workers who died in construction accidents over the past two years. But they weren't there only to mourn....
David J. Mitchell - Wed February 01, 2017
Celebrated Bridge in Larose Undergoes $24M Upgrade
In the fall of 1961, Gov. Jimmie Davis and his back-up vocal group, the Plainsmen, sang “You Are My Sunshine,' and “Peace in the Valley' to open the $1.5 million West Larose Vertical Lift Bridge on La....
Wed February 01, 2017
Construction Employment Declines in 110 out of 358 Metro Areas as Businesses Urge President Trump to Deliver on Infrastructure Promise
onstruction employment declined in 110 out of 358 metro areas between December 2015 and December 2016, was stagnant in another 65 and increased in 183, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America....
Wed February 01, 2017
Business Leaders to S.C. Legislators: 'Fix Our Crumbling Roads'
Business leaders are again pushing the Legislature to fix South Carolina's crumbling roads, saying it's time to “finish the job' by passing a long-term funding solution or risk losing jobs to other states....
