Tue April 28, 2015
Hackers Hit Hawaiian Telescope Project
HONOLULU (AP) - An apparent cyberattack Sunday temporarily disrupted the main website of Thirty Meter Telescope, the organization trying to construct one of the world’s largest telescopes near the summit of Mauna Kea on Hawaii’s Big Island....
Thu April 23, 2015
State of New York Approves Toro Equipment for Use Through The Cooperative Purchasing Network
The State of New York has approved a contract for Toro equipment through The Cooperative Purchasing Network (TCPN) for use by all state agencies and other authorized users. The contract was approved by the State of New York on April 13, 2015, and the new agreement provides state agencies competitive pricing for the entire portfolio of Toro products, including mowers, irrigation systems, utility vehicles and more....
Dan Elliott - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thu April 23, 2015
VA Probes Hospital Cost Overrun - Without Construction Expert
DENVER (AP) - The Veterans Affairs Department has no outside construction expert helping with its investigation into massive cost overruns at its new Denver hospital, according to congressional testimony and internal emails obtained by The Associated Press....
Thu April 23, 2015
The Good and the Bad News on March Job Numbers
Even as construction firms added jobs in 41 states between March 2014 and March 2015, construction employment declined in 29 states and the District of Columbia between February and March, according to an analysis of Labor Department data by the Associated General Contractors of America....
Fri April 17, 2015
Caltrans Approves $325.8M for Transportation Improvements
The California Transportation Commission (CTC) has allocated $325.8 million to 142 transportation projects that will alleviate traffic delays, repair aging roads and bridges and encourage bicycling and walking....
Derrick Nunnally - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thu April 16, 2015
Washington State Senators Propose $3.9B State Construction Budget
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) A bipartisan group of state senators rolled out a construction budget April 8 that calls for $3.9 billion in capital spending over the next two years. The proposal is more than $100 million larger than the capital budget bill passed by the House....
Jeffrey Collins - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed April 15, 2015
SCDOT Reform Stalls; Road, Bridge Funds in Jeopardy
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) A plan to change how the state Department of Transportation operates is stalled in the South Carolina Senate and could derail the entire proposal to get more money to roads and bridges....
Seanna Adcox - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue April 14, 2015
S.C. Senators Move Bill That Raises $800M for Roads
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) The Senate Finance Committee advanced a bill March 25 that raises roughly $800 million yearly for road and bridge work, a day after Gov. Nikki Haley pledged to veto it. A 16-7 vote sent to the Senate floor a bill that increases the state’s gas tax by 12 cents over three years — to 28 cents per gallon on July 1, 2017 — and allows it to increase further with inflation starting in 2018....
Jeff Amy - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue April 14, 2015
Miss. Bill Would Use Casino Taxes for Deficient Bridges
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) Mississippi lawmakers met March 29 and neared final approval of House Bill 1630, which would use $36 million a year in casino taxes mainly to rebuild deficient bridges on state highways....
Tue April 14, 2015
Contractors to Rally Against Repeal of Construction Wage Law
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana contractors plan to rally against a bill that would repeal the state’s law that sets wages for public construction projects. Monday’s rally at the Statehouse falls on the same day that Senate members are expected to vote on the measure, which would eliminate the boards that set wages for state or local building projects which cost more than $350,000....
