Infrastructure

NICK STOCKTON - Tue January 10, 2017

Cement Is Stronger When Its Molecules Are Busted

ONE CHEMICAL REACTION rules the world: Water plus rocks plus cement. That's concrete, and it equals most of the built world. Concrete is the spine of skyscrapers, the span of bridges, and the bulk of dams....

Giles Lambertson - Thu December 01, 2016

Make America Great by Fixing First What Needs Fixed

The good news is that Americans seem united—that's not a misprint—on wanting to fix the nation's roads and bridges in need of repair or replacement. The even better news is that the way might finally be clear to actually fix them....

Thu October 20, 2016

DOT Announces $5M for Emergency Repairs to N.C. Roads, Bridges Damaged by Hurricane Matthew

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced the immediate availability of $5 million in Emergency Relief (ER) funds from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to help begin road and bridge repairs damaged by Hurricane Matthew in North Carolina....

Mon August 22, 2016

Eight Workers Killed in Highway Bridge Collapse

Fox News Latino is reporting that eight workers were killed in an accident at a highway construction site in southern Mexico, the Guerrero state Attorney General's Office said. The accident occurred during construction of the Acapulco-Zihuatanejo highway, known as the new Route of the Sun....