Transurban - Tue September 23, 2025
VDOT, Transurban Launch Driver Safety Campaign Along I-495 NEXT Project Corridor
With construction activities on northern Virginia's new interstate express lanes increasing and now concentrated in the median along the project's corridor, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and its I-495 Express Lanes Northern Extension (495 NEXT) project partner, Transurban, have launched a driver safety campaign....
Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority - Wed September 10, 2025
New $61.5M Pipeline Installation in Charlottesville, Va.
The Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority (RWSA) is advancing work on a $61.5 million raw water pipeline in Charlottesville, Va., that will replace two deteriorating lines between the Ragged Mountain Reservoir and the Observatory Water Treatment Plant....
Link-Belt Cranes - Tue September 02, 2025
300|AT Thrives Amid Data Center Boom
MEI Industrial Solutions of Coppell, Texas, operates the first Link-Belt Cranes 300-ton 300|AT all terrain crane to work in the field, delivered from Link-Belt distributor Link-Belt Mid-Atlantic. MEI has been busy unloading various components needed for data center construction since adding the 300|AT to its growing taxi crane fleet in June 2025....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Wed August 27, 2025
R. Ashby Templeton Paving of Lynchburg, Va., Succeeds Through Relationships, Trust
The relationship between a construction company and the dealerships with which it does business can only succeed if the former trusts the latter to give it friendly, expert advice and service and respond to its needs quickly....
Cardinal News - Thu August 21, 2025
Lynchburg, Va.'s Most Congested Intersection Likely to Get Major Upgrade in 2029
Engineers have hit the ground running in their efforts to redesign Lynchburg, Va.'s most congested intersection, while also trying to keep pace as inflation raises construction costs and urban development increases traffic....
City of Arlington & Patch Media - Fri August 01, 2025
Alexandria, Arlington, Va., Collaborate to Upgrade Street Bridge Over Four Mile Run
A project to rebuild a street bridge between the northern Virginia cities of Arlington and Alexandria will start in mid-August 2025, bringing approximately two years of construction impacts, Patch Media noted July 30....
ARTBA - Wed July 16, 2025
Pioneering Projects, People Recognized During ARTBA's 37th Annual P3s in Transportation Event
Two public officials, an express lanes project in Georgia and a bridge replacement effort in Louisiana took top honors July 16 at the American Road & Transportation Builders Association's (ARTBA) 37th Annual Public-Private Partnerships (P3s) in Transportation Conference....
Caterpillar - Tue July 15, 2025
Caterpillar, Luck Stone Celebrate One Million Tons Hauled Autonomously at Bull Run Quarry
Caterpillar, Inc. and Luck Stone announced a significant milestone in their ongoing collaboration: one million tons autonomously hauled at Luck Stone's Bull Run Quarry in Chantilly, Va. The achievement marks a first for Caterpillar in the aggregates industry and underscores the success of Caterpillar's autonomous haulage system (AHS) in a quarry environment....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed July 02, 2025
Virginia's CBBT Expansion Progress
Construction crews in Virginia continue making progress on the $756 million Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT) expansion as they look ahead to a 2028 completion date. The project includes a new two-lane tunnel from the southernmost island under the Thimble Shoal Channel to the next island, providing a new pathway for drivers crossing the Chesapeake Bay....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Wed July 02, 2025
James R. Carter Paving Fashions Enviable Reputation in Its 70 Years
A recent spring day found Jimmy Carter and his paving crew working at the site of a townhome construction project in Christiansburg, Va., in the mountains southwest of Roanoke. The project was another in a long series of similar jobs that James R....
