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$1.3B Harbor Bridge opens in Texas after series of delays

Construction Dive

It replaces the aging original Harbor Bridge that had higher-than-average motorist accident rates, and represents the longest concrete segmental cable-stayed span in North America, according to the project website. The long-awaited, $1.3 billion Harbor Bridge opened Saturday in Corpus Christi, Texas, per a news release from the city.

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What Makes a Safe Ready-Mixed Concrete Truck Driver?

ENR Construction

Photo: Courtesy of Concrete Strategies July 18, 2025 L isa Lamons is an expert in construction driver trainer and has served since 2016 as the Safety Training and DOT Director at Concrete Strategies, a St. of Transportation. Our DOT record really needed improvement. Louis-based contractor that operates nationwide.

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What Makes a Safe Ready-Mix Concrete Truck Driver?

ENR Construction

Photo: Courtesy of Concrete Strategies July 18, 2025 L isa Lamons is an expert in construction driver trainer and has served since 2016 as the Safety Training and DOT Compliance Director at Concrete Strategies, a St. of Transportation. Our DOT record really needed improvement. Louis-based contractor operating in seven states.

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Driver & Vehicle Compliance for Construction Companies

Construction Business Owner

Central As a construction company, your employees may drive a variety of “commercial vehicles,” which means that even though you’re not a trucking company, you are subject to the Department of Transportation regulations, and also the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Association regulations if your vehicles require a CDL to operate.

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Remedies to CSA’s problems high on industry, government lists

FDR Safety

DOT also plans to propose in a rulemaking scheduled to be issued for comment later this year to use the safety performance scores on its 7 CSA measures to basically equate to a carrier’s safety “fitness.” The proposed rule — the Safety Fitness Determination Rule (SFD) — is the final component of the CSA enforcement model.

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Industry frustrated by delays in CSA changes

FDR Safety

An accident in which a truck is not at fault still — currently — counts in the crash history as there is no consistently accurate way within the system of delineating responsibility. Train drivers to review the accident report while the police officer is still on the scene.

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USDOT’S CSA program reviewed by Congress

FDR Safety

Department of Transportation’s Compliance, Safety Accountability program, known as CSA. I have written many times about this important enforcement program since it is the principal way DOT uses safety data to identify motor carriers that may be unsafe operators. Transportation safety' Capturing data on small operators.

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