Construction Equipment

JANUARY 8, 2013

The Michigan Department of Transportation is investing $25 million in road improvement projects, according to a report from WLNS. The Michigan Department of Transportation is investing $25 million in road improvement projects. Efforts will be focused on US-127, Grand River Avenue, MLK and I-46. January 8, 2013.

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Michigan Roads DOT Transportation 68

Construction Dive

APRIL 6, 2018

State DOT officials said 90% of every dollar the agency invests this year is going toward its infrastructure, which will include nearly 1,000 projects.

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Ohio DOT Roads Plans 104

ENR Construction

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Electreon will develop state's inductive vehicle charging road system, furthering its planned transition to all-electric transit fleets.

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Roads Michigan DOT Infrastructure 78

Construction Equipment

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Federal funds obligated by federal, state and local departments of transportation (DOTs) have increased 56 percent over the last fiscal year, according to analysis of federal data by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). 1, 2012, compared to $4.5 obligated during the same period last year. read more

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DOT Transportation Roads 69

Construction Dive

AUGUST 21, 2018

The department says that using precast panels on a nearly $3 million, 1,200-foot highway entrance ramp has significantly reduced road shutdowns.

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DOT Louisiana Concrete Roads 92

ENR Construction

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Michigan selects Electreon to develop its inductive vehicle charging road system, furthering the state's planned transition to all-electric transit fleets.

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Michigan Roads DOT Contract 69

ENR Construction

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Communities across the nation vied for second round of grants to improve pedestrian and cyclist safety.

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Safety DOT Roads US 81

Viewpoint Construction Technology

JULY 18, 2018

For example, if you build roads, you could expand to building bridges. Dot all your I’s and cross your T’s ahead of time so your plans don’t fall apart down the road due to differences in opinion or unrealistic expectations. The smartest, most effective way to do this is to grow into an area adjacent to your business.

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Contractors Construction Office Roads 227

FDR Safety

MARCH 25, 2013

Coming later this year as a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking by DOT is the next “leg” on the CSA stool. What is expected from DOT later this year is a proposed new rating system that will use the CSA scores and the relative scoring of data within CSA, to be the basis for a de facto rating system for each carrier. Changes not immediate.

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Safety DOT Roads Risk 120

Carol Hagen

AUGUST 28, 2014

In our previous post, Complementing CAD , the architect had dotted lines to display the path of travel. Custom line styles can be created using dashes, text, spaces, dots and vector graphics literally providing you with the option to create any shape or size. So what if you need something more elaborate?

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DOT CAD Travel Software 120

Construction Dive

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Pritzker's and the state DOT's six-year plan differs from previous versions in that it focuses on prevention instead of reactive replacements. Illinois Gov.

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Illinois DOT Roads Plans 77

Construction Dive

AUGUST 7, 2018

DOT markets also identifies Texas, Florida and other states as meccas for infrastructure construction opportunities. The Zweig Group's guide to U.S.

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Oregon DOT Roads Florida 77

ENR Construction

APRIL 23, 2024

39 of the projects are valued at over $10 million each. It is the largest amount the agency has ever spent on projects in a single fiscal year.

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Ohio DOT Roads 81

ENR Construction

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Road and bridge projects were the big winners, accounting for 54 of the 70 projects selected.

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DOT US Roads Accounting 90

Construction Equipment

MARCH 25, 2014

Department of Transportation emergency relief funds to help Washington state cover the costs of repairing roads damaged by a massive mudslide in Snohomish County.' Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced the immediate availability of $1 million in U.S.

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Washington Roads DOT Transportation 56

Construction Equipment

DECEMBER 11, 2013

The Alaska Department of Transportation took a Raiko icebraker to the icy roads of Fairbanks on Nov. 18, before sending it to Anchorage early this week. According to the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner , the 3,800-pound machine, made by Finnish company Sah-Ko Oy, crushes ice with a roller covered in metal spikes.'

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Alaska DOT Roads Transportation 78

Construction Equipment

MAY 21, 2015

Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) officials are thinking about using drones to monitor road conditions, with one of the benefits being increased safety for road workers.

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Michigan Roads DOT Transportation 48

ENR Construction

APRIL 11, 2024

Grants go to 80 road, bridge, transit and other projects to improve their ability to withstand floods, rising seas and other harmful effects of climate change in 37 states, the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands.

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Virgin Islands District of Columbia DOT US 73

Construction Equipment

JUNE 10, 2016

. . The Missouri DOT's Road to Tomorrow Initiative announced this week that one of their pilot projects will be building the country's first solar roadway on a public right of way at the Historic Route 66 Welcome Center in Conway, Missouri.

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Roads Missouri DOT Plans 48

Construction Equipment

APRIL 16, 2018

territories and Federal Land Management Agencies (FLMA) repair roads and bridges damaged by storms, floods and other unexpected events. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced Friday more than $1 billion in Emergency Relief (ER) funds to help 32 states, several U.S.

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Roads DOT Management 50

Construction Equipment

JULY 1, 2016

million in Emergency Relief (ER) funds from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to help repair roads damaged by heavy rains and subsequent flooding, mudslides, rockslides and property damage throughout West Virginia. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced Thursday the immediate availability of $5.7

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West Virginia Virginia Roads DOT 50

Construction Equipment

MARCH 8, 2016

With that in mind, federal and state DOTs are looking at what can be done now while new roads are built and existing highways are repaired to prepare for "connected vehicles" merging into the nation's traffic. Word on the street is that self-driving cars are coming to our near future.

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Roads DOT Infrastructure 48

Construction Equipment

JULY 28, 2017

Wisconsin's DOT project manager, Michael Kretschmer, told WSAW-TV in Wausau, Wisconsin the agency has chosen to do more construction during night hours due to lighter traffic and safety concerns. Crews working on HWY 29 from Business 51 to County Road Q have been put on an 8pm to 6am shift.

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Roads Safety Wisconsin DOT 51

ENR Construction

MARCH 29, 2024

Early developments and preparation for the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel expansion project are underway.

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Schedule DOT Roads 69

ENR Construction

MARCH 17, 2020

All road and bridge construction by the state DOT and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission was ordered to stop as of midnight, March 17.

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Pennsylvania DOT Commissioning Roads 69

ENR Construction

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Transportation agencies, including the Federal Highway Administration and several state DOTs, are pushing forward with making Building Information Modeling a bid deliverable and binding reference document for projects.

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Documentation Bidding Modeling DOT 61

FDR Safety

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

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. The prior enforcement system DOT used did not have the ability to drill down and uncover these other behavioral traits. Transportation safety'

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DOT Safety Risk Accounting 120

Construction Equipment

JULY 15, 2019

The material has been approved for “all flat work” such as roads and sidewalks. The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) plans to use carbon-injected concrete in all future construction as part of its sustainable transportation initiative, according to Smart Cities. According to the article,…

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Hawaii Concrete DOT Transportation 61

ENR Construction

MAY 13, 2020

Decrease in driver-fueled revenue poses uncertainty for future projects as agencies await word on federal aid.

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DOT Roads 54

Construction Equipment

AUGUST 1, 2013

Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Highway Administration to prevent the construction of the Illiana Expressway, according to Roads & Bridges magazine.' Environmental groups Openlands, Sierra Club and the Midewin Heritage Association filed a lawsuit against the U.S.

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DOT Plans Roads Transportation 60

Construction Equipment

JULY 1, 2016

Christie instructed the New Jersey DOT and NJ Transit to submit plans for an "immediate and orderly shutdown of all ongoing work" by the end of day Saturday. Governor Chris Christie declared a state of emergency near midnight yesterday and ordered all ongoing work paid for by the state's Transportation Trust Fund to stop.

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NJ New Jersey Roads DOT 51

Construction Junkie

JUNE 8, 2020

2 years ago, an under construction pedestrian bridge on Florida International University’s (FIU) campus collapsed onto the open road below, killing 6 people and injuring several more.

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Florida Plans Miami DOT 76

Construction Equipment

MAY 25, 2016

A bridge overpass near Newport Road, in Wilmington, Delaware that crosses over rail tracks cost DelDOT $5 million in 2011 somehow came up short. As reported in DelawareOnline , the overpass is six inches too low can can't accommodate taller freight trains.

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Delaware DOT Roads 48

ENR Construction

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

DOT also providing $25 million to Texas for emergency road, bridge repairs.

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DOT Texas Housing Roads 50

Best Practices Construction Law

MARCH 29, 2016

Although design-build had been approved in New Mexico on limited public projects, road and highway construction had been previously excluded. This is more than an academic exercise for lawyers—there’s a very practical reason to track the legislation opening the roads to design-build contracts. What’s the big deal?

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Roads Design Contract New Mexico 48

Construction Dive

OCTOBER 26, 2018

The state is getting involved because the commission that is funding the multibillion project said it cannot spend money on existing infrastructure.

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Infrastructure Commissioning DOT Virginia 59

Building Information Management

APRIL 4, 2016

State DOTs are just one example. This is very odd considering the fact that “50 percent of existing roads don’t carry enough traffic to generate gas taxes sufficient to pay for their own maintenance.” Much of the available funding is given to, and administered by state departments of transportation.

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Roads Life Cycle DOT Change Orders 40