article thumbnail

Hatch Mott MacDonald Applies Cutting-Edge Technology on a Complicated Jobsite

Construction Business Owner

Hatch Mott MacDonald, a full-service consulting engineering firm, is currently an integral member of the Program Management Consultant managing the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA’s) East Side Access Project in New York City.

article thumbnail

5 Best Railroad Work Boots

Work Gearz

If you are one of the many professionals that work for the railroads, you know well enough the challenges and issues regarding personal safety that you face every day you go to work. Railroad professionals deal with the heaviest of machinery daily, so good PPE is a given and this includes a good pair of protective work boots. 

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

What Is Constructonomics?

Constructonomics

The construction industry was railroaded by the financial collapse in this country and I was reviewing every bit of economic news to try to find some glimmer of hope in a world that was crumbling around us. So what did I do then?

Railroad 146
article thumbnail

Validity of a Construction Cost Estimate – Public Sector

Job Order Contracting

utility, railroad) costs. Estimate includes a management reserve. Estimate includes all right-of-way and administrative costs. Estimate includes all third party (e.g. Estimate includes all construction costs. Estimate includes construction contingencies. Estimate includes construction administration.

article thumbnail

Antwerp Freight Tunnel Has Twin Bore Beneath the River Scheldt

ENR Construction

Although Belgium has more than 1,000 kilometers of railroad tracks, Europe’s second largest port in Antwerp moves only 8% of its throughput by rail. To help increase train use, the country’s railroad infrastructure manager Infrabel N.V.

article thumbnail

OSHA pushing to protect whistleblowers

FDR Safety

In June 2012, OSHA found the Norfolk Southern Railway in violation of similar anti-retaliation provisions in the federal Railroad Safety Act when it terminated three employees who reported injuries. . • An increase in the number of OSHA retaliation complaints. Damages of more than $800,000 were assessed.

OSHA 136
article thumbnail

Third phase of New York’s High Line redevelopment opens

BD+C

Since 2006, the High Line has been converting abandoned elevated railroad tressles along 1.45 Architects Building Owner Contractors Designers Cultural Facilities Engineers Facility Managers' Phase 3 of the High Line, New York City’s ambitious landscape redevelopment project, opened on Saturday, September 20. Body Image: read more.