Improve your bridge construction business through real-life examples and job stories from the editors at Associated Construction Publications - the leading source of information for the heavy, highway and non-residential construction industry en-us http://www.acppubs.com/community/Bridge+Construction/48561.html?nid=4227 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:25:13 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6662601.html?nid=4227 Railroads in North Dakota and northern Minnesota had major damage... Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:21:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6662599.html?nid=4227 A Dakota County, Minnesota, district court ruled that the Minnesota Department of Transportation must begin condemnation... Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:19:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6661972.html?nid=4227 The deterioration of the Boston University Bridge, which had a lane closed two weeks ago for emergency repairs ... Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:18:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6661515.html?nid=4227 Work started last week to repair the structurally deficient Beaver-Rochester Bridge... Fri, 29 May 2009 10:22:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6659278.html?nid=4227 Only 44 feet remains between two sides of the 760-foot main span... Tue, 19 May 2009 11:22:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6656294.html?nid=4227 Last week, the state of Minnesota paid $37 million to 179 people, victims of the I-35W Bridge collapse, from its bridge fund ... Tue, 05 May 2009 07:57:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6655986.html?nid=4227 South Dakota’s Department of Transportation received $189 million in federal funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ... Mon, 04 May 2009 08:54:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6650884.html?nid=4227 San Diego— Granite Construction Inc. of Watsonville, CA, was honored recently for its work building support for and coordinating with a variety of contractors, owner groups and federal, state and local agencies as part of the construction of the new Woodrow Wilson Bridge in the Washington, DC area. Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6652194.html?nid=4227 A project involving approximately 4 miles of hot mix asphalt cold milling and resurfacing is being done on eastbound and westbound Interstate 96 from US-23 in Livingston County, MI, east to the Oakland County, MI, line. The project includes joint conditioning, removing some deteriorated areas, milling the existing hot mix surface, and placing a two-course overlay of hot mix asphalt. Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6650916.html?nid=4227 Jefferson City, MO— The Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety says the Missouri Department of Transportation's (MoDOT) quick work as the first in the nation to begin transportation projects with economic recovery funds will not only boost the economy, but save approximately 12 lives a year and prevent 61 disabling injuries on Missouri roads. Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6647021.html?nid=4227 Tulsa, OK-based bridge builder Manhattan Road & Bridge Co., has announced that it has acquired Muskogee-based Muskogee Bridge Co. The addition of about 200 Muskogee Bridge employees brings the total Manhattan Road & Bridge workforce to about 400 employees. The company anticipates additional forces if available bridge work increases as a result of the stimulus package and has the capacit... Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6647037.html?nid=4227 In order to easily reach and then remediate the Roebling Steel Plant in Roebling, NJ, an EPA Superfund site, WRS Infrastructure & Environment, Inc. called W.J. Castle, P.E. & Associates, P.C. to determine whether an abandoned steel railroad bridge crossing Crafts Creek could be converted into a roadway bridge able to support vehicles up to 110,000 pounds. Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6648840.html?nid=4227 AGC of America named the I-35W Bridge as the most significant construction project of 2008. The bridge was among 13 construction projects recognized for their complexity, innovation, success, and significance to the construction community and the country. Doug Pruitt, new AGC of America president, said the project was selected as the Aon Build America Grand Award winner because Flatiron Constru... Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6646695.html?nid=4227 The Michigan Department of Transportation's (MDOT) recently approved 2009–2013 Five Year Transportation Program will bring $171 million in transportation improvements to the Bay Region this year. MDOT's Bay Region includes 13 counties in the Saginaw Bay area: Arenac, Bay, Clare, Genesee, Gladwin, Gratiot, Huron, Isabella, Lapeer, Midland, Saginaw, Sanilac, and Tuscola. Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6644978.html?nid=4227 The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) plans to invest $30 million in Upper Peninsula road and bridge repairs and improvements in 2009. The Superior Region program includes $29.2 million to repair 105.2 miles of state trunk line and $860,000 to rehabilitate the US-2 Escanaba River Bridge. The 2009 Superior Region program does not yet include additional transportation improvements that... Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6644695.html?nid=4227 The Department of Transportation released the final list of highway and bridge projects funded by $1.026 billion from ... Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6641581.html?nid=4227 It's funny the things you remember from when you were a young one. You were young once, weren't you? I was, or so I'm told, though it's occasionally hard to recall. I have this one memory of going to a construction site. I must have been just a little boy at the time. My Dad worked for Georgia Highway Department and for highway contractors as we were growing up, so it stands to reason that I'd ... Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6643550.html?nid=4227 Construction of an approximately $2.3-million pedestrian bridge that will cross over Interstate 696 and connect Harrison High School on the north side with Beechview Elementary School on the south side in Farmington Hills, MI, began in January and will be completed in July 2009. C.A. Hull Co., Inc., of Walled Lake, MI, is the prime contractor for the project. Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6643122.html?nid=4227 Associated General Contractors of America recognized 13 construction projects for their complexity, innovation, success and significance to the construction community and the nation at large. Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6639118.html?nid=4227 The joint venture of G.A. & F.C. Wagman, Inc., York, PA; Corman Construction Inc., Annapolis Junction, MD; and McLean Contracting Company, Glen Burnie, MD, is at work on a 42-month, $208-million project to reconstruct the I-95/I-695 interchange. This project is the first of two contracts necessary to realign the existing travel lanes and ramps, and add the new Express Toll Lanes (ETLs) alon... Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 PST