Latest construction news and information for the Maryland, Washington D.C., Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina regional heavy, highway and non-residential building construction industry . en-us http://www.acppubs.com/blog/1120000512.html?nid=4248 Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use July 10, 2009 http://www.acppubs.com/blog/1120000512/post/1500042750.html?nid=4248 Aiken County, the Economic Development Partnership and the Center for Hydrogen Research opened a hydrogen fueling station at Sage Mill Industrial Park on March 30. The Sage Mill facility is unique in that it is located in an advanced manufacturing park. Bridgestone/Firestone, located at Sage Mi… http://www.acppubs.com/blog/1120000512/post/1980042398.html?nid=4248 Annapolis, MD – Governor Martin O’Malley has introduced legislation that will apply a “rational reregulation” policy for energy markets in Maryland moving forward. The legislation will call for reregulation of electricity markets in Maryland moving forward when the Public Ser… http://www.acppubs.com/blog/1120000512/post/1970042397.html?nid=4248 Gov. Bev Perdue has announced that GMAC Financial Services will grow its Mecklenburg County operations and invest more than $16.4 million, including capitalized lease payments, for an expanded corporate center. The Charlotte expansion is expected to create 200 finance, marketing, IT and related jobs… http://www.acppubs.com/blog/1120000512/post/1710041771.html?nid=4248 Governor Martin O’Malley has announced Maryland’s plan to monitor and track Recovery and Reinvestment funds in the state, and announced the launch of Maryland’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act web site, www.recovery.maryland.gov to allow Marylanders to track recovery project… http://www.acppubs.com/blog/1120000512/post/1690041769.html?nid=4248 North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue announced the new professional decision-making process for the N.C. Department of Transportation as called for in Executive Order No. 2, which she signed on her first day in office. The new process transforms the approval process and will improve efficiency and op… http://www.acppubs.com/blog/1120000512/post/1680041768.html?nid=4248 South Carolina – Following the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) Commission’s action in February, SCDOT has created a web page to provide the latest information on projects that are part of the federal stimulus package. The information is available at the SCDOT… http://www.acppubs.com/blog/1120000512/post/30041203.html?nid=4248 Gov. Bev Perdue has announced 70 highway and bridge projects throughout North Carolina will soon get under way using $466 million in federal economic stimulus funding. The money is the first half the state will receive for highway improvements through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The … http://www.acppubs.com/blog/1120000512/post/1810040781.html?nid=4248 Virginia’s Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) has approved an $8.9-billion Fiscal Years 2009-2014 Six-Year Improvement Program for public transportation, rail and highway projects and the revised Fiscal Year 2009 annual budgets. The program was approved during a special meeting held Febru… http://www.acppubs.com/blog/1120000512/post/450039845.html?nid=4248 The USDOT has signed a multi-state agreement between North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida that focuses on reducing congestion and improving mobility along I-95. The interstate is one of only six corridors chosen to participate in the Corridors of the Future Program, which i… http://www.acppubs.com/blog/1120000512/post/1210038921.html?nid=4248 After three years of declining workplace fatalities in North Carolina, job deaths were up 31 percent in North Carolina in 2008. Fatalities for 2005-2007 were 69, 65, and 45 victims respectively, but rose to 59 victims in 2008 based on preliminary figures released by the North Carolina Department of … http://www.acppubs.com/blog/1120000512/post/160038216.html?nid=4248 The Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) began an unusual mid-year revision of the Fiscal Year 2009-2014 Six-Year Improvement Program (SYIP) during its monthly meeting in Richmond on Thursday, Dec.18. The draft released to the CTB details $1.3 billion in proposed reductions to highway projects… http://www.acppubs.com/blog/1120000512/post/370037437.html?nid=4248 The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) South Carolina Chapter cautions employers against cutting back on workplace safety in time of economic difficulty and encourages employers to explore creative ways of generating temporary and long-term savings in safety and training expenses, while sti… http://www.acppubs.com/blog/1120000512/post/1780037378.html?nid=4248 If you’re planning on giving pre-paid bank cards to your employees for the holidays, here are some things to consider – good advice from the Better Business Bureau. Billions of dollars will be spent on gift cards this holiday season and a new spin on gift cards that is expected … http://www.acppubs.com/blog/1120000512/post/900036890.html?nid=4248 The Commonwealth of Virginia and five other Interstate 81 Regional Commerce Corridor states have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a seamless freight and passenger network along I-81 and its extensions from Tennessee to New York. Working together, the states will ensure a coord… http://www.acppubs.com/blog/1120000512/post/890036889.html?nid=4248 The Maryland Department of Transportation’s (MDOT) State Highway Administration (SHA) announced it has reached an agreement with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) that removes the final legal challenge facing the Intercounty Connector (ICC). The EDF has withdrawn its appeal of a November 20… http://www.acppubs.com/blog/1120000512/post/740035274.html?nid=4248 Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry and NCDOL officials met with construction industry leaders in October to discuss a draft standard that is based upon the negotiated rulemaking process that federal OSHA began in 2002 to revise the national crane safety standard. The Labor Department operates … http://www.acppubs.com/blog/1120000512/post/700034870.html?nid=4248 Maryland Pledges Its Transportation Facilities Will Be Green Maryland transportation agencies are kicking it up a notch as they signed an agreement to have 168 of their transportation facilities, including the airport, highways and port in the state, undergo thorough environmental checks. U… http://www.acppubs.com/blog/1120000512/post/450034245.html?nid=4248 Committed to ensuring public safety and maintaining the state’s critical transportation infrastructure, Governor Martin O’Malley has directed Transportation Secretary John D. Porcari to establish a peer review group to examine the Maryland Transportation Authority’s bridge and tunn… http://www.acppubs.com/blog/1120000512/post/80033808.html?nid=4248 The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has received an additional $32 million in federal transportation spending authority reallocated to Virginia from other states. VDOT and the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) will allocate this additional spending authority … http://www.acppubs.com/blog/1120000512/post/520033052.html?nid=4248 Well, big surprise. It’s a presidential election year, and the misinformation is flying fast and furious. Words are being twisted and taken out of context. Mountains are being made out of mole hills, while the real issues are being ignored. We get inundated with flotsam and jetsam, while matte… http://www.acppubs.com/blog/1120000512/post/70032607.html?nid=4248 Even though common sense tells us to do something now and be proactive, while the waters are calm, we still often tend to put things off – until necessity arises and makes the situation critical. For example, out of my “hard-learned lessons in life file” – always keep an extr… http://www.acppubs.com/blog/1120000512/post/1370031137.html?nid=4248 The New York based Network for New Energy Choices (NNEC) commends the North Carolina Utilities Commission’s (NCUC) on its recent decision to advance clean energy. New standards adopted by NCUC will reduce fees and shorten waiting periods for North Carolina electric customers who want to connec… http://www.acppubs.com/blog/1120000512/post/1460030346.html?nid=4248 The South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation (LLR) has created a special web page to assist employers and the public in understanding and complying with the new state immigration law. Governor Mark Sanford, on June 4, 2008, signed into law the “South Carolina Illegal Immig… http://www.acppubs.com/blog/1120000512/post/1160029716.html?nid=4248 Virginia’s Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) has approved a $10.1-billion six-year transportation funding program for public transportation, rail and highway projects for the next six fiscal years, beginning July 1. The program reflects significant reductions stemming from a $1.1 billion… http://www.acppubs.com/blog/1120000512/post/1140029714.html?nid=4248 Governor Mark Sanford has signed a bill into law that creates a study committee charged with reviewing all mass transit systems and human services transportation systems in South Carolina. The state’s public school bus system is excluded from this study which was signed by the Governor on May …