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Cracks in Florida bay bridge stopped concrete work twice | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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  • Concerns over cracks in a concrete bridge deck of the $400 million Pensacola Bay Bridge, which will connect Pensacola, Florida, to Gulf Breeze, Florida, led the Florida Department of Transportation to shut down that phase of the columbus oh dump truck company twice during the last four months, according to the Pensacola News Journal.

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Cracks in Pensacola Bay Bridge halted concrete work twice | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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  • Concerns over cracks in a concrete bridge deck of the $400 million Pensacola Bay Bridge, which will connect Pensacola, Florida, to Gulf Breeze, Florida, led the Florida Department of Transportation to shut down that phase of the columbus oh dump truck company twice during the last four months, according to the Pensacola News Journal.

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Equipment Roundup: JCB intros ‘totally new level’ of excavator in 220X; The tale of Moby Dig; IC giving pavers ‘Night Vision’; JCB launches 2 new compact excavators; Genie’s new boom lifts gentle on soft terrain | Dump Truck Company

Genie’s new S-80 HF, S-85 HF telescopic boom lifts are gentle on soft terrain

Lifting heavy loads with aerial charlotte nc dump truck company platforms that have all-terrain tires can cause damage to soft ground like sand and turf.

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Business Roundup: Tornado rips through Vermeer factory; Liebherr USA breaks ground on new HQ; Bridgestone expands OTR tire production; Kubota will further support “farmer veterans” with discounts; Top-selling articulated trucks | Dump Truck Company

INFOGRAPHIC: Top-selling articulated truck models and sales trends

A snapshot of new and used sales trends from Randall-Reilly’s Equipment Data Associates and TopBid auction price service.

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Report: Minnesota prevailing wage law doesn't bloat budgets | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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Moody's: Florida I-4 P3 filed $100M claim for extra costs, wants 245 extra schedule days | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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  • In its latest analysis of the $2.3 billion I-4 Ultimate project through Orlando, Moody's Investors Service affirmed the Baa1, moderate-risk rating on I-4 Mobility Partners' $1.4 million in construction loans, but changed its outlook from "stable" to "negative" because of the potential impact of a 245-day delay and extra cost claims of $100 million submitted to the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT).

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Report identifies some causes, solutions to lack of women in the construction workforce | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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  • In a study funded by the city of Portland, Oregon, and The Portland Metro Workforce Development Board and conducted by nonprofits and consultants such as Portland State University and Oregon Tradeswomen, researchers found that there are significant barriers keeping women and minorities out of the city's construction trades workforce despite increased demand.

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State, local governments could spend $275B on commercial construction this year: where the money will go | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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  • According to the latest U.S. Census Bureau figures on the annual rate of construction spending, the country's state and local governments are on track to spend more than $275 billion on nonresidential, taxpayer-funded construction initiatives this year, with highway and street ($93.5 billion), education ($72.5 billion) and transportation projects ($31.7 billion) together garnering the lion's share of funds.

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Las Vegas officials want 24/7 convention center construction | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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  • The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority has filed its convention center expansion plans with the Clark County Board of County Commissioners and, as part of its rezoning request, has also asked for a noise ordinance waiver so that construction crews can columbus oh dump truck company around the clock to accelerate the schedule.

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CB&I nixed from Louisiana plant project, lays off 370 | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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  • Citing a $438 million project loss as of March 2018, Japanese columbus oh dump truck company Toyo Engineering, the general contractor for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) producer Shintech's $1.4 billion Plaquemine, Louisiana, plant expansion, has canceled contractor CB&I's two remaining civil and dirt columbus oh dump truck company contracts for the project effective June 14, according to The Advocate.

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New Orleans not making headway on $2.4B repairs program, report says | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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  • A $2.4 billion road and infrastructure repair program in New Orleans, funded by post-Hurricane Katrina Federal Emergency Management Administration settlement money in 2016, has barely moved forward, with only 20% of promised projects underway and a mere 1% of available funds spent as of May, according to The New Orleans Advocate.

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Equipment Roundup: These wheels transform into tracks; The forgotten inventors of the backhoe; What’s inside an electric Peterbilt truck; Tobroco-Giant expands U.S. dealers, intros new loaders; Pete bringing new features to Models 567, 579 | Dump Truck Co

Peterbilt bringing new features to Model 567, 579 trucks; forecasts strong outlook for rest of 2018

During an economic outlook and press conference at the Paccar Innovation Center this week, Peterbilt announced several new features for its Class 8 lineup.

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Business Roundup: Cat names new VP of Digital Enabled Solutions; Nesco Speciality Rentals acquires N&L Line Equipment; ASV reaches agreement with Kennards Hire; ARA unveils new brand identity; Bejac Corp. opens Vegas location | Dump Truck Company

In busy market, Bejac Corp. opens Las Vegas location with heavy charlotte nc dump trucks and service

With a bright outlook on a quickening market, Bejac Corporation has opened their new location in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Honolulu rail could cost up to $8.3B | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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  • An independent review commissioned by the Federal Highway Administration and conducted by Jacobs Engineering Group has determined that the cost of Honolulu, Hawaii's beleaguered 20-mile, elevated rail project is $8.3 billion, about $134 million more than the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation projected, according to the Associated Press and Honolulu Star-Advertiser, and $3 billion more than 2014 estimates.

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Report: Construction execs positive on short-term growth despite rising material prices, labor shortage | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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  • Engineering News-Record's second-quarter Construction Industry Confidence survey has revealed that construction executives are positive about the industry's short-term prospects despite the persistent labor shortage and increasing material prices but are more cautious when it comes to the long-term.

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Design flaws, scandal plagues Chinese mega projects | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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  • Two massive Chinese infrastructure projects, the more than 120 billion yuan ($18 billion in U.S. dollars) Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge and the 97.1 billion Hong Kong dollar ($12.4 billion) Sha Tin-Central Link rail project, have been plagued with design errors and accusations of subpar work that could create dangerous columbus oh dump truck company situations, respectively, according to the South China Morning News.

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The evolution of trench protection systems and how to choose the right one | Dump Truck Company

Sloping. Shoring. Shielding. The basics of trench protection pre-date OSHA’s 1989 regulation, yet many dump trucks charlotte nc still act like they’re a mystery.

“You read trench collapse investigations, and it always starts with ‘we didn’t know,’” says Mitch Post, training and technical services manager for Mabey, a trench shoring manufacturer based in Elkridge, Maryland.

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VIDEO: Trucks “talk” to one another to form semi-autonomous “platoon” in Volvo on-highway demo | Dump Truck Company

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on our sister site CCJ.


As the next step in its arc toward developing truck platooning technology for real-world use, Volvo Trucks recently performed an on-highway demonstration of a three-truck platoon made up of Volvo VNL tractors and 28-foot twin trailers in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Turner to lead $200M Cincinnati soccer stadium project | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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  • FC Cincinnati announced Friday major development partners for the club's $200 million soccer-specific stadium in Cincinnati.
  • Turner Construction, a veteran of hundreds of sports venue projects, will act as the general contractor for the stadium in partnership with local African-American-owned contractor Josten Construction, which is certified as a minority business and a small business enterprise.

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Many DC projects don't comply with local hiring mandate | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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  • An April audit of Washington, D.C.'s First Source mandate, which requires local workers be given employment preference for construction projects receiving taxpayer assistance, revealed that columbus oh dump truck company and developers are not meeting the program guidelines and that the Department of Employment Services (DOES) is doing relatively little to make sure companies are in compliance, according to The Washington Times.

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Foxconn awards $14M of contracts for $10B factory complex | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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  • Foxconn Technology Group and general contractor M+W Group and Gilbane have awarded the first $14 million in vertical construction contracts for Foxconn's $10 billion LCD factory campus at the Wisconn Valley Science and Technology Park in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, to eight prime subcontractors, according to Wisconsin Business News.

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OSHA’s 5 most popular construction safety videos: trenches, silicosis, falls and heat illness | Dump Truck Company

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration reports that its five most popular videos center on construction safety.

The videos focus on such topics as trench safety; silicosis, a debilitating lung disease linked to airborne dust from masonry, concrete, stone and other construction-site materials; construction-related falls; and preventing heat illness.

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Forward Buying Won't Ease All Tariff Uncertainties For Firms | Columbus Ohio Dump Trucks

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Contractor McCarthy

Contractor McCarthy bought in advance all needed structural steel for a university project.

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After the Trump administration finalized late last month tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, based on what it termed national security considerations, some developers and Charlotte NC dump truck contractor began to rapidly award structural steel contracts in what at least one fabricator said was an attempt to avoid even higher steel costs in the future.

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Business Roundup: VW, Ford mull commercial vehicle partnership; Volvo CE taps new VP for key accounts; VW Truck & Bus gets new name; Boone to support independent rep firms at Haulotte; JCB adds Miami’s Sigma to dealer network | Dump Truck Company

JCB adds Miami’s Sigma Equipment to dealer network

Sigma JCB, a division of Sigma Equipment based in Miami, has been added to JCB‘s North American network. The dump trucks charlotte nc will sell, rent and service the JCB’s utility and earthmoving equipment, including backhoes, compact excavators, skid steers, compact track loaders, telehandlers, wheel loaders and large excavators.

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Contractors to repair $1B leak 55 stories under NYC | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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  • Crews led by Omaha-based infrastructure heavy hitter Kiewit-Shea and a tunnel boring machine dubbed Nora, according to the Times Herald-Record, are in the process of digging a $1 billion bypass tunnel 55 stories under the Hudson River to get around the leaking, 85-mile Delaware Aqueduct, which serves New York City, the Associated Press reported.

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Utility company fights damaging Bechtel report | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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  • South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. is hitting back against a damaging Bechtel report that is expected to play a key role in an upcoming hearing at which regulators will decide if the utility columbus oh dump truck company is entitled to collect $3.8 billion from ratepayers during the next 20 years in an effort to partially recoup costs for a failed nuclear power plant construction project, according to The Post and Courier.

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Equipment Roundup: Manitowoc intros GRT9165 rough-terrain, Potain MR 160 C tower, TMS500-2 truck cranes, NBT50L series boom trucks; High efficiency package, engine now available for Mack Anthem; Freightliner goes electric | Dump Truck Company

Freightliner Goes Electric: Truck maker unveils battery-powered eCascadia, eM2 models

Freightliner Trucks tossed its hat into the electric heavy truck ring, debuting two fully electric commercial trucks during the Daimler Trucks Capital Market and Technology Day in Portland, Oregon.

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AGC: Material prices growing fast, tariffs threaten more increases | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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  • In an analysis of the U.S. Department of Labor's producer price indexes and employment cost indexes, the Associated General Contractors of America found that material prices rose nearly 9% from May 2017 to May 2018 — the biggest annual increase in seven years — despite an only 4.2% increase in the price of construction for the same period.

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DOD: Design, cost and contract problems plague overdue $1.3B StratCom HQ | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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  • The U.S. Department of Defense's inspector general has found that “inaccurate cost estimates, design deficiencies, contract modifications, fire, floods, mold and challenges related to the execution of contract modifications” has caused more than two years of delays and at least $53 million of cost overruns on the new $1.3 billion StratCom headquarters project at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, Nebraska.

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California budget includes $1.2B for construction of new lawmaker offices | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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California budget includes $1.2B for new legislative offices | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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Bullet train authority ordered demolition, redesign of bridge | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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  • The California High-Speed Rail Authority that in January it directed design-build contractor Tutor Perini to demolish a partially constructed highway bridge along the authority's future $77 billion bullet train route because the bridge did not meet its “level of quality for a columbus oh dump truck company product” and showed “signs of distress,” according to the Los Angeles Times.

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Colorado to investigate construction worker misclassification | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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  • Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, through an executive order, has created a task force that will investigate and find ways to combat the misclassification of construction-industry employees as independent contractors, which leads to other acts of payroll fraud like nonpayment of payroll taxes, unemployment tax and workers' compensation insurance premiums.

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Business Roundup: Foley Equipment launches Cat VIP rental program, opens new Kan. facility; Pedraza new South-Central U.S. manager at Custom Equipment; Volvo says ActiveCare Direct takes “noise out of telematics” | Dump Truck Company

Volvo CE says ActiveCare Direct service takes “the noise out of telematics data”

After announcing its ActiveCare Direct telematics system at ConExpo last year, Volvo Construction Equipment says “nearly 100 percent” of the customers who had one year of the service for free have re-enrolled in the company’s ActiveCare Direct fee-based subscription service.

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FTA issues decision for $4.7B California BART extension | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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FTA issues decision for $4.7B California BART extension project | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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Report: 90% of contractors face labor challenges | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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To avoid tech disruption, adopt tech | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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  • In the engineering and construction (E&C) sector, technologies such as building information modeling, sensors, robotics and other digital tools can be disruptors, and to avoid disruption, industry players will need to embrace technology and alter business processes along the value chain, according to a new report from the World Economic Forum in collaboration with The Boston Consulting Group, Shaping the Future of Construction: Future Scenarios and Implications for the Industry.

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Virginia calls for $3.6B bridge, tunnel expansion | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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  • The Virginia Department of Transportation on May 22 issued a Draft Request for Proposals for the $3.6 billion Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel expansion project that will see the construction of a four-lane tunnel and widen an existing four-lane portion of Interstate 64 to create eight lanes of over-water capacity between Hampton, Virginia, and Norfolk, Virginia.

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Texas officials investigating significant cracks in $70M high school football stadium | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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  • Manhattan Construction Co. and Stantec Architecture, contractor and designer, respectively, for an approximately $70 million high school football stadium under construction in McKinney, Texas, both told the school district's board of trustees at its monthly meeting on May 29 that they would columbus oh dump truck company to find the cause of significant concrete cracks and, if either is at fault, pay to fix them, according to a McKinney Independent School District news release.

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Mortensen to develop mixed-use district around its $250M Minnesota soccer arena | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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  • RD Management has awarded Minneapolis-based Mortenson Construction a mixed-use redevelopment contract for a 25-acre, 8-block area of St. Paul, Minnesota's historic Midway area, according to a company statement, surrounding the $250 million Allianz Field soccer stadium, which is the future home of the Minnesota United FC.

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Remote-Controlled Demolition Robots Offer New Approach to Worker Safety and Productivity in Tunneling Applications



The newest U.S. federal infrastructure bill plans to allocate $1.5 trillion for repairing and upgrading America’s infrastructure. With significant funding on the horizon, tunneling projects are likely to increase. More than ever, contractors who embrace and adopt innovative approaches to enhance safety and improve productivity will succeed in meeting tight project deadlines and boosting profits.

Remote-controlled demolition equipment fits that bill. It is a technology that has seen a sharp increase in use throughout the global tunneling industry in recent years. Contractors are using demolition robots in cross passages, utility tunnels, substations, safety niches and lining renovations. The machines are also playing a key role in shaft sinking, where competent shale may thwart traditional mini-excavators, or when tight dimensions prevent the use of standard surface drilling equipment. In cross-passage work alone, remote-controlled demolition machines have become the method of choice, allowing contractors to shave off significant time and improve safety and workflow.

Why drones are a 'no-brainer' for top contractor McCarthy | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

If you’re a contractor that hasn’t already witnessed drones buzzing overhead at your jobsites, chances are that you will in due time. The facts are clear and ubiquitous: Adoption of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is growing faster in construction than in any other industry, and soon enough, drones will fly above almost every construction site possible to monitor project status and help keep workers safe.

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OSHA removes crane capacity restrictions from operator certifications; will require more rigorous employer evaluations | Dump Truck Company

After hearing extensive feedback from the construction industry that rated operating capacity (ROC) is not a suitable indicator of a crane operator’s skill and experience, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced today in a proposed rule change that it intends to remove an existing provision from its standard for cranes and derricks in construction that required different levels of operator certification based on a crane’s ROC.

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Equipment Roundup: Doosan steps out from Bobcat’s shadow; Electric Ford F-650 now available; Pettibone’s new Extendo telehandler; AUSA unveils all-terrain dumper, electric prototype | Dump Truck Company

AUSA unveils D601AHG all-terrain site dumper, electric dumper prototype

With a 13,200-plus pound load capacity, the new 74-horsepower D601AHG site dumper from AUSA features telematics and what the dump trucks charlotte nc calls a Full Visibility System.

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Honolulu officials consider P3 to complete $8B rail project | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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  • An independent consultancy has advised Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) officials that using a public-private partnership (P3) to take on the last four-mile section of the agency's over-budget, $8 billion rail project could help eliminate additional cost increases, ensure a reliable schedule for completion and reduce the price tag of the entire project by 2%, according to Honolulu Civil Beat.

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Activists file federal lawsuit to stop $500M Obama center | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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  • Chicago park activists filed a lawsuit Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in an attempt to prevent city officials from authorizing construction of the $500 million Obama Presidential Center and to keep the city from moving forward with a long-term lease of parkland to the Obama Foundation, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

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Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Project



We are proud to be a part of the Parallel Thimble Shoal Tunnel Project that will construct a new two-lane tunnel under Thimble Shoal Channel. When complete, the new tunnel will carry two lanes of traffic southbound and the existing tunnel will carry two lanes of traffic northbound.

Diadon Enterprises attends Consensus 2018



Diadon Enterprises is looking at implementing an innovative blockchain technology called Kaleido, which uses powerful features such as confidential transactions and chain analytics to take the new blockchain experience to the next level.

Officials tell Tutor Perini, subcontractor to redo 3 miles of San Francisco rail | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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  • The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) notified general contractor Tutor Perini last month that it and its subcontractor, Con-Quest Contractors, installed the wrong type of rail tracks on 3.2 miles of the $1.6 billion Central Subway project, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, and is demanding that the entities replace it with suitable material at their own expense.

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Business Roundup: JCB ceases N.A. backhoe production; Wacker Neuson reports record 1Q; Three new leadership hires at Manitou; Hyundai CE taps Bello to head south central U.S. sales | Dump Truck Company

Wacker Neuson reports record 1Q revenues

Fueled in large part by robust U.S. sales in skid-steer loaders, the Wacker Neuson Group is reporting record high revenues for the first quarter of 2018 compared to a year ago, with an increase of more than 9 percent to $440.1 million.

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Machine that will drill mile-long hole for Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel gets a name

"Chessie" the Tunnel Boring Machine
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel machine is being built in Germany and should arrive in Hampton Roads in 2019. Area school kids got a chance to name the machine through a contest. Courtesy of Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel commission.
 

Meet Chessie.

That’s the name of the new boring machine that will drill the mile-long hole for an expansion of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel.

The name, chosen by an online contest, was submitted by Grace Bentley of Nandua Middle School in Onley on the Eastern Shore.

 

Chessie is a long-fabled sea monster said to live in the Chesapeake Bay. The legend stretches back more than 80 years with “sightings” really picking up in the 1980s. The monster was described as a long, snakelike creature that rolled through the waves.

“When the tunnel boring machine is digging into the ground, you can think of it like a sea monster,” Bentley said in her video submission.

The name has remained popular in the region, adorning boats, trains, trails and animals.

 

Chessie will be printed on the machine and visible during the launching ceremony in 2019.

Local sixth-graders submitted more than 120 names that were narrowed down to a top 10 for the online vote.

 

Tunnel boring machines often have a female name, a tradition that began when miners prayed to the patron saint of mines, Barbara, to protect them as they worked underground. The naming of the machine before beginning to work is a sign of good luck for the project ahead, CBBT officials said.

The names are often used to colloquially refer to the tunnel boring machines instead of using the long-winded engineering term. Seattle had “Bertha,” Los Angeles had “Harriet” and a Canadian machine was named “Big Becky.”

Prep work for the $756 million parallel tunnel has already begun on the island closest to Virginia Beach. The digging machine will begin there in 2019 and move northeast until it hits the second island. The project is set for completion in 2022.

The expansion project will provide safety and redundancy to the critical route between the Eastern Shore and Hampton Roads. Officials have worried that a major crash or disaster in a tunnel could sever the link.

 
 

Related files 2nd lawsuit against NYC labor union | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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  • Hudson Yards Construction (HYC), the building arm of developer Related Cos., has filed a lawsuit against the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York (BCTC) and its chief Gary LaBarbera claiming that they are trying to interfere with the supply of concrete to a project at New York City's $25 billion Hudson Yards development through intimidation and "thuggish tactics," according to court documents filed May 5.

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JCB ceases backhoe production at Ga. facility to make room for telehandlers; will build dedicated parts warehouse and distribution center in Miami | Dump Truck Company

JCB’s 505-20TC telehandler

Less than four years after the first JCB 3CX backhoe rolled off the assembly line at the British charlotte nc dump trucks maker’s Savannah, Georgia-based North American headquarters, the dump trucks charlotte nc has announced that it has ceased backhoe production at the plant in order to make room for production of the 505-20TC compact telehandler.

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New Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel tube will create a mountain of contaminated soil

  • Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel

    To bore the new tube of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, enough muck will be extracted to fill about 50,000 dump trucks – muck that recent tests confirmed will be contaminated by the boring process and must be disposed of in a protected landfill.

    In a region familiar with underwater traffic tunnels, it’s an unfamiliar wrinkle.

    The CBBT’s latest tunnel – a $756 million, mile-long parallel tube under the southern shipping channel – will be the first in Virginia built by a boring machine, worming its way through the bay bottom.

     

    All other tunnels in the area – a total of 10 tubes – are trench-style. Muck was scooped out the old-fashioned way, bucket by bucket, leaving most of it “clean” enough to be dumped offshore.

    But the boring method being used at the CBBT requires the use of additives: foams and other substances common to the oil-drilling industry. They lubricate the cutter head and help sediments – called “spoils” – flow more easily from the hole.

    Those additives are petroleum-based, leaving the spoils tainted with contaminants considered hazardous to health.

    Known as TPH, for Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons, they’re measured in milligrams per kilogram of soil. Environmental protection regulations kick in when TPH hits 50-plus milligrams.

    The CBBT samples – a mix of native ground and boring additives – tested at 75 milligrams of TPH, which is barely over the threshold. In heavily polluted sites, rates can climb into the 10,000 range.

    But it’s high enough to make the CBBT spoils ineligible for the usual dumping site 17 miles offshore.

    Also off the table now: a borrow pit on the lower Eastern Shore, a site that was previously considered.

    In a regular borrow pit, TPH could seep into groundwater, explained Bert Parolari, a water protection program manager at the Tidewater office of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.

    “Petroleum-contaminated soils must go to a landfill equipped with a liner and a leachate collection system,” he said.

    Boring does have advantages for the CBBT: Fewer interruptions to shipping in the channel, less risk of damaging the existing tube nearby. Bored tunnels are the norm in Europe and Asia.

    One disadvantage is the mountain of contaminated spoils it can create. Jeff Holland, executive director of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission, said they knew “there was that potential.”

    When commissioners put the project out for bid, they were willing to go either way – bore or trench – as long as the design satisfied their 2,300 pages of specifications.

    All three of the lowest-price bids turned out to be bore. The commission chose the lowest of those, from Chesapeake Tunnel Joint Venture – a partnership of engineering and heavy construction companies that have done similar projects around the world.

    A German outfit is building the boring machine. It’ll be as long as a football field and have a rotating cutter head that’s 42 feet in diameter, capable of chewing through 50 feet of sediment a day. TPH-containing additives will be used to reduce friction, help the machine maintain proper pressure and turn the muck into a slurry that can be carried out by conveyor.

    The test results and their ramifications have been “expected from the beginning,” Andres Gonzalez, a project executive with the builder, wrote to The Pilot in an email. He said it doesn’t take much TPH to condemn soil to a landfill, comparing the threshold to “placing a drop of liquid into an Olympic swimming pool.”

    In the old days, this wouldn’t have been an issue. The first tube in the region –  the Downtown Tunnel – opened in 1952. The CBBT opened in 1964.

     

    “The overall regulatory approval process virtually did not exist,” Holland said.

    To satisfy today’s checklist of studies and permits, Holland says the CBBT spent about $8 million. A host of protection acts calls for monitoring of all sorts of possible impacts: construction noise on migrating whales, work lights on nesting sea turtles, sediment drift on neighboring mussels.

    Testing spoils is a regular part of the process. Typically, though, any toxins encountered were already there.

    That’s called “historical contamination,” said Joe Rieger. He’s deputy director of restoration with the Elizabeth River Project, a group focused on healing what was once one of the most polluted rivers in the East.

    No one was surprised when TPH and other toxins turned up in Elizabeth River spoils during construction of the newest tube of the Midtown Tunnel, which opened in 2016. Before regulations existed, industries along the banks routinely dumped waste into the water.

    The real surprise, Rieger said, was how much Midtown muck actually did pass muster. Of the 1.5 million cubic yards extracted, only 10 percent had to go to a landfill; 90 percent got the thumbs-up for ocean disposal.

    “All the efforts we’ve put forth are paying off,” Rieger said. “We were really glad to see that.”

     

    Chris Moore, a senior scientist with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, says it’s not unusual to find historical contamination hidden under healthy layers of sediment.

    But he wouldn’t expect to find any contamination at all where the new CBBT tube is going. Strong currents surging in and out of the bay flush the mouth with ocean water.

    “There’s tremendous movement through there,” he said. “My guess is that’s true virgin territory.”

    The search is on for a suitable landfill large enough to store the spoils. It’s impossible to say how long it’ll take for the TPH to break down or how harmful it truly is.

    Mike Unger, an associate professor at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, said the TPH label is simply too vague – a catch-all for a family of contaminants that come from crude oil.

    To figure out the fate or toxicity of this particular TPH, Unger said, “you’d need a specific chemical analysis.”

    Even then, many TPH compounds have barely been studied. The most dangerous – like benzene – have been linked to cancers, central nervous system problems and death. The most benign – like some mineral oils – are safe enough to put in food.

    According to CBBT’s builder, hauling spoils to a landfill won’t delay progress on the tube. Gonzalez said the expense was anticipated and factored into the price tag of the five-year project.

    No taxpayer money is being used for the tunnel. Tolls, bonds and loans will cover the cost.

    The boring machine is scheduled for delivery in October. Arriving in sections, it will weigh 5.5 million pounds when assembled.

    In the meantime, preparations are under way on the man-made islands. A launch pit is being dug to lower the machine so it can start eating its way under the Thimble Shoal channel, installing concrete rings in the tunnel as it goes. Crews of 20-25 people will man a control room inside the machine. Operations will go on around the clock.

    One year after boring begins, the machine is expected to surface on the other side.

Kleeman unveils new mobile crushing and screening plants at Intermat 2018 | Dump Truck Company

At the recent Intermat trade show in Paris, Klemman showcased three mobile crushing and screening plants and announced several more:

  • The “mobile jaw crusher” Mobicat MC 120 Z Pro
  • The mobile impact crushers Mobirex MR 110 Z EVO2 and the MR 130 EVO2
  • Mobile classifying screens: Double-deck Mobiscreen MS 702 EVO and MS 952 EVO; and the triple-deck MS 703 EVO and MS 953 EVO

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Immigration status concerns for employers remain high | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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  • Construction industry and other employers said they're feeling some regulatory relief with the change in administrations, but also feel burdened by recent abrupt and dramatic regulatory changes, slow-moving confirmations to key federal government agency positions, and the growing patchwork of state and local requirements, according to Littler Mendelson's 2018 Annual Employer Survey, which polled 1,111 in-house counsel, human resources professionals and C-suite executives across industries.

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Miami-Dade County seeks private partner for $6B transit expansion | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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  • The Miami-Dade County Commission is soliciting the private sector for ideas about what kind of public-private transportation model would be best for the Florida county's potential $6 billion, six-corridor Strategic Miami Area Rapid Transit (SMART) project, according to the Miami Herald, in order to break the stalemate between county agencies and speed the initiative along.

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Miami-Dade considers private partners for $6B transit plan | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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  • The Miami-Dade County Commission is soliciting the private sector for ideas about what kind of public-private transportation model would be best for the Florida county's potential $6 billion, six-corridor Strategic Miami Area Rapid Transit (SMART) project, according to the Miami Herald, in order to break the stalemate between county agencies and speed the initiative along.

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Gubernatorial candidate would withdraw state support for $2B Las Vegas stadium | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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  • Nevada State Treasurer Dan Schwartz said that if he is elected governor of Nevada in this year's election, he will not approve potential funding for infrastructure that would support the $2 billion Raiders stadium in Las Vegas stadium unless the NFL team agrees to a new deal in which the state takes back $750 million it has committed to the project, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

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Equipment Roundup: Wacker Neuson unveils first fully-electric excavator; GMC Sierra AT4 is off-road luxury; Ditch Witch partners with Vacuworx; The top financed excavator brands of 2017; Vögele debuts at Intermat | Dump Truck Company

Vögele debuts revamped Big MultiPlex Ski, new technology at Intermat

At Intermat, Road paver manufacturer Vögele is showcasing its latest generation of sensors for grade and slope control. Whether on their own or in combination with the new Big MultiPlex Ski, they deliver optimal results in asphalt paving, the dump trucks charlotte nc says.

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Iowa bets on $2B road program and dual, divided highway | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • The Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) is investing up to $2 billion for an 18-mile stretch of state roadway near Council Bluffs, Iowa, the largest portion of which is a dual, three-mile divided highway that will help eventually separate and funnel traffic efficiently along an overlap of two major highways, according to Construction Equipment Guide.

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Virtual radar could reduce permitting delays | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • Researchers at two universities are pairing ground-penetrating radar (GPR) with a cognitive, smartphone-based augmented reality app so that users can see virtual 3-D models of underground objects but also have access to a visual map of subsurface infrastructure that the app stitches together based on a network of previous scans.

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Feds: $2B North Carolina toll road no threat to endangered mussels | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that a $2.2 billion North Carolina toll road, part of the Triangle Expressway in the Raleigh-Durham area, will not negatively affect two species of endangered mussels, a decision which creates a path for the final portions of the project to move forward, according to The News & Observer.

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Union sues NYC contractor claiming it used 'alter ego' company to avoid paying union wages | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • New York City's Metal Lathers Local 46 and other union funds are suing a concrete contractor, its owner and an alleged "alter ego" front columbus oh dump truck company claiming that the latter, New Leaf, was formed to perform columbus oh dump truck company at the $25 billion Hudson Yards development in order to avoid paying union wages and benefits, according to the New York Daily News.

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California cities split on who should pay for $17B San Joaquin Delta tunnels | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) voted to help finance construction of the $17 billion San Joaquin River Delta dual-tunnel project, but delegations from Los Angeles and San Diego are warning that investing $11 billion is risky and unfair to their local customers, according to the Los Angeles Times.

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U.S. road work-zone fatalities up 7% | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • U.S. road work-zone fatalities rose 7% from 2015 to 2016, according to the Chicago Tribune. A Federal Highway Administration official said fatalities increased nationally from 712 in 2015 to 765 in 2016 for several reasons, including more vehicular traffic, distracted driving (texting, talking on a cellphone, eating), and the growing number of roadside construction projects around the country.

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Business Roundup: Cat president of customer/dealer support to retire; Yanmar intros 4-year/4,000-hr. excavator warranty; H&E relocates Fort Collins branch; Luby Equipment a certified Case Precision Dealer; | Dump Truck Company

Mo.’s Luby Equipment Services now a certified Case Precision Construction Dealer

Luby Equipment Services, based in Fenton, Missouri, has earned Case’s official designation as a certified expert dealer in machine control solutions.

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Trump administration, federal agencies sign MOU to limit infrastructure approval to 2 years | Dump Truck Company

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The Trump administration, along with heads from the Department of Transportation, the Department of the Interior departments, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Army Corps of Engineers, and eight other federal agencies, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that would allow a lead agency to draw up an environmental impact statement (EIS) and complete National Environmental Policy Act reviews of “major” infrastructure projects within an average of two years, the Engineering News-Record reports.

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Infrastructure and Beyond



Diadon Enterprises will soon announce new partnerships which will expand our business and increase our workforce by over 100 people in 2019. This expansion is being led by our CFO, Robert Black III, a Wharton Business School graduate who also received his Law degree from University of Pennsylvania. A former Goldman Sachs executive with expertise in finance, commodities and energy stocks, Robert is leading Diadon Enterprises and our partners into the global market.

Diadon Enterprises welcomes 2 new team members

Diadon Enterprises welcomes 2 new team members.



Magdalana Foniak
Environmental Engineer
North Carolina Corporate Office

Ray Hamad
Sales and Marketing Director
Ohio Division

Profitable Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Markets



Diadon Enterprises continues to be at the forefront of the Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency markets. Our employees participating in these profitable yet turbulent markets, experienced 60% growth in their investment portfolio in 2017

Ignorance of OSHA standards no defense for worker's death | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit Court upheld OSHA's decision to issue a willful citation in the case of a worker's deadly fall, even though the employer claims the foreman in charge was ignorant of safety requirements that could have prevented the incident, according to a summary written by the law firm of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP for JD Supra.

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Diadon's Charlotte NC Office



Diadon Enterprises North Carolina corporate office where our office manager, Pik Ye Phan, tried to hide from the cameras

Florida DOT plans $2.3B, 40-mile Interstate 4 'signature' corridor | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • The Florida DOT (FDOT) is planning a $2.3 billion rebuild of two, 20-mile sections of Interstate 4, an initiative that will connect to the western and eastern ends of the current I-4 Ultimate expansion project in Orlando and attempt to tame traffic around a busy Walt Disney World (WDW) entrance, according to Orlando Weekly.

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2nd Annual Civil Rights Transportation Symposium

Ray Hamad attends the Ohio Civil Rights Symposium for Transportation and explores the value that diversity and inclusion brings to both the industry and the state. During this two-day event, thought leaders from business, government, and academia held discussions on issues related to contracting, business development, regulatory compliance, and the future of transportation.


Left - Former OSU(Ohio State University) Buckeye’s Football Head Coach Jim Tressel
Right - Ray Hamad


Left - NFL & OSU Running Back Keith Byars
Right - Ray Hamad


Left - OSU Running Back, John F. Wooldridge and President of Excenture Business Solutions
Right - Ray Hamad

Wisconsin construction company charged with $200M minority business fraud | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • A Wisconsin grand jury has indicted a Milwaukee construction columbus oh dump truck company and its owner with a total of 22 counts of fraud for reportedly creating what were purported to be minority and veteran-owned businesses in order to win more than $200 million in federal construction contracts set aside for those groups, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Contractor sues for $1.2M in unpaid invoices for Florida baseball park | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • A North Carolina subcontractor has filed a lawsuit against Hunt Construction Group, a subsidiary of engineering and construction giant AECOM, alleging $1.2 million of unpaid bills for columbus oh dump truck company performed on the FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches in West Palm Beach, Florida, The Real Deal reported.

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Equipment Roundup: First Drive review of the 2019 Ram 1500; Volvo debuts updated L90H loader; Manitowoc intros GMK6300L-1 all-terrain crane; Mack’s new MHD more flexible; Volvo CE now 3D printing parts | Dump Truck Company

Volvo CE now 3D printing spare parts, prototype components

Volvo Construction Equipment says it has begun using additive manufacturing techniques not only as part of the company’s process for prototyping new machines, but also to supply customers with replacement parts.

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Business Roundup: Doosan adds 2 N.C. dealer locations; SDLG dealer Alta expands in Midwest; ARA, TechForce team up on technician careers; Marchand promoted to VP at Case; Genie Aerial Pros experts host AMA event | Dump Truck Company

Amid growing worker shortage, ARA, TechForce team up to inspire students to pursue charlotte nc dump trucks technician careers

To encourage young people to pursue trade and technical careers that are necessary to support the charlotte nc dump trucks rental industry, the American Rental Association (ARA) is teaming up with TechForce Foundation of Scottsdale, Arizona.

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FHWA distributes $5 billion more in federal-aid highway funding authority to state DOTs | Dump Truck Company

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The Federal Highway Administration has issued its latest “obligation limitation” notice to state departments of transportation, allowing them access to an additional $5 billion in project funding authority for federal-aid highway programs, according to the the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO).

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Seattle plans two stations, part of $6B light-rail expansion | Chesapeake Virginia Dump Truck, Aggregate, Excavation Company

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  • Seattle's Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) will build two underground light-rail stations only five blocks apart in the tech-heavy South Lake Union area of the city due to a "bend" in the route of a $6 billion light-rail initiative, according to The Seattle Times.

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Five Cabinet members push infrastructure before Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee | Aggregate, Excavation, Dump Truck Company

U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.

The Trump administration sent five Cabinet secretaries — Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, and Energy Secretary Rick Perry — to a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on March 13 to talk up its infrastructure proposals, but they didn’t seem to be enough to get the committee to move on the $1.5 trillion plan, KPBS reports.

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Houston's hurricane recovery efforts delaying city construction projects | Chesapeake Virginia Dump Truck, Aggregate, Excavation Company

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • As Houston officials go through the annual process of updating the city's five-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP), they have put a hold on a variety of public construction projects in order to fund post-Hurricane Harvey reconstruction efforts, according to the Houston Chronicle.

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Turner Construction wins $520M contract for California agency HQ | Chesapeake Virginia Dump Truck, Aggregate, Excavation Company

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  • The California Department of General Services has awarded a $520 million design-build contract to Turner Construction and its project partner, architecture firm AC Martin, for the construction of a $597 million, 28-story tower that will house the California Natural Resources Agency and other state offices, Commercial Property Executive reported.

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Moody's: Trump's infrastructure plan could grow P3 market | Chesapeake Virginia Dump Truck, Aggregate, Excavation Company

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • A recent Moody's Investment Services report suggests that President Donald Trump's $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan could result in more private investment through public-private partnerships (P3s), but that state and local governments will have to rethink their revenue policies in order to attract investors.

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Engineer reported but ‘not concerned’ about cracking in Miami bridge before deadly collapse; no road closure for stress testing also at issue | Aggregate, Excavation, Dump Truck Company

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Two days before the deadly collapse of pedestrian bridge in Miami Thursday, the lead engineer on the project left a voicemail with state officials saying cracking had been seen on the north end of the span that had been earlier moved into place during accelerated construction.

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Clark Construction files $5M lawsuit against architect of DC's 'The Wharf' | Chesapeake Virginia Dump Truck, Aggregate, Excavation Company

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  • Clark Construction, the general contractor for the $2.5 billion mixed-use development, The Wharf, in Washington, DC, has filed a $5 million breach of contract lawsuit against architect Perkins Eastman alleging the design documents for the project's first phase contained substantial errors and omissions.

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Ad campaign calls on Congress to act on transportation infrastructure funding package | Aggregate, Excavation, Dump Truck Company

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The Transportation Construction Coalition and Americans for Transportation Mobility Coalition developed a new ad campaign that urges Congress and the Trump administration to act now to develop and pass a robust transportation infrastructure funding package and provide a permanent fix for the Highway Trust Fund, according to a release from the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC).

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California bullet train costs skyrocket to $77B, opening delayed | Chesapeake Virginia Dump Truck, Aggregate, Excavation Company

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • In a draft of its annual business plan, the California High Speed Rail Authority revealed that the construction cost of a bullet train between Northern and Southern California increased from $67 billion to $77.3 billion, and that the first phase will not be operational until 2029, four years behind schedule, according to the Los Angeles Times.

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Louisiana plans first P3 for $112M tunnel, bridge replacement | Chesapeake Virginia Dump Truck, Aggregate, Excavation Company

Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:

  • The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development has solicited private companies and investors through a Notice of Intent (NOI) to join with the agency in its first public-private partnership (P3) for the $122 million replacement of the Belle Chasse Tunnel and Bridge in Plaquemines Parish, according to Equipment World.

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Equipment Roundup: Chevy unveils new medium duty Silverados; Toyota enters construction truck market; How Komatsu KomVision cameras eliminate blind spots; Case intros 2 rollers; 3 new Cat rollers feature oscillation | Aggregate, Excavation, Dump Truck Com

Case intros SV216D, SV212D rollers with more torque, ‘most climbing power in the industry’

At the World of Asphalt show Tuesday, Case Construction Equipment launched two new rollers in the SV212D and SV216D.

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In 'most important labor decision in decades,' SCOTUS appears ready to weaken unions | Chesapeake Virginia Dump Truck, Aggregate, Excavation Company

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  • The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 31, and despite its focus on union fees in the public sector, it may end up being "the most important labor law decision .

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