Widening a highway is more difficult than creating a greenfield one, according to Mike Patton, resident engineer for the North Carolina Dept. of Transportation’s (NCDOT) Division 14, which covers the state’s westernmost and mountainous counties.
North Carolina Dept. of Transportation mobilized crews and a detour system already in place for a highway construction project to get the busy interstate reopened.
A joint venture of Flatiron Constructors and Blythe Development Co. successfully took on the massive $183-million Winston-Salem Northern Beltway, a design-build highway project that will loop around the northern part of Winston-Salem.
The North Carolina Dept. of Labor issued fines to two Charlotte-based companies for safety violations after three workers fell to their deaths and two others were injured in January.