Fast Fix 8, the $62-million project to replace eight Interstate 40 bridges in Nashville during weekend highway shutdowns, finished on Dec. 4, seven months early, which the state credits in part to its first use of construction manager-general contractor project delivery.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority terminated for its convenience contracts for the over-budget Green Line expansion project for principal contractor White-Skanska-Kiewit and project manager HDR/Gilbane.
On Dec. 10, Faraday Future and Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) announced a tentative deal to build a $1-billion, 3-million-sq-ft electric car factory north of Las Vegas.
Construction industry officials have found much to like in the new Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, not the least because it was signed into law, extends for five years and is fully funded.
The expansion of transportation infrastructure continues to be the common denominator across regions experiencing robust growth and urbanization as well as those seeking to stimulate or diversify their economic profile.
When he was Federal Transit Administration chief, Peter M. Rogoff in 2009 OK’d $813 million in federal grants to Seattle-area rail agency Sound Transit to boost construction of a regional light-rail line.
Four engineering and construction consortiums have submitted technical proposals for the new $2.16-billion Purple Line light-rail project, which will span Washington, D.C.’s northern suburbs in Maryland.
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