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TBM Bertha Completes 1.7-Mile Tunnel Bore in Seattle

Tim Newcomb

April 4, 2017

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Cross the finish line over two years late, the tunnel-boring machine Bertha completed it's 1.7-mile journey on April 4.

Canada's New Budget Keeps Big Infrastructure Spend

But firms lament lack of projects moving to design

Scott Van Voorhis

March 29, 2017

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But firms lament lack of projects moving to design.

Former DOT Sec. LaHood To Lead DC Metro Review

Jim Parsons

March 29, 2017

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Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood will lead an independent review of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) in an attempt to find solutions to numerous operations, governance and financial issues that increasingly have compromised service on the 118-mile Metrorail system.

Caltrans Crews Successfully Demolish Storm-Damaged Bridge

JT Long

March 28, 2017

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Adjustments to increase the velocity of a 6,000-lb wrecking ball had its desired effect more than a week after Caltrans engineers determined that the key Highway 1 connection on California's coast had been irreparably damaged during a series of storms.

Construction Technology

FAA Predicts Surge in Commercial Drones

Agency expects fleet to rise tenfold in five years, to 442,000

Tom Ichniowski

March 21, 2017

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Construction and real estate are the second-most-popular commercial drone applications

Transportation

Portuguese, Turkish JV Wins First Phase of Tanzania Rail Project

$1.2-billion segment will provide access to Burundi and Rwanda

Shem Oirere

March 21, 2017

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Last year, China EXIM bank signed an agreement with Tanzania for $7.6-billion concessional loan for the project.

Highway Construction

Euro JVs Vie for $1.1-Billion Silvertown Tunnel in UK

Short-listed contractors from Austria, Germany, Spain and Sweden

Peter Reina

March 20, 2017

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Work on the twin-drive tunnel could start in 2019 and end four years later, according to the transit authority, Transport for London.

Transportation Construction

Rail Programs in France, UK Create Bonanza for Contractors

$100 billion in work for Grand Paris Express Metro and London-Birmingham high-speed rail

Peter Reina

March 20, 2017

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Combined programs will create 300 km of new rail lines and phased tunnels by 2030.

Federal Spending

Trump Budget Would Cut Some Construction Accounts, Spare Others

Hit list includes TIGER grants, new transit starts, rural water grants and loans

Tom Ichniowski

March 16, 2017

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OMB director says funds cut from some programs will go into expected infrastructure investment program later this year.

Las Vegas Growth Spurs $3B in Road Projects Underway in Clark County

Janice L. Tuchman

March 16, 2017

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CONEXPO 2017 was set in fast-growing Las Vegas, where the Nevada Dept. of Transportation, 100 years old this year, “has $3 billion in road projects underway in Clark County alone,” said Tony Illia, NDOT public information officer.