Big developments and big setbacks marked transportation construction in 2015, a year in which two journalists traveled across America in a rusty 1949 Hudson to see how infrastructure projects are getting done.
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.
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