The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority's board of directors this month approved a record-setting $51.5-billion, five-year capital plan that will also include alternative project delivery methods, according to officials.
Engineering giant plans large investment for research and development center in multi-use area of capital; city will support with infrastructure investments.
U.S. Dept. of Transportation investigators have opened a criminal inquiry into the use of federal funds for four downtown Seattle transportation projects.
The New York governor signed into law Dec. 30 a bill approved by state legislators last summer allowing the use of design-build for a handful of New York City departments.
A 60-40 joint venture of Granite Construction Inc. and Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Co. LLC has won a $348-million progressive design-build contract to upgrade a stretch of U.S. 89 in Utah.