Jim Parsons

Washington, DC-Area Planning Board Revives $11B Md. Express Lanes

July 21, 2021

P3 project that board dropped last month from regional list, a risk to its federal approval, now is kept alive by state lobbying and voting shifts.

Failures

Engineers Try to Fathom Factors Leading to Deadly Champlain Towers Collapse

June 26, 2021

A 2018 structural field survey report sheds light on the likely condition of the building at the time of the collapse, but says no repairs had been started as of June 2020.

Southeast Builders Chase Market Switched Into 'Hyperactive' Mode

Jim Parsons

Scott Judy

June 21, 2021

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In a 180-degree turn from 2020, Southeast contractors are scrambling to keep up with a flood of proposed projects in 2021.

Transit Construction

Maryland OKs New Funds for Purple Line Consultant Team

Jim Parsons

June 16, 2021

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State board awards $183.5 million for expanded PM role until a new design-build team is picked to complete the much delayed P3 light rail project.

Sometimes Bumpy Airport Upgrade on Final Approach at Reagan National

Jim Parsons

June 10, 2021

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First major facility upgrade in more than two decades challenges project team.

Digging Deeper | Flood Control

Wild Rice River Structure Will Help Tame Floods in the Red River Corridor

Crews are building a complex diversion system on the Wild Rice River in North Dakota to mitigate the area’s notorious spring floods

Jim Parsons

June 8, 2021

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A complex water diversion system in North Dakota aims to control notorious spring floods in the Fargo, N.D.-Moorhead, Minn., area.

Repair Work Underway On I-40 Span

No timeline or cost for bridge repairs under design by state DOTs. Arkansas DOT terminates bridge inspector.

Aileen Cho

Jim Parsons

May 27, 2021

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Workers with Kiewit Infrastructure Group race to stabilize a fractured tie girder that forced an indefinite closure of the key Tennessee-Arkansas crossing.

Arkansas DOT Rejects Terminated Employee Safety Concerns Over Incomplete Bridge Inspection

Jim Parsons

May 24, 2021

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Bridge inspector asserted it was unsafe for him to access the area of the bridge where the fracture occurred.

Maryland Scales Back Big P3 Highway Expansion

Jim Parsons

May 14, 2021

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$11B added lanes program will now focus on key Potomac River crossing rebuild and fewer toll lane miles. "Our intention is moving forward,” said proponent Gov. Larry Hogan, who leaves office in 2023.

Crack on I-40 bridge over Mississippi River

Fractured Beam May Close Key Mississippi River Crossing for Months

Jim Parsons

May 13, 2021

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Arkansas and Tennessee transportation officials say “a catastrophic event” was averted with the discovery of a fractured steel beam in the I-40 Mississippi River Bridge, but it could be months before the crossing is fully repaired and reopened to traffic.