Articles by Jim Parsons

After a three-month funding dispute that halted thousands of state projects, New Jersey politicians agreed to a new 23¢-per-gal gas tax to restart work. Coming the day after the rail crash in Hoboken, the deal has raised some question on infrastructure investment.

“Staying within the headlights” is how Vann Cleveland, vice president at specialty contractor Cleveland Electric Co., describes the family-owned company’s vigilance against overextending its capabilities in the vigorous Georgia construction market.

NTSB report on July 31 derailment says deteriorated ties, loose or missing components probably caused rails to shift.

Under the design-build contract for the 5,700-ft-long Thimble Shoals tunnel parallel to the existing crossing in Virginia, construction would start in 2017.