With space at such a premium that a parking lot was converted into a construction staging site, two design-build teams are squeezing improvements and a new terminal into San Diego International Airport, one of the world's busiest single-runway airports.
Courtesy of Capital Beltway Express LLC Virginia's $2.1-billion Capitol Beltway Express is near its midway point. Public-private partnerships are gaining an extra boost in the United States as cash-strapped states increasingly grapple with how to address critical public-works infrastructure needs amid dwindling public funds. And the U.S. could learn a thing or two about P3 deals from its northern neighbor.That's the consensus of construction professionals with mature experience in P3 delivery systems who gathered at a recent related conference in Washington, D.C. Canada is widely seen as a decade ahead of the U.S. in P3 delivery of major highway and
Photo Courtesy HNTB/Trey Cambern Crews used a computer-controlled heavy-strand jack system to pick the main span's 405-ft-long, 85-ft-tall, 45-ft-wide prefabricated steel arch into place. Photo Courtesy HNTB/Trey Cambern The new steel arch marks the impending opening of a New York-Vermont crossing that is crucial to communities in both states. Crews are working on the finishing touches on a vital link between New York and Vermont over Lake Champlain. While the originally planned October reopening day has passed, no rescheduled date has been announced.A routine inspection of the Crown Point Bridge in October 2009 found unexpectedly high levels of pier deterioration,
What is a bad day for Michael Horodniceanu?Is it getting “blasted” at meetings by business owners complaining over a drop in sales as a result of the $4.45-billion Second Avenue Subway (SAS) in New York City?No, he says. That's routine. “A bad day is when I get an e-mail about the Corbin Building underpinning—that the building had begun to move. A bad day is when I [recently] learned we would have more East Side Access delays. We still don't know how much the delay will be, but that was a bad day.”A common project feature is the frustration of Manhattan
Galvanized by the Federal Aviation Administration's two-week shutdown this summer—and the 22nd consecutive short-term funding extension—airport advocates are stepping up a campaign calling for both the government and airlines to agree to an increase in airport user fees and a decrease in federal regulations.“Our airports are being held back due to a Nixon-era framework of government regulations,” said Greg Principato, president of Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA), in remarks at the association's annual convention in San Diego on Oct. 17. Criticizing airlines for agreeing with the regulations in order to stifle competition, he added, “Let’s tell them to get out
Federal officials are urging the public transportation industry to back President Obama's proposed jobs bill, saying it will mean $9 billion for transit projects. But frustration over partisan bickering in Congress regarding the re-authorization of a long-term transportation funding bill lent a charged air to exchanges at the conference and exposition, held in New Orleans early this month.Federal Transit Administration (FTA) chief Peter Rogoff and his staff were the marquee draw for American Public Transportation Association (APTA) members. “We are working with a president who cares about what we do,” he said. “We are at the center of his recovery
Russian State Railways (RZD) Rail network construction in Libya has been slowed by the rebellion. Related Links: Benguela Railway Promises To Open Angola's Interior China Offers To Build $2-Billion Iranian Rail Link Opening of Harbin-Dalian High-Speed-Rail Line Postponed Rail Network Construction in Libya Stalled by Rebellion Saudi Arabia's North-South Railway Will Upgrade Passenger and Freight $11.3-Billion China Rail Link Tunnels 63% of the Way Rail Megaproject: $11-Billion United Arab Emirates Network Central Asian Rail Link Will Redirect Export Paths Brazilian $3.21-Billion Rail Revitalization Project Tracks for 2012 Arrival India Moves Forward on $90-Billion Industrial Development Plan In 2008, American transportation
Battling monsoons, heat, live traffic and subpar soils, a joint-venture team expects to complete 30 miles of a Phoenix-area freeway expansion in just eight monthsadding another reason for the Arizona Dept. of Transportation to embrace design-build as it constructs projects to cope with growing traffic.A team of Kiewit Corp. and Sundt Construction holds the approximately $90-million contract to add 30 miles of high-occupancy vehicle lanes to Loop 101 between state Route 51 and Interstate 10.To do this many miles in [nine] months is pretty exciting, says Steve Mishler, ADOT project manager. Typically, this project would have been broken up into
PHOTO COURTESY OF SUNDT CONSTRUCTION INC. A 30-mile project is rapidly adding HOV lanes to a Phoenix-area freeway. Battling monsoons, heat, live traffic and subpar soils, a joint-venture team expects to complete 30 miles of a Phoenix-area freeway expansion in just eight months—adding another reason for the Arizona Dept. of Transportation to embrace design-build as it constructs projects to cope with growing traffic.A team of Kiewit Corp. and Sundt Construction holds the approximately $90-million contract to add 30 miles of high-occupancy vehicle lanes to Loop 101 between state Route 51 and Interstate 10.“To do this many miles in [nine] months
AP Photo/Jim Cole New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch meets with officials from the state's Department of Transportation on the Kancamagus Highway that cuts through the White Mountain National Forest, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011, in Lincoln, N.H. Flash floods from Hurricane Irene washed out part of the road. Citing high driver fatality rates, increasing energy- and agriculture-related freight movements and the recent devastation of Hurricane Irene, transportation construction officials are using a Sept. 1 report to emphasize the potentially devastating effects of delaying federal funding reauthorization on the nation’s rural populations.The nation’s rural roads and bridges are rapidly deteriorating, driving the