Construction

MDOT SHA Uses Traffic Data to Drive Transportation Decision-Making on MD 175 Corridor Project

When complete, the $74.7 million MD 175 (Annapolis Road) improvement project will improve safety and reduce congestion in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The current four-lane undivided roadway is being reconstructed into a six-lane divided roadway. A median will separate the eastbound and westbound MD 175 lanes.

The project is part …

by: Nathan Medcalf

Gulf Stream Construction Wraps Up Final Phase of Low Battery Seawall Repair in Charleston, South Carolina

Crews are closing in on completion of the last phase of the $70 million Low Battery Seawall Repair in Charleston, …

by: Debra Wood

Growth in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast Drives Billions in Infrastructure Investment

The Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions are experiencing rapid economic and population growth, necessitating major infrastructure investments to support expanding industries. …

by: Jill White

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State Project Awards: VA
FAIRFAX - BRIDGE STEEL REPAIRS
1,216,330
FORT MYER CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION; VA
SUSSEX - 2025 PLANT MIX - INTERSTATE
2,983,071
BRANSCOME OPERATING LLC DBA BRANSCOME; VA
FREDERICKSBURG - ON-CALL ADA RAMP IMPROVEMENTS
236,483
NORTH CONSTRUCTION INC; VA
YORK - BRIDGE DECK REPLACEMENT OVER RTE.17
5,116,599
KOKOSING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INC; VA
LANCASTER|RICHMOND - CULVERT REPLACEMENT
2,900,544
CATON CONSTRUCTION GROUP INC; All Awards Here

Industry News

Skanska Celebrates Completion of George Mason University’s Life Sciences and Engineering Building

MANASSAS, VA –– Skanska announces the completion of George Mason University’s (GMU) new Life Sciences and Engineering Building on the …

Linder Industrial Machinery Announces Leadership Changes

PLANT CITY, FL — Linder Industrial Machinery, a heavy equipment distributor with operations across the U.S. Southeast, announces a …

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McClung-Logan Equipment Company to Carry Takeuchi Equipment at Maryland and Delaware Locations

BALTIMORE, MD — McClung-Logan Equipment Company will now rent, sell, and service Takeuchi track loaders, wheel loaders, and compact excavators …

Young Joins RS&H as Maryland Transportation Leader

BALTIMORE, MD — Employee-owned, national engineering, architecture, and consulting firm RS&H welcomes Brian Young as Associate Vice President and Maryland …

From left to right: DeLayne Rogier, Service Coordinator; Tim Bailey, Branch Manager; and Jay Terry, Territory Sales Manager

Hills Machinery Opens New Sales, Service, and Rental Location in Wilson, North Carolina

WILSON, NC — Hills Machinery has opened its 14th location with its new full-service facility in Wilson, North Carolina. The …

Gilbane Breaks Ground on New School of Medicine at USC Health Sciences Campus in Columbia

COLUMBIA, SC — Gilbane, alongside the University of South Carolina (USC) and key project partners, officially broke ground on …

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Industry News

Childress Rejoins HNTB as Transportation Group Director

Griffin Electric Supports Women in Construction

With Old Nice/Middleton Bridge Demolished, Skanska-Corman-McLean Joint Venture …

BE&K | HITT Joint Venture Selected for Construction …

Thunder Creek Equipment Adds Runge as the New …

Choate Construction Hosts Annual Women in Industry Event

People

Estes and Kinard Promoted to HDR Regional Transportation …

Michael Baker International Promotes Belowich to Great Lakes …

Clancy & Theys Promotes Viau to Vice President …

Suffolk Hires Brault to Lead National Federal Center …

Skanska Creates New Mid-Atlantic Region in Washington DC, …

Projects

Skanska Selected for Renovation and Expansion of NC …

Balfour Beatty Begins Construction on Northern Virginia Science …

MDTA Announces Construction Management and Inspection Services Contracts …

Maryland Governor Unveils Design for Francis Scott Key …

Long Bridge Rail Partners Awarded Long Bridge South …

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Associations

Skanska's Wake Tech Energy Plant Named One of …

HNTB’s Riley Honored with WTS South Carolina Member …

National Engineering and Public Works Roadshow Highlights Low …

CAGC Quarter 2 Report: What Have We Done …

Manhattan Construction Company Recognized as Top Safety Leader …

Government

West Virginia Governor Celebrates Roads to Prosperity Anniversary …

Maryland DOT Releases $21.2B Final Six-Year Capital Budget

MDTA Announces General Engineering Consultant Contract, Kicks Off …

USACE Awards $40M Contract for Chesapeake Bay Restoration …

South Carolina DOT Receives $195M Federal Grant for …

Trends

Clark Brings Together High School Educators Across DC …

Clark Partners with NSLC to Offer High School …

North Carolina Road and Bridge Conditions, Congestion, and …

Griffin Electric Celebrates Over Three Decades in the …

Dynapac Celebrates its 90th Anniversary by Supporting Dream …

Equipment

Komatsu Company Stores East Named Official Dealer for …

BOMAG Americas Names Linder Industrial Machinery as New …

Montabert Honors Komatsu East as Top Dealer at …

Magni Telescopic Handlers Broadens Dealer Network with Carolina …

Link-Belt TCC-1400 Lends Versatility to Virginia Express Lane …

Economic Dev

DPR Rodgers Celebrates Milestone with Atrium Health CMC …

Gilbane Building Company Completes Largest Campus Project to …

Robins & Morton Tops Out Centra Langhorne Medical …

Skanska Delivers Radford University's Largest-Ever Construction Project

Gilbane Building Company Completes Health Professions Building at …

Business

Brasfield & Gorrie Doubles Size of Greenville Office …

H&E Opens New Branch in Frederick, Maryland

Hills Machinery Expands to Third Location in Virginia …

H&E Opens New Branch in the Myrtle Beach …

Branch Group Expands in North Carolina Through Young …

Events

Griffin Electric Gives Back for the Holiday Season

Griffin Electric Celebrates 10th Annual National Apprenticeship Week

Construction Begins for the Historic Long Bridge Project

Archer Western-United-Banks Joint Venture Begins Work on Charleston …

Takeuchi-US Produces 10,000th Compact Track Loader at South …

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S.T. Wooten Exceeds Runway Paving Standards Without Saw Cutting

Using two advanced, longitudinal joint construction techniques at Michael J. Smith Field in Beaufort, North Carolina, S.T. Wooten Corporation of …

A 5.12-mile stretch of Coalfields Expressway from Welch (McDowell County) to Route 16 is currently under construction.

West Virginia DOT Paves the Path to Growth With $147M Coalfields Expressway Project

Months after taking office in 2017 as governor of West Virginia, Jim Justice pushed for a statewide bond issuance to …

For WVDOT’s Wellsburg Bridge project, Flatiron built an 830-foot main span on the riverbank, floated it into place downstream, then lifted it onto the approach girders.

WVDOT’s Wellsburg Bridge Project Receives People’s Choice Award in America’s Transportation Awards

How can you construct a bridge across a busy Ohio River freight passageway without disrupting traffic?

For West Virginia’s new …

The North Maple Street Project is expected to be complete by the end of 2025 and will meet the needs of the steadily increasing traffic in Summerville, South Carolina.

Blythe Development Widening North Maple Street to Bring Safety and Mobility to Summerville, South Carolina

Summerville, South Carolina, is a part of the Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area. As a steadily growing suburb for the …

The S.T. Wooten team works primarily in central and eastern North Carolina and is headquartered less than an hour from the I-95 project area.

$465M North Carolina DOT Project to Enhance Capacity and Increase Resilience on I-95

I-95 runs along the East Coast of the United States, passing through North Carolina, where several projects are upgrading over …

A tunnel boring machine breaks through the headwall at the North Island on April 17, 2024.

Virginia DOT Makes Historic Discovery While Tunneling the Depths of Chesapeake Bay

While the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) was tunneling at the confluence of the James River and the Chesapeake Bay …

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National News

The Live DEMOlition Event offers a hands-on experience at NDA’s Annual Convention & Expo.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst is redeveloping student housing through a public-private partnership. (Photo courtesy of Rist-Frost-Shumway Engineering)

Quickbase surveyed more than 400 construction industry professionals and decision makers.

Rob McKenna, Vice President and Senior Account Manager, Summit Funding Group

JCB’s new factory in San Antonio, Texas, will increase the company’s U.S. production capacity for telehandlers and other equipment.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. *Includes nonresidential building, nonresidential STC, and heavy and civil engineering. **Includes residential building and residential STC. (Graphic courtesy of ABC)

Industry standards call for concrete pump trucks to be set up on supporting materials that distribute the load of the outriggers, as in this example using DICA’s FiberTech multipad system.

Around the Country

The Big Dig strategically reconnected Boston’s historic neighborhoods, such as the North End and its harborside wharfs, with key destinations like the downtown business district and Faneuil Hall Marketplace. By enhancing connectivity, it transformed amenities like Columbus Waterfront Park, Long Wharf, and the New England Aquarium into more accessible and valuable urban assets. This demonstrates the importance of planning highway caps or lids with a clear strategy to enhance connections, rather than pursuing them as standalone projects.

The 210-foot-long, 174-foot-wide Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing spans 10 lanes of freeway west of Liberty Canyon Road. (Photo courtesy of Caltrans)

A four-span, three-tower, 2,900-foot-long, cable-stayed bridge is being constructed upstream from the existing 81-year-old Chester Bridge.

In July 2024, crews work on the SR1 northbound bridge over Neshaminy Creek. (Photo courtesy of JMT)

The third and final phase of the I-10/Pecue Lane Interchange project began in spring 2023 and is estimated to be finished in spring 2026.

Two bridges are being replaced on Georgia Highway 25 over the Savannah and Middle Rivers in Chatham County.

Secretary and Project Manager Steve Olsen operates the Toro Dingo TX-1300, a walk-behind, compact utility loader, at the Seney National Wildlife Refuge job site.

Pictured here is the U.S. Route 65 bridge before phase 1 was completed.

JMC Construction’s Caterpillar 323 Excavator feeds demolition debris to a Sandvik QJ341 Mobile Jaw Crusher at a mixed-use redevelopment underway by Optimum Construction in Danvers, Massachusetts.

Two projects are concurrently taking place on I-84 in Southcentral Idaho, with completion expected in fall 2026.

The I-70 Picadilly Interchange Project will facilitate north-south connectivity on Picadilly Road and provide critical local access to I-70.

Crews pour concrete in preparation for widening a bridge on the 183 North Mobility Project.

The 8-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 18 will have two eastbound and two westbound lanes with a raised median.

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