House ‘Problem Solvers’ Re-Release Infrastructure Report
By Mark Holan, editorial director, ARTBA The Problem Solvers Caucus, a bipartisan group of U.S. House members, May 28 released a 16-page infrastructure blueprint that calls for “modernizing existing user fees, incentivizing private innovation and investment through...
Front End Planning & Agreements Create Successful P3 Projects
Lakshmi N. Williams of Transurban North America, left, and Jennifer A. Mahar of Smith, Pachter, McWhorter PLC. By Mark Holan, editorial director, ARTBA Discussing, anticipating, and planning for challenges when forming a team for a public-private partnership (P3)...
Regulatory Roundup – ARTBA Submits Comments on Groundwater, Forklift Regulations
By Nick Goldstein, vice president of regulatory and legal issues, ARTBA ARTBA this week continued its regulatory advocacy on behalf of the transportation construction industry by submitting two sets of coalition comments with the federal government. On June 7, ARTBA...
ARTBA Newsline Podcast for June 14, 2019
ARTBA Newsline Podcast for June 14: ARTBA Transportation Investment Advocacy Center Upcoming Events The ARTBA Newsline podcast for June 14 discusses the June 24 Transportation Investment Advocacy Center (TIAC) free webinar “Lessons Learned: The Importance of Local...
Western Leadership Team Conference Call is June 19
Please join ARTBA Western Region Vice Chairman Jeff Clyde of Clyde/Geneva Group and members of the Western Leadership Team (WLT) for their conference call at 10 a.m. Pacific/1 p.m. Eastern, Wednesday, June 19. The guest speaker will be Ashley Nguyen, director of...
Q & A with ARTBA’s P3 Division President Jennifer Aument
Jennifer Aument is president, North America, of ARTBA member firm Transurban, an international toll road investor and operator managing the development, delivery and operations of successful transportation public-private partnerships (P3s). Aument also is president of...
Safety First at Transportation Construction Professional Development Week
Members of ARTBA’s safety team join attendees of the safety portion of the inaugural Transportation Construction Professional Development Week. By Eileen Houlihan, senior writer/editor, ARTBA The ARTBA Foundation’s first “Transportation Construction Professional...
ARTBA Foundation Awards 16 Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarships
By Eileen Houlihan, director of Foundation programs, ARTBA ARTBA Transportation Development Foundation (TDF) Trustees May 13 awarded 16 students financial scholarships for the 2019-2020 academic year through the Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship...