ARTBA CEO Dave Bauer’s Statement on House Infrastructure Principles
ARTBA President & CEO Dave Bauer Jan. 29 issued this statement on House infrastructure principles: "The separate release of principles from members of the House Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) Committee is the latest in a long list of reminders that...
Road & Bridge Construction Jobs Outpace General Construction
By Lital Shair Nada, research economist, ARTBA Highway, street, and bridge contractors employed 380,300 workers in November 2019, a 6.1 percent increase from the same month in 2018, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is the sixth...
ARTBA Seeks Members Help to Modernize Environmental Rules
By Nick Goldstein, vice president of regulatory and legal issues, ARTBA ARTBA has created a summary of the Trump administration’s proposals to modernize the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as well as guidelines for submitting comments before the government’s...
Transportation Industry Asked to Help Stop Human Trafficking
By Mark Holan, editorial director, ARTBA U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S.DOT) Secretary Elaine L. Chao Jan. 28 announced a series of efforts to combat human trafficking in the transportation sector. Among the initiatives is the “Transportation Leaders Against...
TRIP Names New Chairman, Officers & Board Members
Kenneth K. Wert, chairman of Haskell Lemon Construction Co., has been elected chairman of TRIP, a national transportation research nonprofit based in Washington, D.C. The Oklahoma City highway contractor firm is an ARTBA member through the Association of Oklahoma...
Industry Leader Development Program Experience Still Helps 2015 Graduate
By Mark Holan, editorial director, ARTBA Joe L. Romano IV, director of highway engineering at Pennsylvania-based Larson Design Group, was encouraged to attend the 2015 Industry Leader Development Program (ILDP) after a promotion to project manager. At the time, the...
ARTBA & Others Urge Congress to Fund Automated Work Zone Speed Enforcement
By Mark Holan, editorial director, ARTBA ARTBA and eight other transportation-focused organizations are urging Congress to provide federal funding for automated speed enforcement in work zones, currently prohibited by provisions in the FAST Act and National Highway...
FHWA Awards $8 Million in Innovation Grants for Highway and Bridge Projects
By Mark Holan, editorial director, ARTBA The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Jan. 21 announced more than $8 million in Accelerated Innovation Deployment (AID) Demonstration program grants to state departments of transportation (DOTs) and local governments. The...