House Takes Action On Harbor, Water Infrastructure Bills
By Dean Franks, senior vice president, Congressional relations, ARTBA The House of Representatives Oct. 28 passed a bill to mandate that all future incoming revenues to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF) be spent on the port and waterway projects for which they...
U.S. DOT Awards $900 Million in Discretionary Transportation Grants
By Mark Holan, editorial director, ARTBA The U.S. Department of Transportation Nov. 12 announced the distribution of $900 million in infrastructure investment through Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) discretionary grants to 55 projects in...
ARTBA Supports Reconsideration of Salary Data Requirements
By Nick Goldstein, vice president of regulatory and legal issues, ARTBA ARTBA is supporting the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s decision to reexamine increased reporting requirements for its employer information report (EEO-1). Before 2016, the EEO-1...
ARTBA Newsline Podcast with 2019 Election Results and Analysis of Impact on Transportation
ARTBA Newsline Podcast: 2019 Election Results and Analysis of Impact on Transportation On Tuesday, November 6, voters demonstrated their support for transportation investment by approving almost 90 percent of more than 300 transportation-focused ballot measures. ARTBA...
Matt Cummings Receives Engineering Management Award
By Mark Holan, editorial director, ARTBA Former ARTBA chairman Matt Cummings, above, president and CEO of T.Y. Lin International Group, Oct. 12 received the 2019 John I. Parcel-Leif J. Sverdrup Civil Engineering Management Award from the American Society of Civil...
Central & Western Meetings Conclude ARTBA’s 2019 Regionals
Western regional in San Antonio, Nov. 13-14. By Allison Klein, senior vice president/strategic engagement, ARTBA Transportation design and construction industry leaders and top state agency officials discussed workforce development, funding, and other critical issues...
Five State DOTs Win Roadway Safety Awards
By Mark Holan, editorial director, ARTBA Seven highway safety projects from five state transportation departments have received 2019 National Roadway Safety Awards. The Florida and Virginia DOTs each received two awards in the “program planning, development, and...
Another Poll Confirms Americans Want Infrastructure Investment
By John Schneidawind, vice president of public affairs, ARTBA Voters in key swing districts of 2020 battleground states overwhelmingly support a robust federal infrastructure plan, according to a new poll. The survey found 91 percent of 1,505 likely voters in...