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WSP Uses Modular Construction to Transform Concourse D at World’s Busiest Airport

The world’s busiest airport was not originally designed to accommodate today’s traveling hordes. Expansion was imperative for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), which serves over 104 million passengers per year.

Concourse D, one of the original five concourses, was built over four decades ago and is one of the narrowest …

by: Melinda Zimmerman-Boehler

City of Mobile Undertakes Major Reconstruction of South McGregor Avenue to Improve Traffic and Safety

Typically, a street’s profile does not change much over the short distance of three-quarters of a mile. However, on South …

by: Larry Bernstein

Superior Construction Aims to Complete Nashville’s I-40/SR 255 Interchange Project One Year Ahead of Schedule

Southeast of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, Superior Construction’s relocation of the Interstate 40/State Road 255 (I-40/SR 255) Interchange was recently …

by: Melinda Zimmerman-Boehler

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State Project: FL
PINELLAS - PINELLAS Highway Number 1520 Bridge Repair; FL
OSCEOLA - OSCEOLA Highway Number 9251 Widening & Resurfacing; FL
BRADFORD DIST/ST-WIDE - BRADFORD DIST/ST-WIDE Highway Number None Maintenance Other; FL
BRADFORD DIST/ST-WIDE - BRADFORD DIST/ST-WIDE Highway Number None Maintenance Other; FL
PUTNAM - PUTNAM Highway Number 7605 Maintenance Other; Full Bid Calendar Here

State Project Awards: AL
MARION - SAFETY WIDENING, MICRO-MILLING, RESURFACING, AND STRIPE; AL
BALDWIN - MICRO-MILLING, RESURFACING, AND TRAFFIC STRIPE; AL
COFFEE - INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS (MICRO-MILL, RESURFACE, & STRIPE); AL
ETOWAH - MICRO-MILLING, RESURFACING, AND TRAFFIC STRIPE; AL
RANDOLPH - BRIDGE REPLACEMENT (GRADE, DRAIN, PAVE, AND BRIDGE REMOVAL); All Awards Here

Industry News

Thunder Creek Equipment Names Bertino as New Territory Sales Manager for Southwestern US

AUSTIN, TX — Thunder Creek Equipment names David Bertino as its new Territory Sales Manager (TSM) for the southern United …

Hensel Phelps Awarded Concourse A Reconstruction Project at Nashville International Airport

NASHVILLE, TN — Hensel Phelps has been selected to provide Construction Manager at Risk services for the Concourse A Reconstruction …

Atlanta Beltline, Inc. Breaks Ground on Key Segment of Northwest Trail and Announces Key Land Acquisition

ATLANTA, GA — Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, Atlanta Beltline, Inc. President & CEO Clyde Higgs, and other community leaders recently …

Skanska and Ballad Health Celebrate the Topping Out of Niswonger Children's Hospital

JOHNSON CITY, TN — The Nashville, Tennessee, area office of Skanska, one of the world’s largest construction and development …

McCarthy + Barnsley Celebrates Topping Out at Brookhaven City Centre

BROOKHAVEN, GA — The first mass timber municipal building in the state of Georgia has officially topped out, announces general …

Archer Western, Brown and Caldwell Complete Massive Expansion of Big Creek Water Reclamation Facility

ROSWELL, GA — The Big Creek Water Reclamation Facility, located west of the Chattahoochee River in Roswell, Georgia, serves as …

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Industry News

Archer Western Completes Phase 2 Expansion of Fowler …

HDR’s Carter Named Georgia Transportation Manager

Georgia DOT Commissioner McMurry Elected Vice President of …

Construction Underway on Chilton County Courthouse in Alabama

Gray and Yakult Celebrate Groundbreaking for New Greenfield …

CASE Construction Equipment Supports Team Rubicon Hurricane Helene …

People

Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Names Ballain as New Chapter …

Takeuchi Vice Chairman Eubanks Celebrates 40th Anniversary

Director of Preconstruction Yoder Joins MYCON General Contractors’ …

Florida Contractor Elected 2024-2025 ARTBA Chair

Tice Named Burns & McDonnell Construction Practice Manager …

Projects

Turner Reaches Project Milestone for $102M Tennessee Oncology …

Superior Construction to Rehab Concrete on Two Sections …

Jacksonville District Awards $40.6M Contract for Dredging of …

Lane Strengthens Presence in Florida with I-4 at …

Balfour Beatty Selected to Deliver $168M in Student …

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Associations

Florida Transportation Builders’ Association Recognizes HNTB with Best …

AGC Georgia Announces 2024 Skills Challenge Series Dates

Alabama AGC Honors 2024 Winners of the 40 …

AGC Georgia and AGC of America Team to …

Anderson Bomar Elected 2026 President of the American …

Government

I-285/I-20 West Interchange Project Advances with Team Selection

Tennessee DOT Awards First Progressive Design-Build Contract Accelerating …

Alabama DOT Begins Final Phase of Gordo Bypass

USACE Jacksonville District Awards Three New Contracts to …

Florida Governor Awards $9.5M and Other State Assistance …

Trends

Civil Engineers Give Georgia’s Infrastructure a C+ Grade

Gencor Industries Joins The Road Forward Initiative

Brasfield & Gorrie Celebrates 60 Years in Business

Taylor Interiors Receives Inaugural Economic Inclusion Leadership Award …

Turner Construction Company Hosts Eight-Week Program for Local …

Equipment

Takeuchi-US Appoints Ratliff as Director of Sales and …

Trimble Opens Technology Lab at Florida A&M University, …

Brandt Adds McCoy to Material Handler Dealer Network

DEVELON Celebrates Grand Opening of New Customization Plant

BOSS Expands to Lake City, Georgia

Economic Dev

Skanska to Lead Construction of Plant City Technical …

Robins & Morton Completes Rheumatology Associates of North …

Robins & Morton Completes Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Medical …

Balfour Beatty Selected to Deliver Multiple School Renovation …

Construction Starts at USF Health College of Nursing

Business

RNGD Expands Nashville Operations with Opening of New …

HNTB Announces Relocation of its Atlanta Office

H2M Announces Southeast Florida Expansion

HD Hyundai and NED Expand Relationship, Add Locations …

Florida Coast Equipment Expands Footprint with Acquisition of …

Events

Skanska Reaches Construction Milestone at Second District Court …

Robins & Morton Tops Out Okaloosa Gas District …

DSEDA Co-Locates Annual Meeting at Associated Equipment Distributor's …

Auburn to Host Cross-Laminated Timber Conference October 7 …

The Weitz Company Hosts Pedestrian Bridge Topping Out …

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Superior Construction, Sain Associates Win ARTBA Glass Hammer Awards

Two transportation construction companies with innovative programs aimed at promoting women leaders within their organizations were recently recognized with the …

S&R Enterprises Erects Two 633-Foot-Tall Steel Towers and Massive Hydraulic Pit at Blue Origin’s Launch Complex 36

How do you safely build two 633-foot-tall, steel towers and a massive hydraulic pit on an aggressive schedule with strict …

The team uses a conveyor system to place concrete for the Howard Frankland Bridge project. A concrete truck is on the existing bridge, and the concrete is conveyed over the water and onto the next bridge.

Archer Western, Traylor Bros. Lead $865M Design-Build Project for the Largest Bridge in Florida

The Howard Frankland Bridge carries I-275 over Old Tampa Bay and connects Tampa, Florida, in Hillsborough County and St. Petersburg, …

Southeast Construction Industry Booms Alongside Workforce

As the construction sector in the U.S. Southeast experiences an unexpected surge in job creation, outpacing the state's general economic …

This Tennessee DOT project entails reconstructing or widening 13 miles of SR 115 from SR 35 to Cherokee Trail.

Tennessee DOT’s Alcoa Highway Upgrades Set to Transform Key Corridor in Knoxville

Upgrades to Tennessee’s SR 115, also known as the Alcoa Highway, in Blount and Knox counties aim to increase capacity, …

Interactive Mobile Tour Celebrates Equipment Manufacturing in Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) will hit the road this summer and fall for a new initiative designed to …

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National News

Graphic courtesy of ABC. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Vehicle incidents are one of the biggest sources of injury and risk on a job site. Connected safety solutions provide peace of mind that safety protocols are followed and can identify coaching and training opportunities.

Graphic courtesy of Diversified Fall Protection, compiled from BLS data reports.

E-learning allows the next generation of construction workers to learn via their phones in a way they’re already comfortable with.

Photo courtesy of Robby Brown + Sundt Construction

Trimble Dimensions 2024 featured a 15-acre work site demonstrating the latest construction technologies.

Around the Country

The intermodal Build NCC project includes highway widening and reconstruction, a major lagoon restoration, and a couple of railroad double track projects. An overview shot of the railroad is shown here as it approaches the Batiquitos Lagoon and the highway.

Hydraulic jacks and controllers push the State Route 8 bridge girder deck assembly out across the valley.

The existing 1950s Hawk Falls truss bridge is being replaced with a new bridge, which has three arches, each with 11 segments. (Photo courtesy of Trumbull)

Because the base and rovers are always current with the Trimble Works Plus Subscription, Nabholz crews see improved GNSS accuracy, connectivity, and access to more satellites.

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.

A bridge is reconstructed during an initial phase of the Interstate 75 project.

The Cedar Falls Main Street Reconstruction Project includes new sanitary sewer to replace the previous 100-year-old sewer system.

An Etnyre chip spreader installs aggregate for the asphalt rubber chip seal in Alton, New Hampshire.

The project team is currently constructing three bridges that will cross the over 100-mile-long Spokane River.

Sun Streams 4 is the largest solar project to date for Longroad Energy Holdings LLC.

Work on the Bolivar Peninsula Reliability Project entails building 6 miles of new underground distribution line and 19 miles of new overhead line.

The Appleton International Airport project will add four new concourse gates, expanding the airport by 47,000 square feet.

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