King County Metro Signs Urban Solar on for Rare 10 Year Contract
SEATTLE, WA - In an unprecedented move, King County Metro (Metro) granted Urban Solar a decade-long contract to provide solar LED lighting solutions for its transit shelters and stops. The relationship began in 2011 when Metro signed Urban Solar on for a five-year contract for its PV-Shelter solar systems. Urban Solar was able to transform Metro’s flat shelter roof solar lighting systems and implement a solar lighting system to custom fit Metro’s new barrel roof architecture. King County Metr...
CH2M to Serve on Program and Construction Management Team for High-Capacity Transit Projects in Phoenix
PHOENIX- Valley Metro Rail selected Hill International (prime) and CH2M (principal sub-consultant) as program and construction management consultants on its future high-capacity transit projects in the nation's 12th largest metropolitan population area. The high-capacity transit projects include the region's first streetcar, a new light rail station on the existing Valley Metro Rail system and a five-mile light rail extension. The new station and extension are part of Phoenix's voter-approved...
10 Things on US DOT Modes: PHMSA
Sometimes the U.S. Department of Transportation’s many agencies, or modes as they are often called, can be tricky to keep up with. What does each do? Who and what does each serve? This blog series, called 10 Things on US DOT Modes, will introduce readers to each mode (along with a few sub offices). Today’s blog will explore the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration by listing 10 important or interesting things to know about the agency. Created under the Norman Y. Mineta Re...
Skilled-Up Mastic Asphalters Reap The Benefits
The construction industry may well face a massive skills challenge in the coming years, but for those who try their hand and learn how to apply mastic asphalt, they will gain a much-needed skill, earn a decent wage and have plenty of job opportunities across the UK. It is one of the few construction activities still highly regarded as a ‘craft trade’, but when you work with mastic asphalt you are working with a material which has not only stood the test of the time, it remains the waterproofi...
Urban Solar Gains Tenured Transit Expert Dick Ruddell
BEAVERTON, OR - Urban Solar is pleased to announce Dick Ruddell has joined its team of experts as the new Vice President of Business Development to help lead its transit division. Urban Solar specializes in transit passenger amenities, with a focus on transit stop and bus shelter solar lighting solutions. The commercial solar lighting company is growing its transit division to keep up with increasing demand. Ruddell’s wealth of experience in the transit industry will further set Urban Solar a...
3.2 Trillion Miles Driven On U.S. Roads In 2016
WASHINGTON – New estimates released today by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) show that U.S. driving topped 3.2 trillion miles last year. It is the fifth straight year of increased mileage on public roads throughout the nation, and underscores the demands facing America’s roads and bridges, and reaffirms calls for greater investment in surface transportation infrastructure. The new data, published in FHWA’s latest “Traffic Volume Trends” report – a monthly estimate of U.S. road trave...
Minnesota DOT Pursues Statewide Inventory of Barrier End Treatments with Continental Mapping
(Sun Prairie, WI)—February, 2017 — Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) proactively identified the need for a comprehensive inventory of barrier end treatments and associated guardrails on state owned highways. To meet this need, MnDOT awarded a contract to Continental Mapping to complete this statewide inventory. The Barrier End Treatment Inventory and Assessment (BETIA) project will utilize mobile lidar to collect data on the assets of interest followed by field assessment to ascer...
Capitol Hill Briefing on Industry Priorities
CHICAGO — As a member of the North American Concrete Alliance (NACA), PCI President and CEO Bob Risser joined senior officials representing the 11 NACA-affiliated associations and the Congressional Cement Caucus on capitol hill on February 5, 2017. The purpose was to brief the 115th Congress on the state of the concrete and cement industry and infrastructure priorities. NACA senior officials made the following remarks: Infrastructure investment must be done wisely and factor reforms to p...
Colorado DOT Has Adopted Datumate's Cutting Edge Mapping Tools
YOKNEAM ILLIT, Israel - Datumate's professional Site Survey Solution has helped the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) to quickly and safely survey a water pond located at the highway intersection of Colorado Boulevard and I-25 in the Denver Metro area. Denver has an additional 300 water quality ponds and this technology will be primarily used to monitor the capacity of new ponds. Datumate's leading technologies will help Colorado's DOT expedite projects such as asset management, infra...
Report Finds 185M Daily Crossings on Structurally Deficient U.S. Roadway Bridges
A new report from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association said there are about 185 million daily vehicle crossings on 55,710 structurally deficient U.S. roadway bridges, of which about 1,900 are on the Interstate Highway System. Bridges that are rated as structurally deficient are open to traffic if authorities consider them safe for travel, but need repair or replacement of at least some component such as the bridge deck surface. ARTBA's report, which is based on analysis...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
