Skanska renovates Pennsylvania Station Long Island Rail Road Concourse in New York, USA, for USD 392M, about SEK 3.2 billion
Skanska has signed a contract with Penn District Station Developer LLC to renovate Pennsylvania Station’s Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) concourse in New York, New York, USA. The contract is worth USD 392M, about SEK 3.2 billion, and will be included in the US order bookings for the fourth quarter of 2020. The contract includes the design and construction of the widening of the LIRR 33rd Street train hall corridor, including raised ceiling heights, upgraded lighting and wayfinding, digital info...
Mammoet Swiftly Sets Pedestrian Bridge in Colorado
The 76m bridge was set into place using Mega Jacks and SPMTs.(image) Bridge move completed ahead of schedule with minimal disruption to railroad Mammoet’s team was recently contracted by Kiewit Infrastructure to move and install a pedestrian bridge weighing approximately 550t (1.1 million lbs.) as part of a revitalization effort in downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado. The installation of the bridge required crossing eleven railroad tracks, so precise planning was crucial to ensure minim...
Midwest states prepare for the future of transportation
From data-driven traffic management systems to automated vehicle technology, the pace of innovation in transportation is accelerating. In the second of a special three-part series of Transportation Connects Us, the official podcast of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), three Midwest state transportation chiefs discuss the ways the member states of the Mid America Association of Transportation Officers (MAASTO), are collaborating to plan the future of transportation. In the s...
Video: New Tree Removal Technology
In this Caltrans News Flash, see how Caltrans is introducing new technology for tree removal that promotes safety to motorists and tree contractors alike with the use of the telescoping grappling saw (TGS).
Federal Railroad Administration Announces Landmark Achievement with Full Implementation of Positive Train Control
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced today that positive train control (PTC) technology is in operation on all 57,536 required freight and passenger railroad route miles, prior to the statutory deadline of December 31, 2020, set by Congress. In addition, as required, FRA has certified that each host railroad’s PTC system complies with the technical requirements for PTC systems. Furthermore, railroads have reported that interoperab...
South Carolina Department of Transportation selects Hexagon for safety management system
(Norcross, Ga.) — South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) has selected Hexagon’s Geospatial division to implement a transportation safety management system that will support the state’s roadway safety programs and federal reporting requirements. The integrated system will allow SCDOT to leverage existing crash data from the South Carolina Department of Public Safety’s databases for quicker and more accurate analysis. It will provide a data-driven environment to help transportation...
Stantec celebrates opening of Virginia’s tallest twin bridges
The long-awaited US Route 460 Connector Phase I Project is now open to traffic, connecting southwest Virginia and eastern Kentucky Buchanan County, VA - TSX, NYSE: STN: Leading global design firm Stantec celebrates the opening of the US Route 460 Connector Phase I Project, which includes the tallest twin bridges in Virginia at 265 feet. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) design-build project begins at the Kentucky state line and proceeds one mile east as part of the larger...
ARTBA: Transportation Construction Market To Shrink In 2021
The U.S. transportation construction market should shrink by 5.5 percent in 2021 primarily due to the severe economic recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an annual forecast released December 10 by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association. [Above photo by the West Virginia DOT.] Overall, the value of work should drop from $294.2 billion in 2020 to $278.1 billion in 2021, according to Alison Premo Black, ARTBA’s chief economist. Alison Premo Black “Not su...
360 Transit Alliance Joint Venture selected to lead project controls for four Toronto subway lines
Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx have selected 360 Transit Alliance Joint Venture, which includes key partners Stantec and Jacobs, to execute a Program Control Services Contract for Ontario’s four priority transit projects in the Greater Toronto Area. These include the new Ontario Line, the Scarborough Subway Extension, the Yonge Street North Subway Extension, and the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension – with a total estimated capital value of $28.5 billion. 360 Transit Alliance will...
DART Celebrates Silver Line Construction with First Concrete Pour Ceremony
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) and Archer Western Herzog (AWH) commemorated construction of the future Silver Line Regional Rail project with a First Concrete Ceremony on Wednesday, December 16. The event took place near the intersection of Preston Road and the Keller Springs Road, a mile northeast of the future Knoll Trail Station in Dallas. The ceremony included a long-held tradition by the Walsh Group, parent company of AWH, of placing Miraculous Medals in a project's first concrete pour...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
