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11/04/09 Airports Slow To Advance Projects Despite a Thaw in the Economy

Over the past year, the combination of substantially lower passenger traffic, still-wobbly financial markets and nervous carriers has curtailed the revenue streams airports typically count on for major capital projects.
11/04/09 San Francisco Artery Reopens After Second Emergency Fix
As 280,000 daily vehicles resumed using the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on Nov. 2 after a six-day repair of a steel saddle that holds a cracked truss section in place, engineers and metallurgists were still investigating why the original Labor Day weekend fix failed so quickly.
11/04/09 New Terminal Sets Seismic Safety Record With 300 Isolators
Claimed as the world's largest seismicly isolated building, Istanbul, Turkey's new 200,000-sq-meter Sabiha Gökçen International Airport terminal opened at the end of October.
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11/04/09 Kiewit Wins Major Contract For Honolulu Rail Transit Project
11/02/09 Feds to Check Bay Bridge Fix; Opening Delayed Until After Weekend
10/30/09 Update: Fix Of Bay Bridge May Cost $3 Million
10/30/09 Congress Extends Highway, Transit Programs Until Dec. 18
10/29/09 Repair Crew Back on Bay Bridge As New Failure Raises Questions
10/28/09 U.S. High-Speed Hopes Come With High-Anxiety Issues
10/28/09 Florida County Revives Roadwork With Construction Managers
10/28/09 Port of Miami Tunnel Project Secures Final Step in Financing
10/28/09 LAX Terminal Set for Upgrade
10/28/09 Korea’s Incheon Bridge Opens 52 Months After Contract Signed
10/21/09 Jacobs Gets Long-Term Amtrak Infrastructure Improvement Job
10/21/09 Brisbane’s Unique Long-Span Pedestrian Crossing Opens
10/14/09 Country’s First Stimulus Project Well Under Way
10/14/09 Hungry Contractor Bids Low To Win California Freeway Job
10/14/09 Funds Bring Unexpected Benefit
10/14/09 Smoother Path for Drivers and Bikers in Denver Area
10/14/09 New Jersey Shore Road and Bridge Project Will Create 500 Stimulus Jobs
10/14/09 In Arizona, Low Bids Lead to Second Round of Roadwork
10/14/09 Stimulus Grant Cuts Off a Season From Runway Reconstruction in Michigan
10/14/09 Northern Virginia Parkway Was Waiting For The Stimulus
10/14/09 Northern Florida Sets Sights On Brand-New Flight Hub
10/14/09 Strand Jacks Pull Their Weight On Tough Nevada Crossing
10/14/09 New Jersey Tightens Hudson Oversight
10/14/09 Seattle Viaduct Widening Clears Way for Further Development
10/14/09 Mountaineer State Breaks Record in Segmental Spans
10/08/09 New Jersey Governor Tightens Control of Hudson Tunnel Project
10/07/09 SAFETEA-LU Has 31-Day Extension
10/07/09 Boston First To Use Warm-Mix Asphalt on U.S. Runway
10/07/09 Swing Span Is Refitted Over Intensive Four-Day Schedule
10/07/09 Los Angeles Approves $1.2-Billion Port-Revitalization Project
10/01/09 Obama Signs One-Month SAFETEA-LU Extension
09/30/09 Bridge Expert Wins ‘Genius’ Grant
09/30/09 GAO Reports ARRA Highway Obligations Keep Rising
09/24/09 House Passes Short-Term Funding For Highway and Transit Projects
09/23/09 Geofoam Blocks Save Time On Utah Light-Rail Project
09/23/09 Silicon Valley Expansion Profits From Design-Build
09/23/09 Maglev Design Inches Closer
09/23/09 France Makes Big Investment In Freight and Passenger Projects
09/16/09 Shanghai's Sunken Treasure
09/16/09 Delhi Metro’s Second Phase Nears End
09/16/09 Copenhagen Prepares for Metro Tunnels
09/16/09 Neglected by State, Indian Villagers Act
09/16/09 Monorail Planned for Mecca
09/09/09 Unexpected Bay Bridge Crack Slightly Delays Reopening
09/09/09 Shock Therapy Results in Rapid Road Rebuilding
09/09/09 Contractors Play Waiting Game As Funds Start to Trickle In
09/09/09 Long-Planned Airport Construction Continues to Cruise
09/02/09 States Vying for First ARRA Rail Grants
09/02/09 Nevada Cathedral Arch Finally Shapes Into Record-Breaker
09/02/09 Sonar Imaging of Bridges Gains Interest From States
09/02/09 Contractor in Highway Bid Claims Vegas Is Biased Toward Unions
09/02/09 Stimulus Funds for Chicago Job
09/01/09 Indiana Seeks $71.4 Million in Stimulus Funds for Rail Improvements
08/26/09 Porous Concrete Replaces Traditional Drainage Systems
08/26/09 Finance Package Clears Path For North Carolina Turnpike Job
08/26/09 New York Seeks 'Designer' Pedestrian Protection
08/26/09 Texas Toll-Road Project Awarded 32% Below Original Estimate
08/26/09 Tight Credit Shelves Virginia Job
08/19/09 Chicago Looks To Extend Three Rail Lines
08/19/09 University Wants Titanium Used For Building Pedestrian Bridge
08/13/09 Project of the Month: Desert Steel Erection Speed-Up
08/12/09 Global Input Grows O'Hare 'Green Bible'
08/12/09 University Wants Titanium Used For Building Pedestrian Bridge
08/07/09 Obama Signs $7-Billion Rescue Measure for Highway Trust Fund
08/07/09 Former NYC Transit Chief Sander Plans to Rejoin AECOM
08/05/09 New Orleans Traffic Forecast: Intense Construction Volume
07/31/09 Congress Passes $7-Billion Rescue Of Highway Trust Fund
07/29/09 Trust Fund Fight Heads To The Wire
07/29/09 House Hikes Aid for Rail, Highways
07/29/09 Chinese Steel for Bay Bridge Hung Up
07/23/09 Oberstar Proposes $3-Billion Remedy For U.S. Highway Trust Fund
07/22/09 States Clamor for DOT Highspeed Funding
07/22/09 Cracks in Girders Delay North Carolina Project a Second Time
07/22/09 Tanker-Truck Crash Incinerates Michigan Bridge
07/22/09 Baucus Proposes ‘Fix’ for Trust Fund
07/21/09 Baucus Proposes $26.8-Billion Trust Fund 'Fix'
07/20/09 DOT Flooded With High-Speed Rail Requests
07/17/09 Senate Panel Sets Vote on Two-Year FAA Bill
07/15/09 Spain-Led Team Wins Plum Job In Panama Canal Expansion
07/15/09 Victorian-Era Tracks Enter the 21st Century
07/15/09 New Scheme Prepared For Bridge-Truss Installation
07/15/09 Deadly D.C. Rail Crash Spurs NTSB To Call for System Safety Redundancy
07/15/09 Senate Committee Approves 18-Month Highway-Program Extension
07/15/09 New Team at FHWA
07/15/09 Key Rail Project on Track
07/13/09 Mendez Confirmed as FHWA Chief
07/08/09 Hybrid-Composite Beams Show Promise in Test Projects
07/08/09 Cost Constitutes Challenge For Composites Use In Bridges
07/08/09 Concessionaire Deals No Longer Allowed in Lone Star State
07/02/09 Ten Minutes with Norman Mineta On the Highway Trust Fund Crisis
07/01/09 Optimism in Transportation Sector As Stimulus Provides Stability
07/01/09 Revamped Louisiana Oil Artery Taking Shape Over Bayou
07/01/09 Scotland Opens Bidding for New $2-billion Forth Crossing
06/26/09 States, U.S DOT Show Big Stimulus Gains
06/25/09 California Rail Gets Stimulus Boost
06/24/09 Dueling Plans Shake Transport Outlook
06/24/09 Alternative ‘Fuel For Thought’ Challenges Aviation Industry
06/24/09 Floating Bridge’s New Half Opens in Washington State
06/24/09 Signals, Aging Cars Probed in D.C. Metro Crash That Killed Nine
06/19/09 Oberstar Provides An Outline Of the Proposed Transport Bill
06/18/09 DOT's LaHood Seeks 18-Month SAFETEA-LU Extension
06/17/09 FRA Issues High-Speed Rail Guidelines
06/17/09 Muscat International Airport Contract Awarded
06/10/09 Highway Trust Fund Faces New Shortfall
06/10/09 Miami’s Massive Project Revived
06/10/09 Extradosed Bridge Bids Favor Concrete Construction
06/10/09 Fast-Track Effort Gives Life To Old Hudson River Structure
06/04/09 LaHood: Highway Fund 'Fix' Will Require Offset
06/03/09 Cleveland Crossing Gets Smooth Slide
06/03/09 Los Angeles Rail Extension’s Safety Record Looks Golden
06/03/09 PB-HOK To Design $180-Million California Transportation Hub
06/03/09 Creative Financing Backs Missouri’s New Bridge Program
06/02/09 Highway Trust Fund Faces New Hole, Lawmakers Say
05/29/09 Cleveland Crews Move 10 Million Pounds of Bridge
05/27/09 Officials: Transportation Needs Many Options, Funding
05/26/09 Senate Confirms Nominees DOT, Burec Nominees
05/22/09 Stimulus Contracting Picks Up In Highway, Transit Markets
05/22/09 House Passes Three-Year FAA Bill With Hike for Construction Funds
05/13/09 Squeeze Play Helps Team Build Station In Two Years
05/13/09 Spanish-Led Team Wins PPP Bridge Project in North Carolina
05/13/09 Engineers Tweak Realignment of Cleveland Bridge
05/12/09 11 Transit Projects Share $743 Million in Stimulus Aid
05/06/09 Investors Flock To Jersey Turnpike
05/06/09 Missouri Sports Nation’s First Private Commercial Airport
05/06/09 ‘Extradosed’ Crossing To Help Connecticut Traffic Problems
05/05/09 Caltrans Breaks Stimulus Ground With Fairfield Repaving Project
04/30/09 House Panel Charts Early Stimulus Progress
04/29/09 U.S. Miami's Terminal Builders Prepare For 2011 Landing
04/29/09 Tri-State Construction Plans Ramping Up, Officials Say
04/29/09 Light-Rail Builders Face Heavy Challenges Along With Growth
04/29/09 $1.46-billion Houston Transit Job Awarded to Parsons Team
04/29/09 Sepulveda Pass Widening Job To Tame Traffic Congestion
04/29/09 U.S. High-Speed Train Projects Get a Push
04/24/09 House to Vote in Early June on Multiyear Transport Bill
04/22/09 In Mumbai, a Long Road to Reality
04/22/09 DOT Sketches Plan For High-Speed Rail
04/15/09 Bid To Convert Existing Roads Into Toll Roads Fails in Nevada
04/15/09 Denmark Starts Design Work For Another Road and Rail Link
04/15/09 Engineers On California High-Speed Rail Will Finally Be Paid
04/08/09 Grateful State Agencies Scrambling To Get Workers Going on Projects
04/08/09 Ontario Gives Toronto Billions For Light-Rail Construction
04/08/09 Team Snags New Contract On $22-Billion London Project
04/08/09 Senate Aide Rogoff Named Federal Transit Chief
04/08/09 Odebrecht Snags Big Road Concession
04/07/09 Engineers Will Finally Be Paid For California High-Speed Rail Work
04/03/09 Former Arizona DOT Chief Picked to Head FHWA
04/01/09 I-35W Suit To Target Engineer, Contractor
04/01/09 Ohio Taps Stimulus To Construct New I-90 Span in Cleveland
03/27/09 Brazilian Construction Giant Camargo Correa Hit With Corruption Charges
03/25/09 U.K.-French Team Submits Winning Design for Irish Crossing
03/25/09 Asphalt Producers Warm To New Mix Technologies
03/25/09National Engineers Group Releases Infrastructure Review
03/19/09 Peru Proposes Elevator to Increase Access to Machu Picchu Site
03/18/09 New York City Subway's 'Short' South Ferry Stop Gets Extended
03/18/09 Rail Connection to Dulles Airport Gets $900-Million Boost
03/18/09 House Passes 6-Month FAA Stopgap
03/18/09 AECOM, CH2M Hill Team Win London Rail Management Role
03/13/09 Amtrak Poised to Receive $1.3 Billion in Stimulus Aid
03/12/09 FAA, DOE Releasing Stimulus Aid For Airports and Energy Upgrades
03/06/09 House Panel Approves FAA Bill, Hikes Airport Grants, PFCs
03/05/09 Three Teams Vie for Panama Canal Pact To Design and Build New Locks
03/04/09 One Becomes Three in Bay State Rehabilitation Contract
03/04/09 Steely Determination, Design Save a California Crossing
03/03/09 Experts: Spanish-Led Consortium to Build $4-Billion Texas Freeway Project
02/27/09 Project of the Month: Highway through Key Largo
02/26/09 Experts: Switch Transportation Funding Away from Gas Tax
02/18/09 Road and Rail Builders Are Ready To Roll
02/11/09 San Francisco-Oakland Crossing Starts To Take Shape
02/11/09 Dinosaur Tracks Uncovered During Peru Road Construction
02/04/09 Contractor’s Smarts and Spare Part Save Weeks Off Bridge Reopening
02/04/09 SnowMan’s Virtual Fences Corral Drifts of Virtual Snow
02/04/09 A Long Clear Spans Present Challenges for Navy Project
02/04/09 Spans Slip, Slide Into Place
01/28/09 For Contractors and Their Advisers, A Sinking Feeling Is Good in Busan
01/21/09 Coast Guard's Funding Would Target A Dozen Railroad Bridges
01/16/09 DOT's Peters Gives Approval For Virginia Rail Transit Spur
01/14/09 Tunnel Option Is Top Choice for Seattle's Viaduct Replacement
01/08/09 DOT's Peters Gives Approval For Virginia Rail Transit Spur
01/07/09 Financing Contributes to Death Of $200-Billion Texas Corridor
01/07/09 Feasibility Study No Easy Feat For Potential $8-Billion Route
01/06/09 TxDOT Cuts The Trans Fat From Texas Corridor Project
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