Staff Report (EQW)RoadbuildingCompressed natural gas corridor Chicago to Orlando opensAMP Americas, Fair Oaks Farms, Greater Indiana Clean Cities and the Indiana Office of Energy Development will celebrate the grand opening of AMP Americas’ renewable compressed natural gas, I-65/I-75 Corridor March 4, 2013. This corridor from Chicago to Orlando is anchored on the Northern end by the CNG Stations in Fair Oaks Ind., and Sellersburg, […]March 6, 2013RoadbuildingHighway, bridge contract awards down 3 percent – ARTBA reportDespite the 2012 passage of the federal surface transportation law, “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century” (MAP-21), the real value of highway and bridge contract awards over the last 12 months was down three percent compared the previous 12-month period, according to the latest analysis of McGraw-Hill Dodge data by the American Road […]March 6, 2013RoadbuildingIllinois Tollway awards than $73 million in contractsThe Illinois Tollway Board of Directors on Feb. 28 awarded three new construction contracts totaling $23 million and six new engineering contracts totaling $50.4 million for construction management and design services. More than $296.9 million in construction and engineering contracts have been approved by the Tollway Board so far in 2013. A total of $924.9 […]March 5, 2013RoadbuildingFTA starts ‘online dialaogue’ on transit in MPOs, open to anyone through March 25The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is seeking participants in a National Online Dialogue on Transit Provider Representation in Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs). The new transportation legislation enacted in July 2012, “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century” (MAP-21) has new requirements for representation of providers of public transportation in MPOs. The FTA says that […]March 4, 2013RoadbuildingIllinois Tollway needs firms for 15-year, $12 million programThe Illinois Tollway is looking for firms to provide design, construction management and technical services for 23 new contracts associated with its 15-year, $12 billion capital program Move Illinois: The Illinois Tollway Driving the Future. The contracts will provide for an estimated $90 million in design and construction management for the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway […]March 4, 2013RoadbuildingVolvo Trucks names Grile Auto & Truck Repair 2012 U.S. Dealer of the Year AwardThe annual Volvo Trucks Dealer of the Year award honors the dealership’s organization and employees for overall accomplishment and performance. Selection criteria for the award includes outstanding performance in new truck and parts sales, growth in market share, penetration of Volvo engines, customer satisfaction index and investment in facilities. The business opened in 1962 as […]March 3, 2013RoadbuildingGranite Q4, 2012 revenues up, net income downGranite Construction‘s fourth-quarter 2012 and overall 2012 revenues at a glance, according to the company’s report released on Feb. 28: Revenues for the year increased 4 percent to $2.1 billion Net income of $45.3 million in 2012 compared with $51.2 million in 2011 Large Project Construction gross margins improved to 17.2 percent Balance Sheet remains […]March 1, 2013RoadbuildingPoor pavement costs Md. residents about $6.2 billion each year – reportMore than two-fifths of Maryland’s major locally and state-maintained roads are in either poor or mediocre condition, one-quarter of bridges are in need of repair or replacement, and the state’s drivers experience increasingly worsening congestion, according to the report, Maryland Transportation by the Numbers: Meeting the State’s Need for Safe and Efficient Mobility, release Feb. 28 […]March 1, 2013RoadbuildingGUEST BLOG POST: The Link Between Intelligent Transportation and Better Roadsby Scott F. Belcher is president and CEO of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America As a follow up to my guest column last week on the issue of connected vehicles, and the FCC’s consideration of a plan to make the bandwidth on which they’ll operate available to unlicensed Wi-Fi devices, Better Roads invited me […]March 1, 2013RoadbuildingFuel consumption in construction up 5.8 percent this yearWEX Inc. and IHS together on Feb. 26 released results of its WEX Construction Fuel Consumption Index (FCI), which indicated an increase of 5.8 percent in January compared to its level in January 2012. The WEX Construction FCI measures national fuel consumption statistics for the construction industry. 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