ARTBA - Mon May 18, 2020
New Hours of Service Rule Will Speed Project Delivery While Maintaining Road Safety
New updates to the federal "hours of service" rule will speed up construction of transportation improvement projects while maintaining road safety, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu May 07, 2020
Contractors Stay Ahead of Challenging COVID Safety Rules
General contractors and subcontractors are taking steps to keep construction workers and the public safe during the COVID-19 pandemicAbout two weeks ago, Larry Gescher, a co-owner and the president of H.P....
ARTBA - Thu April 30, 2020
ARTBA Chairman Steve McGough Makes Case for Infrastructure Package with Trump Administration
Steve McGough, the president and CFO of Houston-based HCSS, on April 29 called on the Trump administration and Congress to take immediate steps to stabilize state transportation programs and enact a multi-year plan that dramatically increases federal highway, bridge and public transportation investment....
ARTBA - Wed April 29, 2020
COVID-19 Impacts on Agenda for 12th Annual ARTBA Law and Regulatory Forum
The potential impacts of COVID-19 on current and future state transportation improvement projects and legal strategies for managing them will be a key part of the agenda for the American Road & Transportation Builders Association's (ARTBA) 12th Annual Law & Regulatory Forum, held June 3-4....
ARTBA - Tue April 21, 2020
First-Ever Virtual National Stand-Down Focuses on Construction 'Struck By' Incidents
More than 650 industry professionals participated on April 20 in the first-ever virtual event aimed at highlighting and reducing the number of construction worker "struck-by" incidents, which result in 100 annual fatalities and 17,000 injuries annually, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)....
ARTBA - Mon April 13, 2020
230,000 U.S. Bridges Need Repair, New Analysis of Federal Data Finds
Nearly 231,000 U.S. bridges need major repair work or should be replaced, according to an American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) analysis of the just released U.S. Department of Transportation's 2019 National Bridge Inventory (NBI) database....
ARTBA - Wed March 11, 2020
ARTBA: Trump Administration NEPA Overhaul Will Reduce Transportation Project Delays
The Trump administration's overhaul of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) will both reduce delays to key transportation improvements projects and maintain environmental safeguards, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)....
ARTBA - Wed March 11, 2020
New Grassroots, Advertising Campaign Urges Congressional Action on Transportation Infrastructure
The U.S. transportation construction industry has launched a grassroots and advocacy advertising campaign on multiple fronts to increase pressure on Congress and the Trump administration to act in 2020 on a permanent Highway Trust Fund (HTF) revenue solution and a robust, long-term transportation infrastructure investment package....
ARTBA - Mon February 24, 2020
ARTBA Names Transportation Veterans to Chair Two Safety Groups
The American Road & Transportation Association (ARTBA) has named two safety experts to chair its two primary safety panels, the Transportation Safety Advisory Council (TSAC) and the ARTBA Safety Committee....
ARTBA - Tue February 11, 2020
2020-21 Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship Opportunities Available
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) is seeking qualified students for its 2020-21 "Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship Program."Applications are due by April 17 and can be found online at www.artbatdf.org....
