ARTBA - Mon September 23, 2024
ARTBA Honors Top Women & Firms in Transportation Construction
Four transportation construction professionals, a student at Northwestern University and two companies with innovative programs designed to elevate and empower female employees were all honored with the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation's Women Leaders in Transportation Design & Construction Awards....
ARTBA - Thu September 19, 2024
VIDEO: Students From Washington, Ohio Earn Top Honors in Annual ARTBA Transportation Video Contest
A Baldwin Wallace University graduate student and a senior at West Valley High School in Yakima, Wash., are winners of the 13th annual American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) "Student Transportation Video Contest."Sponsored by the association's Research & Education Division, the competition challenges students to develop a brief video exploring a topic related to the nation's transportation network....
ARTBA - Wed September 04, 2024
Slow, Steady Progress Repairing America's Bridges, According to Latest Federal Government Data
Nearly 221,800 U.S. bridges need major repair or replacement, an American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) analysis of recently released federal government data shows. Placed end-to-end, these structures span over 6,100 mi., or the equivalent of every mile of urban and rural interstate in California, Florida and Illinois....
ARTBA - Wed July 24, 2024
Maze of Policy Changes May Complicate IIJA Implementation
While more than 75,000 transportation improvement projects have been initiated, including one in nearly every congressional district, and 43,000 construction jobs have been created by 2021's Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), regulatory proposals threaten to hamper the law's progress, American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Chair Tim Duit told a congressional panel July 24....
ARTBA - Thu July 18, 2024
Georgia DOT Commissioner, Transportation Legal Expert, Projects in Pennsylvania, Michigan Spotlighted at this Year's ARTBA P3 Awards
The American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) presented its annual Public Private Partnerships (P3s) Awards to public and private sector leaders, a Michigan highway project and a package of Pennsylvania bridge projects during the association's 36th Annual P3 Conference in Washington, D.C., on July 17....
ARTBA - Thu May 23, 2024
Nine Children of Fallen Transportation Construction Workers to Receive Financial Assistance
Nine children of highway workers who were killed or permanently disabled on the job will receive post-high school financial assistance for the 2024-25 school year thanks to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation's "Lanford Family Transportation Construction Worker Memorial Scholarship."The program was established with a gift from two Roanoke, Va., highway contractors and their companies — Stan Lanford (1999 ARTBA chairman) of Lanford Brothers and Jack Lanford (1991 ARTBA chairman) of Adams Construction Company. Scholarships have a value of up to $10,000 annually....
ARTBA - Thu May 16, 2024
Forty-Four Industry Leaders Participate in ARTBA Foundation's 2024 Leadership Development Program
Almost four dozen emerging leaders in the transportation design and construction industry completed an intensive introduction to federal legislative and regulatory issues May 13-15 during the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation's Industry Leader Development Program (ILDP)....
ARTBA - Tue April 30, 2024
ARTBA CEO Dave Bauer's Statement On Latest NEPA Rule
The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) announced its "Phase Two" rule for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which was intended to align with permitting reforms made law in the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA)....
ARTBA - Tue April 02, 2024
ARTBA CEO Dave Bauer's Statement On Courts Overturning Federal Greenhouse Gas Performance Standard
Federal Courts in both Texas and Kentucky have now ruled that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) lacks the statutory authority to impose a Biden administration greenhouse gas (GHG) performance mandate on state transportation departments....
ARTBA - Wed February 21, 2024
Construction Associations Back State Challenge to Federal Rule
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) jointly filed amicus briefs in support of 22 states challenging the Biden Administration's new Greenhouse gas performance measure for state transportation departments....
