Arizona Department of Transportation - Tue June 18, 2019
Last Girder Set for South Mountain Freeway Interchange in West Phoenix
Two years after construction began on an interchange connecting Interstate 10 and the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway, crews have placed the final bridge girders needed for this huge Arizona Department of Transportation project in west Phoenix....
Arizona Department of Transportation - Tue June 18, 2019
ADOT SMF Update: Construction Progresses Along 59th Avenue
With all bridge girders in place, frontage road construction under way and an overpass built over railroad tracks, among other milestones, Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway construction continues advancing along the 59th Avenue alignment south of Interstate 10 (Papago Freeway) in west Phoenix....
Vermeer Southwest - Wed May 22, 2019
Vermeer Southwest Opens New Facility in Tucson, Arizona
Vermeer Southwest re-organized its senior leadership roles with the announcement of an expansion into Tucson. This new structure will create a consistency among locations to better serve and equip its current and future customers while giving them a local, committed presence in the Tucson marketplace....
Caroline Schweitzer – HITACHI BREAKOUT MAGAZINE - Tue May 21, 2019
How the First Hitachi EX1200-7 in North America Leads the Way for Rango Inc.
When the new EX1200-7 excavator rolled onto a Rango Inc. job site, there was an energy you could feel in the air. Not only had they received a new EX1200-7, but it was the first Dash-7 to be delivered and digging on North American ground....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue May 21, 2019
ADOT Oversees $50M Project to Improve Interchanges
Described as a project that will help move people and products for decades to come, a $50 million undertaking to reconstruct two busy interchanges along Interstate 17 in north Phoenix, Ariz., is under way....
ADOT - Tue May 21, 2019
ADOT, Partners Expand Healthy Forest Initiative to Reduce Wildfire Risk
After the largest wildfire in state history burned more than 538,000 acres of eastern Arizona forest, the Arizona Department of Transportation and other groups launched a partnership in 2014 that included easing weight restrictions on certain state highways to help timber companies remove small trees and other vegetation that could fuel catastrophic fires....
ADOT - Tue May 21, 2019
Military Truck Drivers: There May Be Simpler Path to CDL
Veterans of the U.S. military who operated large vehicles as part of their service may qualify for an Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division military skills test waiver when applying for a commercial driver license....
Bureau of Land Management - Tue May 21, 2019
BLM Signs Record of Decision for Sonoran Valley Parkway
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has signed a Record of Decision (ROD) that will allow the city of Goodyear to build the proposed Sonoran Valley Parkway in Maricopa County largely on public lands. The Parkway will provide a direct route in southern Goodyear connecting Rainbow Valley Road to the community of Mobile and State Route 238, improving emergency response times in the fastest growing county in the nation....
CEG - Tue April 23, 2019
R&J Utility Teams Up With Westrax for Equipment Needs
John Petersen, vice president of Glendale, Ariz.-based R&J Utility, was in a bind. With a slew of projects building up, R&J was in desperate need for a few water trucks. "We were three months into business, and we were struggling to find some water trucks," said Petersen....
Chuck Harvey – CEG Correspondent - Tue April 23, 2019
South Mountain Freeway on Track for 2020 Completion
The Loop 202, Arizona's South Mountain Freeway, will add 22 mi. of freeway to the existing Phoenix metropolitan transportation system, easing traffic congestion and connecting the east and west valleys....
