Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue August 25, 2020
El Centro's Imperial Improvement
Granite Construction Inc. is continuing to make progress on the California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) $44 million, multi-year project to reconstruct the interchange at Imperial Avenue and Interstate 8 (I-8) in the city of El Centro....
Caltrans - Tue August 25, 2020
First-of-Its-Kind Paving Project in Oroville Uses All Recycled Materials
Lamon Construction Company Inc. of Yuba City recently partnered with Caltrans for a unique paving project in The Golden State. A section of Highway 162 in Oroville, Calif. was repaved using recycled asphalt pavement and liquid plastic made with single-use, plastic bottles — the first time the department has paved a road using 100 percent recycled materials....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed August 12, 2020
All Hands on Deck — Crews Make Steady Progress on Sweetwater River Bridge
Steady progress is the byword for the ongoing upgrade and rehabilitation of the Sweetwater River Bridge in Chula Vista, a $25.7 million project (total cost) along the I-805 in the South Bay area of San Diego County that is a joint-project between the California Department of Transportation and the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG)....
Ruksana Hussain - CEG Correspondent - Tue July 28, 2020
Water Under the Bridge … Fixing Floods at Cosumnes River
Watsonville-based Granite Construction and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) are constructing two new bridge structures to replace the Cosumnes River bridge and the Cosumnes River Overflow bridge on State Highway 99....
Business Wire - Tue June 30, 2020
Caltrans Awards NV5 Millions
NV5 Global Inc. , a provider of professional and technical engineering, geospatial and consulting solutions, announced recently that it has been awarded approximately $9 million in transportation infrastructure contracts in California (and N.Y.)....
Business Wire - Tue June 30, 2020
Cosumnes Bridge Replacement Project Goes to Granite
Granite announced recently that it has been awarded the Child Project 4 (CP4) portion of the Construction Manager/ General Contractor (CM/GC) contract of the Cosumnes Bridge Replacement Project by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) in Sacramento County, California....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue June 30, 2020
Challenges and Solutions on I-880
Bay Cities Paving & Grading Inc. is on target to deliver the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's (MTC) $139 million I-880 express lanes project between Oakland and Milpitas in late summer, an initiative that will create 45 mi....
Ruksana Hussain - CEG Correspondent - Wed June 17, 2020
RASL Project Fixes Troublesome Road Issues
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) District 2 is addressing a troublesome issue that has plagued its highways for years with the Redding To Anderson Six Lane (RASL) Project on Interstate 5 (I-5) in Shasta County....
Associated Press - Mon June 01, 2020
Local Contractor Earns $8M Bonus for Finishing Job Early
A California construction firm earned an $8 million bonus for early completion of a highway overpass project. Myers & Sons Construction LP was the prime contractor on a newly completed $37 million rebuild of the Alemany Boulevard overpass on Highway 101 in San Francisco, The San Francisco Chronicle reports....
Ruksana Hussain - CEG Correspondent - Tue May 05, 2020
Caltrans Eyes Alternatives for Albion River Bridge Project
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is currently reviewing rehabilitation and replacement alternatives for the Albion River Bridge Project in California's Mendocino County. The 969-ft....
