The government of The Bahamas signed an agreement with the Chinese government for a loan of $40 million for two infrastructural developments in Abaco, reports The Nassau Guardian (Jan. 7, 2012). Minister of...
A Korean consortium made up of the state company Korea Resources Corp. LS-Nikko Cobre Inc.announced the start of the operations in the Cobre Panama mining project in the first half of the year,...
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Hong Kong based carrier Cathay Pacific on Wednesday said that it has welcomed the steps taken by the Hong Kong SAR government's financial secretary John Tsang against the...
M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Hong Kong based carrier Cathay Pacific on Wednesday said that it has welcomed the steps taken by the Hong Kong SAR government's financial secretary John Tsang against the...
Byline: Bill Jordan Taxes matter. Despite the beating they get in public discourse, taxes are not bad. They are not to "blame" for any number of evils. They are simply a tool. Taxes...
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo recently travelled his 2012-13 Executive Budget and Reform Plan. The Governor's $132.5 billion budget and reform plan builds on the spending reform initiatives adopted last year. The budget increases...
Local governments are going to go broke if they're exposed to liability for minor defects in road surfaces. That's probably the best way to sum up yesterday's decision by the New Jersey Supreme...
Approval paves way for next stage of 150 MW Oakfield Wind Project that will deliver even more economic benefits to Aroostook County and enough power for 48,000 homes BOSTON -- First Wind, an...
Related Companies and Oxford Properties Group, general partner developers of the 26-acre Hudson Yards in midtown Manhattan. announced the retention of Tutor Perini Corporation, a prominent national civil and building construction company, as...
After state lawmakers approved $531 million bonding bill last summer, construction and labor leaders wasted no time in calling for another large public works construction package in 2012. If Gov. Mark Dayton has...
Gov. Andrew Cuomo presented a proposed budget to the state Legislature today he said was easier to craft than last year's but carried challenging reform policies that would need to be enacted if...
The nation's roads and bridges are still ailing, as Congress and the White House continue to fiddle while we await some concrete action on infrastructure funding. Unfortunately, some states are turning to draconian...
HARTFORD, Conn. - The number of bridges maintained by the Connecticut Department of Transportation that are rated in poor condition has grown over the past decade as they age. Records reviewed Toy The...
HEADNOTE BRIEFS ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Transportation has approved $35 million in statewide road and bridge improvement contracts. The 13 awards approved last month bring Georgia DOT totals for 2011 to...
State Treasurer John Kennedy is pushing once again for Interstate 49 South, a long-talked about extension that would supplant the existing U.S. 90 route between Lafayette and New Orleans. The concept gained considerable...
Oklahoma opened one direction of the realigned Interstate 40 through Oklahoma City on Jan. 5, expanding the section to 10 lanes from six on a safer structure than the old elevated highway bunt...
WASHINGTON - U.S. interstate highways are in need of rebuilding and repair, but the use of tolls as a funding source is less efficient than raising the federal fuel tax, said BiB. Graves,...
CHATTANOOGA - The Tennessee Department of Transportation must close the U.S. 41 bridge over the Tennessee River while a new bridge is built. TDOT initially planned to keep the Marion Memorial Bridge open...
HOUSTON -- Sterling Construction Company, Inc. (NasdaqGS: STRL), ("Sterling" or the "Company") today announced that Ralph L. Wadsworth ("RLW") in conjunction with J. Banicki Construction, Inc. ("Banicki"), its recently acquired Arizona-based subsidiary, was...
Submitting firm: Kittelson & Associates, David Evans and Associates and Lloyd Lindley Client/owner: Oregon Department of Transportation Other consultants: Convergent Pacific, Gary Struthers, Kurahasi and Associates and SeaReach fter serving as a southern...