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GAO: State DOTs Often Use Engineering Firms on Federal Highway Projects

ENR Construction

The congressionally requested report showed that half of the state DOTs spent at least 60% of their total engineering and design-related costs for such highway projects on outside engineering consultants.

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Spat between union and Connecticut DOT drags FIGG into another bridge controversy

Construction Dive

A bill calls for state DOT engineers rather than consultants like FIGG to inspect infrastructure projects while a union in support of it questions the FIU bridge designer's role in the Arrigoni Bridge project as an example.

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SWCA Chosen 2023 Colorado Design Firm of the Year

ENR Construction

As renewable energy projects dot the region, SWCA Environmental Consultants sustainably integrates infrastructure into pristine environments.

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Proceed Wisely, Ninja Contractor, Because Suing Your DOT May Have Limitations

Best Practices Construction Law

For you Ninja contractors, it’s a good thing to fully understand your potential recovery before you spend countless months and thousands of dollars pursuing a claim against your state DOT for breach of contract, misrepresentation or other cause of action. Recently, in Victor Virgin Construction Co. Department of Transportation , 75 A.3d

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Kimley-Horn expands expertise with LPDA partnership

BD+C

Kimley-Horn expands expertise with LPDA partnership 0 qpurcell Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:52 Engineers Kimley-Horn, a premier engineering, planning, and design consultancy, has joined forces with LPDA, a leading landscape architecture and land planning firm.

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No New DOT Expansion Projects Expected In Missouri

ENR Construction

Many engineers, consultants and contractors will have to seek work in places other than Missouri through the rest of the decade. Early this month, the Missouri Dept. of Transportation announced it will not embark on any new expansion projects in its five-year FY2016-20 transportation plan, due to lack of funding.

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Do Owners, Designers, Contractors, and Others Need to Embrace New Mindsets?

Construction Dive

Department of Transportation (DOT), the Construction Managers Association of America (CMAA) asserted that in order for America to meet its future infrastructure needs, “both the owner community and the designers, contractors, and consultants who serve them will have to embrace new mindsets.”

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