Construction Equipment

JUNE 8, 2016

The John Deere 850K and 1050K crawler dozers impressed a jury of independent design specialists from 41 countries, and took home the 2016 Red Dot Award – one of the world’s largest and most distinguished design accolades.

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ENR Construction

MAY 22, 2023

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

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Colorado DOT Consulting Design 64

Construction Dive

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The agency is re-evaluating its projects after NTSB found that the firm that designed the bridge, which would be the U.S.' ' longest cable-stay span, likely made errors that contributed to the deadly FIU pedestrian bridge collapse.

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DOT Design Texas Construction 81

Constructlaw

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Munro involved a dispute over the design of a Georgia intersection. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant improperly designed the intersection, never corrected that improper design, and failed to properly maintain the intersection. The Munros also attempted to prove that the DOT failed to improve the intersection.

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Georgia DOT Claims Inspections 52

Contractor Magazine

APRIL 7, 2016

The Edgewater collection of pull-down kitchen and bar faucets from American Standard was recognized with the Red Dot Award, an international price for excellence in design. read more.

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DOT Design Products 40

Construction Dive

JULY 24, 2018

Taking responsibility for even a small portion of the design can expose contractors to increased liability. Here's how to limit the risks.

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Risk DOT Liability Design 77

ENR Construction

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Work on the bridge towers remains suspended, but the contractor will begin remobilizing cranes this month with officials anticipating full dispute resolution.

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Construction Dive

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Design-build, integrated project delivery and other collaborative construction processes present myriad challenges, but several experts have outlined steps contractors can take to boost teamwork across stakeholders.

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DOT Contractors Design Construction 133

Construction Dive

MARCH 7, 2019

The agency is scheduled to select a joint venture in October to construct a new span next to the existing bridge connecting Tampa and St. Petersburg.

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Tampa DOT Florida Schedule 116

ENR Construction

MAY 17, 2022

State DOT released the short list of design-build teams for the $2.3M project's first phase, but advocates say local residents need more safety protections before work begins.

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DOT Safety Design 69

ENR Construction

AUGUST 22, 2023

State DOT dumps stalled $7.3B private developer approach of previous administration, but with public funding not in hand, design and construction is years away.

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Maryland DOT Design Construction 36

ENR Construction

AUGUST 22, 2023

State DOT dumped stalled $7.3B private developer approach of previous governor's administration, but with public funding not in hand, design and construction is years away.

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Maryland DOT Design Construction 36

Pro Builder

JULY 28, 2021

The Future of the New-Home Design Studio. It's time for design studios to evolve. What have we learned from the past 18 months of a global pandemic and its ripple effects on our society and industry, and what does the future look like for new-home design studios? Wed, 07/28/2021 - 14:16. Jane Meagher.

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Design Profitability Retail Resource 98

ENR Construction

JUNE 15, 2020

Joint venture team moves Phoenix-area freeway expansion forward in one of Arizona DOT’s largest alternative-delivery efforts.

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Phoenix DOT Arizona Design 45

Contractor Magazine

JULY 13, 2016

The Red Dot Awards highlight industry’s highest-quality designs. DeWalt is pleased to announce that its Metal Folding Sawhorse (DWST11155) has been awarded the 2016 Red Dot Award for Product Design. read more.

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DOT Design Products 40

Digger Blog

APRIL 15, 2015

Liebherr’s R926 Compact crawler excavator is among this year''s winners of the famous Red Dot Awards for Product Design. This machine is one of 81 Red Dot winners this year out of a total of 4,928 entries. Now I am not entirely convinced of the significance of the Red Dot awards. So I looked it up. It's a cutie.

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Design DOT Products Foundation 48

ENR Construction

MAY 10, 2022

Seven design-build teams responded to a Washington Dept. of Transportation RFQ.

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Washington DOT Transportation Design 74

Construction Equipment

MARCH 11, 2021

The 16- and 18-foot optional Safe-T-Lifts for pull-style tarping systems for truck tarps are designed for 8- to 10-foot-high body sidewalls and are widely used by state DOTs across the country, the company says. Pull-style tarps typically come equipped with a mid-rope that the driver must pull up…

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DOT Equipment Design 62

ENR Construction

JANUARY 10, 2018

Diane Gutierrez-Scacchetti returns to state from Florida DOT role; Maverick design-builder helped restore urban cores around the world

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DOT NJ Florida Design 28

Construction Dive

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

A focus on lifecycle costs makes public-private partnerships a good choice for large, long-term highway projects, according to a panelist at the Design-Build Conference in Las Vegas.

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Las Vegas Georgia DOT Transportation 71

BD+C

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

By the end of 2014, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will release guidelines on designing protected bike lanes. DOT''s policy on bicycling was essentially to adhere to manuals such as AASHTO''s Green Book and FHWA''s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). Until recently, the U.S. read more.

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DOT Design Guidelines Transportation 82

ENR Construction

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Agency says proposal would provide additional flexibility to state DOTs.

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ENR Construction

JULY 16, 2020

Motorists groups and taxpayer advocates write that highway work zone speed cameras are a corrupt enterprise designed to defraud motorists, while contractors and DOTs tout their effectiveness at stopping accidents. What if both are partially correct?

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Zoning DOT Accidents Site 62

ENR Construction

JULY 31, 2020

Order is another potential blow to firm following the 2018 pedestrian bridge collapse in Florida.

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DOT Florida Contract Design 72

Construction Dive

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Despite their benefits, collaborative project delivery methods haven't made a big impact on the use of the DBB process. Here are the reasons why.

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DOT Bidding Design 78

Construction Junkie

JUNE 8, 2020

After a 19 month investigation, the National Transportation Safety Board concluded their investigation late last year , largely placing the blame on the engineer of record’s design. The design of the new bridge is expected to begin in early 2021 and take 2 years to complete. Thibault, P.E., in a press release.

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Florida Plans Miami DOT 76

ENR Construction

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Design work is set to resume on hundreds of jobs halted by storm emergency shortfalls.

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ENR Construction

JULY 19, 2021

With a new draft design and environmental assessment for the Syracuse, N.Y., viaduct replacement expected in coming weeks, members of a Black neighborhood destroyed by the original 1950s highway want DOT officials to finally hear their concerns.

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ENR Construction

JULY 12, 2021

As the next draft design and EIS reports for the replacement project are expected in the coming weeks, members of the Black community destroyed by the upstate N.Y. highway say they want state and national DOT officials to finally listen to their concerns.

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ENR Construction

MARCH 23, 2020

Engineer, also a former manager for design firm T.Y. Lin, died March 22 from his non-industry related infection.

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Claims DOT Chicago Engineering 55

BD+C

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Scott Martin, PE, LEED AP, DBIA Building Team Contractors Designers Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects Engineers Facility Managers Architects Building Owners Recently, I was asked to present to a group of aspiring engineers at the Florida A&M-Florida State University College of Engineering.

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Structural Engineering Engineering Florida Raleigh 111

Construction Dive

MAY 17, 2018

The Florida DOT's selection of Archer Western's bridge design last year was challenged by another bidder, but a judge rejected the arguments.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

MARCH 29, 2023

Momentum is increasing for the use of technology in how infrastructure is designed and constructed – propelled by the U.S. I also highlighted the importance of a key program included in the BIL — $100 million specifically to accelerate adoption of digital design and construction tools by U.S. state DOTs.

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Washington Infrastructure Autodesk Construction 96

Carol Hagen

AUGUST 28, 2014

In our previous post, Complementing CAD , the architect had dotted lines to display the path of travel. Custom line styles can be created using dashes, text, spaces, dots and vector graphics literally providing you with the option to create any shape or size. So what if you need something more elaborate?

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ENR Construction

JULY 16, 2020

Contractors and DOTs tout camera effectiveness in stopping accidents, but motorist and taxpayer advocates say they are a corrupt enterprise designed to defraud drivers. It appears that both sides make a point. /p>

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Best Practices Construction Law

MARCH 29, 2016

The Department of Transportation in my home state of New Mexico is the latest to allow the design-build delivery method for highway projects. Although design-build had been approved in New Mexico on limited public projects, road and highway construction had been previously excluded. 498—Teaming Agreement for Design-Build Projects.

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Construction Dive

JANUARY 9, 2014

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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