Construction Business Owner

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Civil infrastructure is everywhere, and it represents our most prevalent footprint on the earth. Considering the 3.9 million miles of public roads, 1.4

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Infrastructure Railroad Sustainability Airports 166

BD+C

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Construction of Chicago’s new Metra Union Pacific/West commuter railroad station in Lombard, Ill., marks a major improvement for riders as well as the residents of the Village of Lombard. Prior to building the sparkling new station, riders simply boarded from two uncovered platforms.

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Railroad Union Construction 61

Construction Equipment

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Perspective Navigation Technology (PNT) has answered a challenge that the Union Pacific Railroad and other industries that work in and around heavy metal structures encounter.

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Railroad Inspections Union Industrial 57

Construction Dive

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Texas Central Partners is pressing on with the Dallas-to-Houston line and will appeal a court ruling that denied it railroad designation and land rights.

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Texas Railroad Houston Dallas 134

Work Gearz

MARCH 19, 2022

If you are one of the many professionals that work for the railroads, you know well enough the challenges and issues regarding personal safety that you face every day you go to work. Railroad professionals deal with the heaviest of machinery daily, so good PPE is a given and this includes a good pair of protective work boots. 

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Railroad Safety Injury Products 52

Construction Dive

APRIL 8, 2024

The railroad company will begin major work, including utility relocations and bridge construction, later this year.

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Railroad Construction 115

Construction Dive

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Major bridge and tunnel projects will make the nation’s busiest passenger railroad “safer, faster, and more reliable,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said.

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Railroad Transportation 130

BD+C

AUGUST 15, 2017

The $21 million, 15,000-sf Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center in Church Creek, Md., uses engaging displays and exhibits to tell the story of Harriet Tubman’s life. The museum is conceived as a series of abstracted forms made up of two main structures, one administrative and one exhibit.

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Railroad Travel Maine Site 64

Construction Dive

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The railroad selected a Clark Construction/Stacy and Witbeck JV for the Southern Approach work on the Frederick Douglass Tunnel in Baltimore.

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Baltimore Railroad Contractors Construction 127

Construction Equipment

JULY 18, 2018

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed a rule affecting construction equipment working on or along railroad tracks.

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Railroad OSHA Construction Safety 53

Construction Equipment

JUNE 14, 2016

A new company will take over repairs and eventual operations of the Desert Line railroad, clearing the way for repairs to begin this summer and for trains to move goods made in Mexico into the United States by 2018.

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Railroad San Diego United States Leases 48

Construction Business Owner

OCTOBER 9, 2015

billion project is constructing the first commuter railroad expansion for over 100 years to link Queens, New York, to the east side of Manhattan.

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New York City Railroad New York Consulting 120

BD+C

DECEMBER 3, 2018

For more than 30 years, the Dansville-Mount Morris Railroad (D&MM) train depot sat abandoned, slowly rotting, in the heart of this Western New York town of 5,300. The building served as a commercial stop for 90 years for this short-line railroad, which still operates today as part of the Rochester and Southern Railroad.

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Railroad New York Commercial 91

Business Facilities

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

miles of rail to connect to nearby railroad and industrial park, promoting job creation in Tennessee’s most economically disadvantaged county. Federal BUILD grant will help construct 5.5 Read: $7M Grant To Help Tennessee Build Port Of Cates Landing Rail Extension at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Tennessee Railroad Industrial Construction 111

BD+C

JANUARY 5, 2021

Moynihan Station connects to nine platforms and 17 tracks that primarily service the Long Island Railroad and Amtrak. The new Daniel Patrick Moynihan Train Hall has opened its doors to travelers from the Long Island Rail Road, the New York City Subway, Amtrak, and the entire northeast region.

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New York City Railroad New York Travel 115

Construction Dive

JANUARY 6, 2020

The California High-Speed Rail issued the request for proposals to three design-build groups, even though the Federal Railroad Administration said it would not approve the RFP.

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California Railroad Design 100

Construction Equipment

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Nicor Gas filed suit yesterday to force Canadian National Railway (CN) to give Nicor's contractor access to the site where a tanker train derailed near a gas pipeline that was under construction at the time.

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Railroad Illinois Accidents Roads 89

Business Facilities

JULY 21, 2016

Read Renamed Decatur Central Railroad Gets New Operators, Rehab on Business Facilities - Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions. OmniTRAX affiliate partners with Topflight Grain Cooperative to operate, drive business to and rehabilitate the Cisco to Decatur line.

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Railroad Site Illinois Transportation 40

ENR Construction

JUNE 24, 2022

Texas Central Railroad wants to build a $30-billion high-speed passenger rail between Dallas and Houston.

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Texas Railroad Houston Dallas 92

ENR Construction

MARCH 30, 2021

State will embark on 10-year, $3.7B expansion.

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Railroad Virginia Infrastructure Plans 67

ENR Construction

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Project involves repairs to stations on the MTA's No. 7 Line between Queens and Manhattan's west side.

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Railroad Contract 74

ENR Construction

AUGUST 2, 2021

Remote site, political tensions and pandemic all added to delays in construction.

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Railroad Site Construction 74

ENR Construction

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Lines meet Dec. 31 deadline to install key safety technology, spending about $11.5 billion, with $3.4 billion in federal grant and loan funds provided.

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Railroad Safety 65

ENR Construction

MAY 18, 2022

The planned Uinta Basin Railway would connect a mineral-rich region to the national rail network.

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Railroad Utah Plans 71

Construction Dive

JUNE 14, 2018

The transportation commission approved a 2019-2023 program that includes airport, transit, railroad, trail and highway projects.

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Iowa Railroad Infrastructure Commissioning 81

ENR Construction

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis oversaw a project to rebuild the Merchants Bridge connecting Missouri and Illinois.

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St. Louis Railroad Missouri Illinois 36

ENR Construction

MAY 17, 2023

Federal Railroad Administration issues a supplemental draft environmental review for planned modernization of the 115-year-old facility.

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Railroad Plans Union Drafting 76

ENR Construction

AUGUST 13, 2024

Contractor Balfour Beatty VINCI and heavy-lift specialist Mammoet rolled the bridge on two 128-wheeled self-propelled modular transporters.

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Railroad Transportation Contractors 61

ENR Construction

OCTOBER 31, 2024

In a major boost for railroad infrastructure, both passenger and freight, the Federal Railroad Administration is awarding $2.4 billion in grants to 122 rail projects that aim to improve rail safety, resilience and efficiency.

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Infrastructure Railroad Safety 61

ENR Construction

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Federal funds are aimed at improving safety at multiple Metrolink high-volume train crossings.

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Railroad California Safety 66

Construction Equipment

MARCH 25, 2019

When I was young, my dad was a railroad man, and for side money, he always bought and sold tractors and equipment… Chris Shea, 38, president/CEO and owner of Low Country Machinery, a JCB dealer in Pooler, Georgia, parlayed a job behind the parts counter into his own dealership, growing it steadily.

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Railroad Georgia Equipment 83

Construction Dive

JULY 13, 2023

The civil construction giants announced they have completed modernization work on the Long Island Railroad's 33rd Street train hall.

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Railroad Construction 73

Construction Dive

JANUARY 31, 2018

By building the bridge offsite and then moving it into place, agency officials said they were able to complete the installation with fewer interstate closures.

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Railroad Oklahoma DOT 55

ENR Construction

JANUARY 9, 2019

Freight and commuter railroads across the U.S. achieved enough milestones by a Dec. 31, 2018, federal deadline for installing automatic train control systems to avoid potential federal penalties.

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Railroad 29

ENR Construction

DECEMBER 28, 2023

s London-Birmingham 140-mile HS2 high speed railroad is shifting into the fit-out stage with more than $6 billion of track and system work being readied for procurement. With its workforce now peaking at around 30,000, the U.K.'s

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Railroad Procurement 70

ENR Construction

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

FRA says NJ Transit is "at risk" of missing the deadline on some routes, but contractor Parsons notes significant recent progress.

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Railroad NJ Risk Contractors 69

ENR Construction

AUGUST 26, 2021

Locals hope that the redeveloped bridge will help spur the redevelopment of communities on either side of the crossing.

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Kansas City Railroad Kansas 69