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Parsons celebrates AASHTO Awards for Innovation, Excellence and Community
Parsons celebrates AASHTO Awards for Innovation, Excellence and Community Parsons is pleased to announce that the Columbia I-70 Bridges in Missouri as well as the Ohio River Bridges East End Crossing...
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Metso celebrates Copper Mine’s 100 million tons of crushed ore
Metso celebrates Copper Mine’s 100 million tons of crushed ore Metso and Freeport-McMoRan celebrated an impressive milestone as the new HRC™3000, the world’s largest operating high-pressur...
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Volvo makes a whitewater splash in Colorado
Volvo makes a whitewater splash in Colorado Colorado-based contractor, Whinnery Construction is employing Volvo excavators to navigate the Animas River, ensuring safe passageway for whitewater enthusi...
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Building instructor wins John Deere 333G compact track loader in Small Machines. Big Impact. contest
Building instructor wins John Deere 333G compact track loader in Small Machines. Big Impact. contest After all the online votes were counted, Eric Moores, a high school building trades instructor in W...
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University Minerals Students study processing at Haver & Boecker
University Minerals Students study processing at Haver & Boecker Continuing to build on a successful relationship, Haver & Boecker recently hosted University of Toronto’s minerals students. Th...
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INRIX powers the first on-street parking service in a connected car
INRIX powers the first on-street parking service in a connected car INRIX, the world leader in connected car services and transportation analytics has announced the availability of its On-Street Parki...
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Metso awarded American Metal Market’s Scrap Equipment Provider of the Year
Metso awarded American Metal Market’s Scrap Equipment Provider of the Year Metso has been recognized as the best Scrap Equipment Provider of the Year by American Metal Market. The recognition wa...
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INRIX selected by US Federal Highway Administration for National Traffic Data
INRIX selected by US Federal Highway Administration for National Traffic Data INRIX, Inc., the world leader in connected car services and transportation analytics, today announced that its traffic dat...
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Parsons awarded interchange projects in North Carolina, USA
Parsons awarded interchange projects in North Carolina, USA Parsons is pleased to announce that it has been selected by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to perform design servic...
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USA milling contractor Costello Industries relies on Wirtgen recyclers
USA milling contractor Costello Industries relies on Wirtgen recyclers Costello Industries has been rehabilitating highways, streets and bridges since 1945. “The focus of our work is on safety, qualit...
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Briggs and Stratton builds on its decades long commitment to the Baja Collegiate Design Competition
Briggs and Stratton builds on its decades long commitment to the Baja Collegiate Design Competition Briggs & Stratton Commercial Power continues to strengthen its longstanding relationship with SA...
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Rachel Contracting relies on Volvo excavators for tactical takedowns
Rachel Contracting relies on Volvo excavators for tactical takedowns Things are looking up for Minnesota-based Rachel Contracting, thanks to a Volvo EC700CHR high reach excavator that is hard at work...
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Parsons’ I-80 SMART Corridor Project named operational efficiency project of the year
Parsons’ I-80 SMART Corridor Project named operational efficiency project of the year Parsons recently accepted the “Operational Efficiency Project of the Year” award from the California T...
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Oldcastle Precast bridge projects win design excellence awards
Oldcastle Precast bridge projects win design excellence awards Oldcastle Precast’s Skilton Road Bridge Rehabilitation and Interstate-10 Tex Wash Bridge Emergency Replacement Projects were recipients o...
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Snøhetta Reimagines Willamette Falls in Oregon, USA
Snøhetta Reimagines Willamette Falls in Oregon USA Willamette Falls is the second largest waterfall by volume in the United States. For over a century, the breathtaking site has been cut off from publ...
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From nuclear facilities to creating habitats for albatrosses, no corners are cut with Northwest Demolition & Dismantling
From nuclear facilities to creating habitats for albatrosses, no corners are cut with Northwest Demolition & Dismantling Safety with no compromises The year was 1954; President Eisenhower put forw...
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Parsons honoured by American Council of Engineering Companies for two rehabilitation projects
Parsons honoured by American Council of Engineering Companies for two rehabilitation projects Parsons recently accepted 2017 Engineering Excellence Awards from both the New York and New Jersey state c...
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New Jersey announces Bayonne Bridge “Raise the Roadway Project” ahead of schedule
New Jersey announces Bayonne Bridge “Raise the Roadway Project” ahead of schedule Continuing to build on his commitment to growing New Jersey’s economy and making the state a premier...
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State of Kentucky announces grant funding for Recycled Tyre Asphalt Projects
State of Kentucky announces grant funding for Recycled Tyre Asphalt Projects Energy and Environment Cabinet Secretary Charles G. Snavely has announced that grant funding will be made available to coun...
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Parsons wins Engineering Excellence Award for bridge replacement in Massachusetts
Parsons wins Engineering Excellence Award for bridge replacement in Massachusetts Parsons is pleased to announce that it has received the 2017 Bronze Engineering Excellence Award from the American Cou...
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Balfour Beatty joint venture awarded US$625 million Southern Gateway contract by Texas Department of Transportation
Balfour Beatty joint venture awarded US$625 million Southern Gateway contract by Texas Department of Transportation Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has been awarded a $625 mill...
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Elliott Bay Seawall wins Washington Project of the Year
Elliott Bay Seawall wins Washington Project of the Year The Washington Chapter of the American Public Works Association (APWA) recently named the Elliott Bay Seawall project the 2017 Project of the Ye...
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Share Your Dream Project to WIN a brand new John Deere G-Series Skid Steer or Compact Track Loader
Share Your Dream Project to WIN a brand new John Deere G-Series Skid Steer or Compact Track Loader How would you make a positive difference in your community if you won a new John Deere G-Series skid...
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Bridge designed by Parsons receives the Consulting Engineers of Ontario Transportation Award of Merit
Bridge designed by Parsons receives the Consulting Engineers of Ontario Transportation Award of Merit Parsons is pleased to announce that the Sir Ambrose Shea Lift Bridge replacement—designed by Parso...
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American Society of Civil Engineers recognizes Parsons for innovative underpass design
American Society of Civil Engineers recognizes Parsons for innovative underpass design Parsons is pleased to announce that the McKinley Village Way Underpass in Sacramento, CA, has been honored by the...
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Snøhetta redesigns Times Square, doubling the amount of public space
Snøhetta redesigns Times Square, doubling the amount of public space The new plaza on Broadway radically carves out 2.5 acres of pedestrian-only space at Manhattan’s core, transforming a congest...
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Chicago Cut Concrete Cutting relies on teamwork to deliver successful I-90 project
Chicago Cut Concrete Cutting relies on teamwork to deliver successful I-90 project If you have ever visited Chicago, chances are you’ve driven on Interstate 90. It is a major thoroughfare through the...
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Iowa State engineers test heated pavement technology at Des Moines International Airport
Iowa State engineers test heated pavement technology at Des Moines International Airport Iowa State University’s Halil Ceylan picked up his smartphone, opened up an app and called up the remote contro...
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Oldcastle Precast supplies 7,000 precast concrete highway slabs for highway in California
Oldcastle Precast supplies 7,000 precast concrete highway slabs for highway in California Precast concrete highway pavement slabs are increasing in popularity for use in rapid highway construction. Th...
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How Hyperloop is changing the calculus of the commute
How Hyperloop is changing the calculus of the commute It’s Monday morning and you’re stuck in traffic again, shoulders tensed as you realize you’re late for work–yet the minutes drag on. Some da...
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John Deere Builds on Machine Monitoring Legacy at CONEXPO 2017
John Deere to Build on Machine Monitoring Legacy at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017 Since first connecting machines through telematics in 2000, John Deere has continually focused on leveraging machine data to im...
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European Investment Bank supports vulnerable islands around the world
Salaheddine Mezouar, president of the UN climate treaties conference COP22, said the event, which took place in Morocco in November, would allow “the voices of the most vulnerable countries to climate...
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San Francisco Airport outlines 4 month plan to rehabilitate runway 28L
San Francisco Airport outlines 4 month plan to rehabilitate runway 28L Repaving of runway will involve nine weekend closures from March to June 2017 The San Francisco International Airport (SFO) today...
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John Deere celebrates 50 years of Motor Grader innovation at CONEXPO 2017
John Deere celebrates 50 years of Motor Grader innovation at Las Vegas CONEXPO 2017 To commemorate 50 years of the articulated motor grader, John Deere will display a restored JD570 model at ConExpo t...
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China funds Jamaica’s US$348 million South-East coastal highway project
China funds Jamaica’s US$348 million South-East coastal highway project Jamaican Finance and Public Service Minister Audley Shaw will travel to the People’s Republic of China next week to sign a...
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Mexico awards US$4.2 billion airport terminal project for Mexico City
Mexico awards US$4.2 billion airport terminal project for Mexico City A Mexican-Spanish consortium led by FCC majority shareholder Carlos Slim’s Grupo Carso has landed a US$4.2 billion contract to bui...
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Antigua and Barbuda announce US$17.5 Million road rehabilitation project
Antigua and Barbuda announce US$17.5 Million road rehabilitation project On Thursday, 9th February 2017, the Government of Antigua and Barbuda officially launched a road rehabilitation project to upgr...
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California investing US$2 million into generating power from passing cars
The California Energy Commission is investing in a US$2 million study to see whether piezoelectric crystals can be used to produce electricity from the mechanical energy created by vehicles driving on...
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Caterpillar rolling out new machines and technology at Las Vegas CONEXPO 2017
Caterpillar will present its extensive line up of machines and technology and its unmatched customer support capabilities at this years CONEXPO-CON/AGG – 7 to 11 March 2017. With 40 machines on...
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John Deere to break new ground at Las Vegas CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017
John Deere to break new ground at Las Vegas CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017 Building upon its commitment to listening and responding, John Deere will highlight its line of equipment, technologies and services at...
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Ammann featuring new plant and equipment at Las Vegas CONEXPO 2017
Ammann, based in Langenthal, Switzerland will show the technology and the productivity advantages it has to offer with its product range from fully assembled asphalt plants to small vibratory plate co...
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US Army awards JCB with a US$142 Million order for 1,600 forklifts
The US Army has placed a $142 Million order for more than 1,600 light-capability rough terrain forklifts for deployment on tasks around the world. Duties will include loading and unloading aircraft an...
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22 US States approve US$ 201 billion for Transportation projects
Voters in 22 States have approved ballot measures that will see US$ 201 billion in funding going to State and local Transportation projects. According to an analysis by the American Road & Transpo...
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Culvert collapse in Mississippi video
Culvert collapse in Mississippi video Here’s a good example from the USA of how not to build a car park over a drainage culvert. This video was taken by Jason Hartwig with his DJI Phantom quadco...
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Case PT240 rolls over the competition
Case PT240 rolls over the competition The new Case PT240 is a versatile eight-wheeled machine designed for rolling hot mix asphalt surface treatments like chip and seal and soil stabilization applicat...
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