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South Dakota lists ARRA projects Staff, 5/25/2009
South Dakota's Department of Transportation received $189 million in federal funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and has identified 45 state highway improvement projects for the first phase of allocating funds. Because ARRA is a one-time stimulus and does not cover long-term highway funding shortfall, projects selected do not include construction of new highways. More
Are Curb Ramps Really ADA Compliant? by Bob D. Sexton, Sr., Construction Manager, H. R. Gray - 05/18/2009
Parking, crossing the street, entering a building, and using the rest- room are, for most of us, daily activities we don't give a second thought. For those with physical disabilities, however, these everyday tasks often present a set of unique challenges. Eighteen years ago, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law to ensure that everyone, regardless of physical limitatio...
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South Dakota Legislature Did Not Pass Transportation-Friendly Bills By Ivy Chang and Deb Mortenson, Vice President, Administration & Public Affairs, AGC of South Dakota - 04/20/2009
The main run of the 2009 South Dakota legislative session is over, and no additional funding for highways was secured. That was despite a well-coordinated lobbying campaign by several members of the South Dakota Highway Users Conference, including AGC, and the support of some devoted legislators. These efforts centered on results from a 2008 legislative summer study that revealed $117 million i...
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2008 ASA Report Shows Progress Material and Information Courtesy of the American Subcontractors Association. Edited by Christina Fisher. - 04/20/2009
Policymakers' understanding of sophisticated risk transfer issues is growing, and that's good news for construction subcontractors, according to The ASA Report: The Policy Environment in the States. ASA's annual evaluation of public policies in the 50 states and the District of Columbia revealed that legislators and courts took new steps in 2008 to limit how contracts or insurance for construct...
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Green In Orange County's Great Park Compiled by Loren Faulkner - 04/20/2009
In Irvine, CA, Orange County's Great Park is moving forward even in a down economy. The Great Park is being ...
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Hauling Materials From Bautista Canyon By Loren Faulkner - 04/20/2009
Bautista Canyon in Southern California's San Jacinto Valley has a flood control catch basin at the base of Mt. San Jacinto that has been cleared out by contract material haulers for decades. The latest is Lovelady Trucking and Material, Inc., out of Fallbrook, CA. Until about a year ago, owner Mark Lovelady's company had been making a good living here, at this Riverside County Flood Control wor...
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Restoring The Bricks in Roswell An apartment building dating from almost 170 years ago is restored and expanded to create new residential space in an historic Atlanta suburb.
Restoring The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum The restoration of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City involved rebuilding the museum's Pier 86 into a state-of-the-art docking facility.
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