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Track is only as good as the ballast holding it in place. Ballast serves many purposes, the most important of which is drainage. There are high-production machines and attachments (ballast [...]

There are numerous ways to resurface a highway/rail grade crossing: Concrete. Rubber. Composite. Timber. Users rely on tough yet resilient surfaces to perform under heavy rail and road traffic. Railway [...]

Critical components like couplers, draft gears and end-of-car cushioning units must be capable of managing thousands of tons o force. In-train forces--buff and draft-can literally make or break safe train [...]

Any experienced railroad civil engineer will tell you that track is only as good as the ballast holding it in place. Ballast serves many purposes, the most important of which [...]

When railroads, either in-house or through supplier-provided contracted services, perform remote train health monitoring, potential equipment problems on freight cars or locomotives can be identified and reported back to a [...]

After Chicago, the Kansas City region is the second-busiest railroad hub in the U.S. BNSF Railway's 780-acre Argentine Yard in Kansas City is the largest classification yard on the Class [...]

After nearly three months and 57 entries later, Railway Age editors, along with judges Nick Little, Managing Director of Michigan State University's Railway Management Program and Ronald L. Batory, President [...]

On Dec. 4, 2015, President Barack Obama signed the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, a five-year federal transportation bill, into law. The FAST Act authorizes $305 billion in funding [...]

As a result of the passage of Pennsylvania Act 89 (House Bill 1060) in November 2013--Pennsylvania's most comprehensive piece of state transportation legislation in decades, providing capital funds to advance [...]

CALIFORNIA HSR The California High-Speed Rail Authority issued a request for qualifications for its upcoming Rail Delivery Partner (RDP) procurement. In January, CHSRA broke ground on the nation's first high-speed [...]

There are two things that make San Diego, Calif., among the most pleasant places to live in the U.S. One is the climate. The other is the San Diego Metropolitan [...]

Classification yards tend to be the bottleneck on a railroad. Breaking up inbound trains, sorting cars and building new outbound consists can be a time-and labor-intensive process, especially when car [...]

When it opened on March 27, 1976 to great fanfare, the Washington Metro was one of the most advanced, beautifully planned and designed passenger rail systems in the world. Today, [...]

This past June marked one year since public transportation operator Metro Transit, which covers the Twin Cities area, opened its $957 million, 1 1-mile Central Corridor LRT, the Green Line, [...]

Despite the historically brutal winter that hit New England in 2014 causing delays and cancellations throughout the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) system, MBTA ridership hit a record high, with [...]

Now that its FrontLines 2015 program, a group of five Utah Transit Authority rail projects that added 70 miles to the existing 64-mile rail network, has been completed $300 million [...]

The article announces winners of the 2013 Best of the Best Projects based on design and construction excellence in the U.S. including the Bullitt Center, the Tom Bradley International Terminal and the John W. Turk Jr. Power Plant.

This article focuses on the growing aerospace industry of China. The ARJ21-700 regional jet, which is being developed by Avic I Commercial Aircraft Co. Ltd., is expected to have its first flight in March 2008 before beginning 14 months of flight testing. Certification is planned for 2009. The Chinese are also being recognized as suppliers of aviation parts to overseas customers through Avic I and Avic II. China also remains head to head in its competition with the U.S. regarding its space capabilities.

The article discusses the management of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation's (MassDOT's) 2012 Interstate 93 (I-93) Fast 14 Rapid Bridge Replacement Project, which demolished and replaced highway bridges in Medford, Massachusetts and which won the issue's 2012 Best Overall Project construction award. MassDOT used quick-setting concrete and prefabricated components to finish the job quickly, and used online social media to alert drivers to delays.

The article discusses various issues surrounding the death of labor union ironworkers at work sites in Chicago, Illinois and New York City on February 8, 2011. It provides an overview of the death of Kenneth Puplava at the Glenbrook hospital expansion project in Illinois and Brett McEnroe and Roy E. Powell at a Manhattan church renovation. It also discusses the lawsuit filed by the Puplava family against contractor Peeper Construction Co. and steel erector-fabricator Lejeune Steel Co.

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University project finance arm remains a relevant and revered industry partner as it pushes to meet the system's 21st century challenges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One-third of the projects that began constructed in 2014 are in the residential sector, breaking ground in New York City and Jersey City. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the architectural design of NYC (New York City) Parks Beach Restoration Modules, designed by Garrison Architects.

The article focuses on restoration and redevelopment of Pier A in New York City by H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture, which include restoration of the exterior, installation of concrete slabs, and structural repairs.

Reports from key industry events [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

For the last 40 years, Andrew Herrmann has created a legacy of keeping critical infrastructure issues in the public eye. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ENR New York's 20 Under 40 of 2014 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on reactions by several New York based government agencies, on idea of ban of hydraulic fracking proposed by New York's governor, Andrew Cuomo. Topics discussed include review on Cuomo's idea by New York Department of Health, research on high-volume fracking by New York Department of Environmental Conservation and views of Wenonah Hauter, executive director of Food & Water Watch organization, against the proposal.

The article discusses the architectural design of the residential tower under construction in Manhattan, New York, designed by Goldstein Hill & West Architects LLC.

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The article reports that the growth in the power and higher education sectors is helping electrical contractor O'Connell Electric Co. to expand its business in New York. Topics include the growth in the regional revenue of the company in 2013, its involvement in projects that include the new School of Law building at Syracuse University and the University of Buffalo Science Center, and views of its chief executive officer (CEO) Victor E. Salerno regarding acquisition of a contractor in Albany.

The article focuses on the long-term resiliency projects being planned and funded in New York and New Jersey following Superstorm Sandy. Topics covered include the submission by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) of applications under a resiliency program, the development of solutions to prevent flooding at entry points in vulnerable areas and the proposed defense strategy of New York City Transit that features water exclusion and asset protection.

The article announces appointments in the New York construction sector including Paula Benway as vice president at the Institute of Transportation Engineers, Michael Petrisko as chief information officer at Hill International Inc. and Robert Keimig as sales vice president at the Lighting Quotient.

The article discusses the impact of the overall decline in public works in 2013 to the design firms in New York. Topics discussed include numerous multi-year transportation projects and works related to Superstorm Sandy recovery are expected to boost demand for design services in the sector and American Institute of Architects (AIA) treasurer Mark Regulinski's comment on the continuous hesitancy and uncertainty which affected the architecture, construction and engineering sectors.

The article reports that work will start to repair both Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission's (PVSC) effluent pumping station and wet weather pumping station at the Newark, New Jersey water treatment plant this spring 2014. The work is described as a 21.67 million U.S. dollar design-bid-build project that includes replacing a substation at the plant's effluent pumping station. It notes that the team consists of general contractor Tomar Construction and engineering firm AECOM.

The article reports on the 35.7 million U.S. dollar project to build three electrical unit substations at the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant in Nassau County, New York that is set to begin in May 2014. It notes that the design-bid-build project will also include adding 4.16 kilovolt switchgear and transformers and raising electrical equipment up to the 500-year flood level with target completion in March 2016. The project is headed by the joint venture team of Hazen & Sawyer and Arcadis U.S.

The article features New York's Top 20 Under 40, as collated by the "Engineering News-Record (ENR) journal. The list includes Roland Abi Nader of the engineering consultancy AECOM, Robert Badenich of the multimedia consultancy Shen Milsom & Wilke, and Marnie A. Bell of the environmental engineering firm ARCADIS U.S. Inc. It also includes Sarah Berman of the urban planning firm The Berman Group Inc., and Becky Button of the interior design firm Gensler.

The article focuses on New York-based family-owned construction firm Gilbane Inc. Topics discussed include the firm's establishment in 1873, its ranking among the top ten regional contractors in "ENR New York" magazine's annual ranking of firms by regional revenue, and its financial performance in 2013. Also mentioned are Gilbane's involvement in New York City's Rapid Repairs Program after superstorm Sandy and subsidiaries Gilbane Building and Gilbane Development.

The article offers information on major bridge investment projects in New York City. It mentions that some of the biggest bridges of the tristate are receiving private investment such as the $1.5-billion Goethals Bridge replacement. It notes that the $1-billion restoration of the George Washington Bridge, connecting Manhattan and Fort Lee, New Jersey, includes a $199-million replacement of upper-level structural steel deck.

The article focuses on the $450-million expansion of Stamford Hospital in Stamford, Connecticut. It states that the project will have added 641,463 square feet to the hospital upon completion in the summer of 2016. It says that the work includes additional patient care units with centralized nurses stations and patient care units with private bathrooms for flexible care delivery as well as two family lounges for every floor.

The article reports on the upgrading of pipes at Penn South's 10 buildings in Manhattan, New York City. A team of more than 250 contractors is expected to replace about two miles of pipe in each of the buildings. It reveals that the buildings have incurred significant damage from leaky pipes. The pipe replacement project is led by mechanical contractor FW Sims.

The article explores the ways subcontractors was able to survive the downturn in the housing and construction market. Topics discussed include the opportunity seen by Zach McGuire of MasTec Inc. in satellite television installation and service upgrades, the potential of the increasing demand for microgrids to be a big business for subcontractors and the work they have done in the transportation sector.

The article reports on the state of the construction industry in the New York region as of July 8, 2013, noting that gains from the private sector construction market have not yet offset losses from the U.S. economic recession. Construction contractors showing revenue increases include Turner Construction Co., Lend Lease, and Gilbane Building Co. Growth is demonstrated in construction market sectors such as office buildings, health care facilities, and building renovations.

The article focuses on Karen Arpino-Shaffer, a transportation engineer for the construction industry firm Gilbane Building Co., discussing her career as one of the relatively few women in that industry.

The article discusses a grand-jury report that suggests that executives from the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission such as the executive Joseph Brimmeier have selected engineers and contractors based on political contributions and gifts, violating Pennsylvania ethics laws.