Kenworth - Tue December 11, 2018
Kenworth-Chillicothe Plant Earns Award From Ohio EPA
The Kenworth-Chillicothe manufacturing plant recently received the 2018 Encouraging Environmental Excellence "E3" Gold Award from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. The award recognizes businesses, nonprofits and government agencies in Ohio that demonstrate commitment to exceed regulatory compliance and attain exceptional achievements in environmental stewardship....
Volvo - Thu November 29, 2018
VIDEO: 60 Seconds on Urbanization
How do we build cities that radically reduce our carbon footprint while improving well-being?Volvo CE recently sat down with Carina Borgström Hansson, senior advisor of WWF One Planet City, to get her take....
Volvo - Wed November 21, 2018
Carbon Emissions Reduced by 98 Percent at Volvo, Skanska Electric Site
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) and its customer Skanska have been testing the viability of the Electric Site research project over a 10-week span at Skanska's Vikan Kross quarry, near Gothenburg, Sweden....
Utah Business - Mon November 19, 2018
State's First Net Zero Energy Summit Promotes Innovation in Construction
Leaders from multiple local governments; the building and design industry; community organizations; appraisers; realtors; and utilities came together to explore how to accelerate the proliferation of net zero energy buildings during Utah's first ever Net Zero Energy Summit....
GDOT - Fri November 16, 2018
Bridgework Benefits Drivers, State's Biggest Bat Roost
A busy northwest Georgia bridge and the massive colony of bats that call it home are both better off due to recent work that preserved the structure and its wildlife. The Interstate 75 bridge near Calhoun averages 72,000 vehicles a day....
Arizona Department of Transportation - Tue November 06, 2018
Organizations Protect Native Cactus Before U.S. 60 Project
To prepare for a project replacing the Pinto Creek Bridge on U.S. 60 east of the Valley, biologists from the Arizona Department of Transportation and partner organizations spent several days working to protect a native cactus, in some cases rappelling down the canyon walls to do so....
U.S. Department of Transportation - Fri November 02, 2018
DOT Announces Final Rule to Accelerate Project Delivery
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced a final rule Oct. 31, to amend Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that will accelerate project delivery....
JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed October 31, 2018
Hawaii Supreme Court Upholds Permit for Giant Telescope
HONOLULU (AP) — After years of delay, including lengthy court battles and passionate protests from those willing to be arrested for blocking construction crews, builders of a giant telescope plan to move forward with constructing the $1.4 billion instrument on a Hawaii mountain that is considered sacred....
MARK STEVENSON - Associated Press - Tue October 30, 2018
Mexico Referendum Cancels Partly Built $13B Airport
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's president-elect said Oct. 29, he will respect the result of a referendum that rejected a partly built new airport for Mexico City, effectively ending the $13 billion project....
AASHTO Journal - Mon October 29, 2018
DOT Streamlines Environmental Rules to Improve Transportation Project Delivery
A final rule to be issued in the Federal Register by USDOT on Oct. 29 aims to streamline National Environmental Policy Act or NEPA requirements along with other key environmental rules to speed up and ensure "greater consistency" in the permitting of surface transportation projects....
