News (WASHINGTON)—Thirteen children of highway workers who were killed or permanently disabled on the job will receive post-high school financial assistance for the 2018-19 school year from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation’s (ARTBA-TDF) “Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship” fund. The scholarship [...]
News (WASHINGTON)—Transportation construction companies from four states were recognized for their outstanding corporate worker safety programs during the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) Federal Issues Program in the Nation’s Capital. The awards were presented during a May 15 luncheon hosted by ARTBA’s Foundation. The annual [...]
News (WASHINGTON) – Twenty four emerging leaders in the transportation design and construction industry participated May 14-16 in an intensive Washington, D.C., “boot camp” introduction to the federal legislative and regulatory processes. The annual American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation’s Industry Leader Development Program (ILDP) [...]
News ARTBA hosts a Gala Dinner honoring Transportation Development Hall of Fame inductees on Monday, May 14, 2018, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Leslie E. Kossoff/LK Photos) (WASHINGTON)—The Vecellio family, Charles F. Potts and Thomas N. Iovino are the 2018 inductees to the American Road [...]
News (WASHINGTON)—The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) today announced a formal partnership with AECOM aimed at strengthening the leading global infrastructure firm’s position in the design, construction and management of safer transportation infrastructure projects. The partnership will encourage and facilitate AECOM employees earning the American [...]
News ARTBA presents the Helping Hand award during a luncheon on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Leslie E. Kossoff/LK Photos) (WASHINGTON) – Terracon Consultants, Inc., of Olathe, Kan. was named the first place winner of the 2018 “Helping Hand Awards,” an [...]
News Announcement Comes at Start of Construction Safety Week (WASHINGTON)—The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation’s certification program to test and recognize an individual’s knowledge of the core competencies needed to recognize and mitigate safety hazards on transportation project sites has earned the “gold standard” [...]
News "Expect the Unexpected” In Roadway Construction Work Zones, ARTBA Says (WASHINGTON) - What’s happening on the nation’s roadways should always have the full attention of motorists, but it’s even more critical as drivers approach and pass through construction work zones, the American Road & Transportation Builders [...]
News (WASHINGTON)— The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has formally petitioned the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to repeal a 102 year-old federal procurement rule the group says has blocked, since its inception, the use of products that could improve safety and quality on the [...]