News (WASHINGTON)—Forty eight individuals from 19 companies and representing 14 states have earned the “Safety Certification for Transportation Project Professionals™” (SCTPP) credential over the past four months, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation announced today. The certification is valid for three years. The SCTPP [...]
News Gene Hawkins, Texas A&M (l) & Tom Flaherty, ORAFOL ret. accept the 2018 Jake Landen Memorial Safety Award (WASHINGTON) – Gene Hawkins, a professor in the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University, and retired ORAFOL Americas leader Tom Flaherty, are the [...]
News (WASHINGTON)—Pete Ruane, president and chief executive officer of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), today announced he will be retiring from the organization in October after 30 years of service. He is the longest tenured head of the 116-year-old organization. After Ruane’s departure, ARTBA [...]
News (WASHINGTON)— The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) commends the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) recent decision to abandon a proposal to require the measurement of greenhouse gas emissions following construction of new transportation projects. The proposal was part of larger performance measures required under the [...]
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 [...]