Public Works & Utilities

Metro Atlanta voters will decide fate of transportation projects

• 27th July 2012

Referendum would impose the area’s first regional transportation tax

New bridge goes up in a hurry

• 23rd July 2012

In the town of Roxbury, Vt., a new bridge from Contech Engineered Solutions quickly replaced a bridge damaged by Tropical Storm Irene.

San Francisco raises the bar for green government buildings (with related video)

• 23rd July 2012

The city’s newest office building aims for LEED-Platinum

Public transit agency adds capabilities to surveillance cameras

• 23rd July 2012

Technology makes parking easier

• 23rd July 2012

‘Smart parking’ eases hassles

Report: Metro economies are growing

• 23rd July 2012

But future growth is threatened by weak infrastructure spending

Public-private partnerships poised for growth

• 20th July 2012

In the months remaining in 2012, we will see an expansion in the use of public-private partnerships (PPPs), says the executive director of a national trade group.

Keating Report on government budgets and spending, 2nd half 2012

• 19th July 2012

The 2012 Mid-Year Keating Report covers federal, state and local government finances, public works and transportation construction, public-private partnerships, the economy and government spending.

APWA: ‘Transportation bill is an opportunity’

• 17th July 2012

Associate Editor Larry Conley spoke to Jim Fahey, government affairs director for the American Public Works Association, about MAP-21, a two-year $105 billion bill passed by Congress in June 2012 to overhaul federal highway and transit programs.

The state of public works and transportation construction

• 12th July 2012

Recent projects feature innovative materials and processes.