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Tina Grady Barbaccia is executive editor of Better Roads and news & digital editor for Aggregates Manager. She has bachelor’s degrees in Journalism and Mass Communication and in Theater Studies from Kent State University and a master’s degree from Northwestern University’s Master of Science in Communication managerial program. Barbaccia is currently national second vice president and a board member of the Construction Writers Association and national treasurer of the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) and a Chicago board member. She has won numerous national and regional ASBPE Awards as well as being a finalist for the American Business Media’s (ABM) Jesse H. Neal Award in 2007 and recipient of the award in 2011. Her coverage of a program to help children learn about the aggregates industry and pique their interest in geology earned an industry organization a 2005 Littleford Award from ABM.

ATSSA: Solar-assisted traffic signal unveiled

Mar 07, 2013

North America Traffic (NAT) unveiled its new TL 2.4LD (“Light Duty”) signal system, a solar-assisted traffic signal that the manufacturer says will provide increased portability for mobile service crews to control traffic near work zones without requiring extra workers to ...

Granite named as one of ‘World’s Most Ethical Companies’

Mar 07, 2013

Granite Construction Inc. has again been recognized by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the 2013 World's Most Ethical Companies (WME). The 2013 WME companies are those that embrace ethical business practice and demonstrate industry leadership. "Not only did more companies ...

NTEA: Siemens localizes production of ELFA hybrid traction electric drive systems

Mar 06, 2013

Siemens has localized production of its ELFA hybrid traction electric drive systems to its manufacturing plant located in Alpharetta, Ga., a move that the company says allows a quicker response to the production and service needs of its customers in ...

John Deere intros two compact excavators to G Series, Final Tier 4 compliant

Mar 06, 2013

John Deere 60G compact excavator John Deere has introduced the 50G and 60G compact excavators, 26 and 53 horsepower, respectively, to its G Series. Both models are outfitted with a DOC/DPF aftertreatment device to meet the Final Tier 4 (FT4 ...

Hill to provide construction consulting for Freeport-McMoRan

Mar 06, 2013

Hill International has received a master services agreement from Freeport-McMoRan Corp., a subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., to provide construction consulting and professional services. Hill's services under the contract are expected to include project and program management, cost estimating, ...

Reuters: Cat to cut 1,400 jobs at Belgium plant

Mar 05, 2013

Reuters reports that Caterpillar Inc. plans to cut 1,400 jobs at a plant near Charleroi in Belgium “due to high costs and the weak European economy,” the group's Belgian unit said on Feb. 28. The cuts will come at the Gosselies ...

Residential construction positioned for expansion, nonresidential will ‘limp along’

Mar 04, 2013

The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) reports that nonresidential construction spending fell 3.3 percent in January, with outlays decreasing to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $572.1 billion, citing a March 1 report by the U.S. Census Bureau. Year over year, ...

SOLUTIONS: Wyoming DOT stops landslide problem with vertically installed micropiles

Feb 28, 2013

The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) figured out a way to solve a three-decade landslide problem – on time and on budget – by coming up with a new way to stabilize a landslide area using vertically installed micropiles. The Association ...

L.A.’s new 14 miles of tolls won’t solve infrastructure problem

Feb 28, 2013

The Los Angeles Times reports that 14 miles of new tolled "HOT lanes" (high-occupancy travel lanes) have opened opened on the San Bernardino Freeway as part of a trial program to see if letting drivers traveling alone will pay to ...

TRIP releasing ‘Maryland Transportation by the Numbers’

Feb 27, 2013

The report, “Maryland Transportation by the Numbers: Meeting the State’s Need for Safe and Efficient Mobility,” will be released by national nonprofit transportation research group, at a news conference in Silver Spring, MD. at 8 a.m. ET on Feb. 28. The ...

LaHood on sequestration and transportation

Feb 26, 2013

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood released a statement on Feb. 22 with his thoughts on what sequestration will mean for the nation and for transportation. For the official statement, go to http://www.dot.gov/briefing-room/statement-sequestration-us-transportation-secretary-ray-lahood-22-february-2013.) LaHood says in the statement that “sequestration will have a ...

Motor vehicle deaths up 5 percent in 2012

Feb 26, 2013

Motor vehicle deaths in 2012 totaled 36,200, up 5 percent from 2011. This marks the first annual increase since 2004 to 2005, according to the National Safety Council (NSC). "The 2012 estimate is provisional and may be revised when more data ...

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