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Roads, Bridges and Highways

Balfour Beatty Wins Prestigious CAGC Pinnacle Award for Innovative Harkers Island Bridge Project

February 3, 2025

Balfour Beatty has been honored with a 2024 Pinnacle Award from Carolinas AGC (CAGC) for its exceptional delivery of North Carolina Department of Transportation’s (NCDOT) $60 million Harkers Island Bridge Replacement project. The award was presented during CAGC’s 104th Annual Convention in Charleston, South Carolina. The CAGC’s Pinnacle Awards, co-sponsored by CPA firm GreerWalker LLP and the law…

Slow & Steady Progress Repairing America’s Bridges, According to Latest Federal Government Data

September 4, 2024

Nearly 221,800 U.S. bridges need major repair or replacement, an American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) analysis of recently released federal government data shows. Placed end-to-end, these structures span over 6,100 miles, or the equivalent of every mile of urban and rural Interstate in California, Florida, and Illinois. Of the bridges needing repair, 42,067 are rated in…

FMI Releases 2024 3rd Quarter Civil Construction Confidence Report

August 12, 2024

FMI recently released their 2024 third quarter Civil Infrastructure Construction Index (CICI). According to the management consulting firm, the CICI dropped almost six points in the second quarter, signaling a potential cool down in the civil infrastructure space. This quarter respondents said bid prices dropped while new competitors in their markets increased, indicating a tighter…

Governor Cooper Announces Game Changing Funding Grant for Cape Fear Memorial Bridge Replacement in Wilmington

July 17, 2024

Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced a major funding grant for the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge replacement project in Wilmington. The Governor was joined by Biden Administration Federal Highways Administrator Shailen Bhatt, North Carolina Department of Transportation Secretary Joey Hopkins and Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo to highlight this major investment from the Biden-Harris Administration. “The Biden-Harris Administration’s…

Governor Cooper Joins US Department of Transportation Secretary Buttigieg for First S-Line Project Groundbreaking and Blue Ridge Road Construction Site Visit

July 2, 2024

Today, Governor Roy Cooper joined US Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg in Raleigh for the first groundbreaking of the S-Line Project, the major infrastructure project that will revitalize the Southeast Corridor of passenger rail, and a visit to the Blue Ridge Road construction site, a project that will improve traffic flow, access, and efficiency along the…

Construction Partners, Inc. Completes North Carolina Acquisition

June 8, 2024

Construction Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROAD) (“CPI” or the “Company”), a vertically integrated civil infrastructure company specializing in the construction and maintenance of roadways across six southeastern states, today announced that it has acquired Hudson Paving, Inc., headquartered in Rockingham, North Carolina. The transaction adds a hot-mix asphalt plant and related crews and equipment serving the Sandhills region…

Survey Shows Rampant Work Zone Dangers in NC and SC

May 29, 2024

On Thursday, May 23, Carolinas AGC partnered with AGC of America and North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) for a press conference to release the results of AGC of America’s 2024 Work Zone Safety Awareness Survey consisting of results from CAGC Members. The survey results highlighted the dangers of highway work zones for motorists and workers in North Carolina, South Carolina and nationwide. At the…

Bridge to Success: ECU Construction Management Graduates are Shaping the Region

January 20, 2024

Will Janning watches as a seagull flies across a clear sky. The nearby water greets the sand he stands on, allowing him a dry spot from where he can see more than two years of his work in front of him. The 45-foot-tall bridge stretches more than half a mile across The Straits, a waterway…

AGC Survey of Highway Contractors Reveals High Incidence of Cars Crashing into Work Zones

June 2, 2023

Officials Call for Tougher Safety Enforcement and Education Programs as Annual Survey Details Continued Risks to Drivers & Workers in Work Zones and Workers Plead with Drivers to Slow Down in New Video Fifty-five percent of highway contractors report that motor vehicles had crashed into their construction work zones during the past year, putting motorists and…

Balfour Beatty Awarded $242.35 Million Design-Build Contract by North Carolina Department of Transportation

February 1, 2023

North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has awarded Balfour Beatty a $242.35 million design-build contract to deliver improvements to Interstate U.S. 70 between the Havelock Bypass and east of Thurman Road in Craven County. The project will upgrade the 6.4-mile section of U.S. 70 to improve mobility and military interconnectivity, support economic development and increase…

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