Dr. James Bryce has been selected to fill the Pat Parsons’ Asphalt Faculty Position within the Wadsworth Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at West Virginia University’s Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources.

An Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)-HCSS survey was conducted with 538 member companies participating with results that show accidents in highway construction work zones remain a major problem, with some indicators worsening in the past year.

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) released its Carbon Reduction Program (CRP) Implementation Guidance, unlocking $6.4 billion in formula funding over five years to help states and localities develop carbon reduction strategies. While the CRP was established in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)of 2021, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), NAPA sought inclusion of paving activities by highlighting asphalt pavement's many climate-friendly technologies, to help states and localities meet their climate goals.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has announced its Davis-Bacon Wage Survey Plan set to begin in 2022. Construction workers working on Davis-Bacon and related Acts (DBRA) covered contracts must be paid prevailing wages, which are determined by surveys of wages paid on construction projects underway or recently completed within a geographic area.

The Communications Infrastructure Contractors Association posted a reminder that National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) will be observed, April 11-15 with this year’s theme of “Work Zones are a Sign to Slow Down.” Over the past few years, the tower industry has been impacted by motorists interfering with and endangering crews who were working in bucket trucks at tower sites adjacent to roadways. An Inside Towers article in 2020 detailed how traffic control is important in tower work.