Infrastructure Safety News Today

A sharp rise in defects in newly-built apartment complexes is attributed to the hiring of unskilled workers, deteriorating work conditions at construction sites, and soaring material costs, prompting the government to launch nationwide site inspections, according to experts and construction firms on Thursday.

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – A Midstate community is receiving a sizable financial boost from the federal government to help replace aging natural gas pipelines. Chambersburg is set to receive $5.564,097 in federal funding to replace what the U.S. Department of Transportation calls high-risk, aging natural gas pipelines. The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the funding […]

In their continuing efforts to address homelessness in the city of Atlanta, a spokesman for the mayor’s office confirmed two new initiatives to Channel 2 Action News.

Railroad industry news about: City of Birmingham, Consolidated Rail and Infrastructure Safety and Improvements Grant, CRISI, U.S Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration, Reduce Extended Delays; Enhance Safety; and Invest in Growing Neighborhoods, R.E.D.E.S.I.G.N.. From the editors of Progressive Railroading Magazine

Major funds are coming to Birmingham to help with blocked railroad crossings.

U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) announced Monday that her congressional district will be receiving $23.8 million in federal funding. Sewell called the funding a "major step forward" in addressing the issue of blocked railroad crossings in her home district, which includes parts of Birmingham and surrounding areas.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said Thursday it will launch full-fledged safety checks into buildings constructed using flat slab methods, following revelations that some 16.5 percent of apartment complexes built under the state-run Korea Land and Housing Corp. (LH) are missing critical structural components. The Ministry of Land said it will conduct investigations of 293 apartment complexes built...

The CBuD mobile application was developed to prevent damage to underground assets by agencies undertaking infrastructure development work

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