Presenting the DTFC: Double-Tee Flexible Connection

The DTFC is an innovative structural retrofit shear connection designed for the repair of precast single- and double-tee garages. This advanced connection provides vehicular and seismic shear restraint while accommodating the necessary movement transverse to the double-tee joint. The DTFC effectively relieves stress caused by deck expansion and contraction. With its quick installation process and […]

Tutor Perini/O&G JV starts $3.5B Newark AirTrain job

A joint venture of Tutor Perini and O&G Industries broke ground on the $3.5 billion AirTrain Newark replacement project at Newark Liberty International Airport, according to an Oct. 7 news release. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said the 2.5-mile automated rail system will replace the outmoded AirTrain that opened in 1996. […]

Dismantling inclusion puts infrastructure at risk

Sri Kumar is president of Tennessee-based infrastructure and aviation consulting firm Connico. Opinions are the author’s own. Recent decisions to scale back affirmative action and disadvantaged business programs in infrastructure are already starting to tilt the playing field away from small businesses in aviation and transportation.  For decades, these programs through the U.S. Department of […]