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New ARTBA Chairman David Zachry:
TexanTakes Charge as ARTBA’s 2016 Chairman
ARTBA Analysis of FAST Act & Road
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Executive Committee
Chairman: David S. Zachry
Zachry Construction Corporation, San Antonio,Texas
Senior Vice Chairman: Robert E. Alger
Lane Industries, Inc., Cheshire, Conn.
First Vice Chairman: Matt Cummings
AECOM, Philadelphia, Pa.
Northeastern Region Vice Chairman: Dave Gehr
WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff, Herndon, Va.
Southern Region Vice Chairman:Tom Elmore
Eutaw Construction Company, Aberdeen, Miss.
Central Region Vice Chairman: Steve McGough
HCSS, Sugar Land,Texas
Western Region Vice Chairman: Jeff Clyde
W.W. Clyde & Co., Springville, Utah
Vice Chairman At-Large:Ward Nye
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., Raleigh, N.C.
Vice Chairman At-Large: Scott L. Cassels
Kiewit Infrastructure Group, Inc., Kiewit Corporation, Omaha, Neb.
Vice Chairman At-Large: MelissaTooley
Southwest Region UniversityTransportation Center,Texas A&M
Transportation Institute, College Station,Texas
Vice Chairman At-Large: Rob Charter
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, Ill.
Vice Chairman At-Large: Mike Donnino
Granite Construction Inc., Lewisville,Texas
Vice Chairman At-Large: John Riccardi
3MTraffic Safety and Security Division, St. Paul, Minn.
Treasurer:Tom Hill
Summit Materials, LLC, Denver, Colo.
Secretary: Pete Ruane
ARTBA, Washington, D.C.
ARTBA-TDF Board ofTrustees Chairman: Leo Vecellio, Jr.
Vecellio Group, Inc., West Palm Beach, Fla.
ARTBA-TDF Board ofTrustees Vice Chairman: PaulYarossi
HNTB, NewYork, N.Y.
Contractors Division President:Tim Duit
TTK Construction, Edmond, Okla.
Contractors Division First Vice President: Don Graul
Parsons Construction Group, Westminster, Colo.
Research & Education Division President: Martin Pietrucha
Penn State University, University Park, Pa.
AEM Representative: Ron DeFeo
TEREX Corporation, Westport, Conn.
Materials & Services Division President: Randy Lake
Oldcastle Materials, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.
Planning & Design Division President: David Harwood
Terracon Consultants, Inc.
Public-Private Partnerships Division President: Dusty Holcombe
Virginia Office of Public Private Partnerships, Richmond, Va.
Traffic Safety Industry Division President: Kevin Groeneweg
Mobile Barriers LLC, Golden, Colo.
Transportation Officials Division President: Paul Gruner
Montgomery County Engineers’s Office, Dayton, Ohio
Council of State Executives: LenToenjes, CAE
AGC of St. Louis, St. Louis, Mo.
Immediate Past ARTBA Chairman: Nick Ivanoff
Ammann & Whitney, NewYork, N.Y.
Past Chairman’s Council Chairman: Jim Madara
Gannett Fleming, Allentown, Pa.
Young Executive Leadership Council Chairman: Ponch Frank
Ranger Construction Industries, West Palm Beach, Fla.
Joint Committee Co-Chair: Charles Gallagher
Gallagher Asphalt Corp.,Thornton, Ill.
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The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act is now the law of the land.
Having the longest highway/transit reauthorization in a decade finally in place could mean some great
new projects in the years ahead. I’ve been watching one in Mobile, Alabama.
After 20 years of planning and debate, the Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway Widening
project is nearing final approval. The new bridge would ease bottlenecks through the existing George C.
Wallace Tunnel, which carries I-10 traffic under the river, while improving commerce, tourism and
hurricane evacuations between the Florida Panhandle and New Orleans.
When opened in 1973, the dual, four-lane Wallace tunnels averaged about 20,000 vehicles per day. Traffic
counts spiked to more than 80,000 per day, or more than one-third over capacity, by the late 1990s. Today,
it routinely exceeds more than 110,000 vehicles per day.
In November 2001, as a reporter for the Mobile Press Register, I wrote a story under the headline “Bridge
Plans Take Shape” that discussed how planning for the bridge began in 1996. But as bridge builders and
other transportation construction professionals know only too well, it’s often a long road from conception
to completion.
In Mobile, as elsewhere, planners have had to contend with concerns about the project’s impact on nearby
property owners and the environment, as well coping with funding uncertainty. Now that the route and
other issues have been resolved, my old friends believe the FAST Act will help them to finally begin
building the bridge they’ve been talking about since the 1990s.
In this issue, ARTBA’s Chief Economist Dr. Alison Premo Black gives her annual forecast of the U.S.
transportation construction market, including highways and bridges, railroads, airports and ports. We
explore what states are doing to increase funding for transportation infrastructure investment. We profile
new ARTBA Chairman David Zachry and his agenda. And we include the industry’s most comprehensive
analysis of the FAST Act.
There’s some positive momentum heading into 2016. I want to hear your story ideas. Please contact me at
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David Zachry
President & Chief Executive Officer
Zachry Construction Corporation
2016 ARTBA Chairman
The FAST Act
On Dec. 4, President Obama signed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation
(FAST) Act, a law that will provide $286 billion in federal highway and transit in-
vestment over the next five years. This is a great accomplishment that has been years
in the making, and I am honored to be the ARTBA chair during this celebratory time.
I would like to recognize my predecessors for paving the way to make this a reality:
Steve Wright (2012-2013), Doug Black (2013-2014) and Nick Ivanoff (2014-2015).
All of them deserve special credit and recognition for their outstanding leadership
efforts in keeping the heat on Congress and the President to get the job done. Hats
off as well to all of ARTBA’s volunteer elected leaders, member firms and agencies,
and state chapter affiliates for their relentless grassroots efforts and financial support
of the “Transportation Makes America Work” (TMAW) program!
In the pages of this special issue of “Transportation Builder,” you will learn much
more about the provisions in the FAST Act and ARTBA’s leadership role in making it
happen.
We deserve to celebrate the FAST Act policy victory, but we still have a lot of work
ahead of us. The FAST Act does not provide a permanent fix for the Highway Trust
Fund (HTF). In fact, I will be forming an ARTBA task force to track implementation of
the new law and develop our game plan for addressing the HTF’s structural problem.
We’ve done good so far and I look forward to 2016 to continue to meet the
challenges that await our industry. Bring it on!
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With the passage of a multi-year
reauthorization bill, some may suggest
that the industry should go into political
hibernation for a while. Of course that
is never ARTBA’s M.O.! Our perennially
full plate in the months ahead includes:
• Appointing and convening a new
task force that will take stock of
the process just completed, prepare
for the implementation of the new
law’s key policy provisions, and
shape recommendations for the
next bill.
• Pursuing any and all new revenue
opportunities for the Highway
Trust Fund, with the historical
knowledge that many past revenue
enhancements were part of
non-transportation legislation.
• Continuing to fight burdensome
and misguided regulations on
behalf of the industry.
• Providing the most comprehensive
resources available for state and
local advocates through ARTBA’s
Transportation Investment
Advocacy Center (TIAC).
• Pushing for enactment of a multi-
year reauthorization of the federal
aviation legislation that increases
Airport Improvement Program in-
vestment and raises the Passenger
Facility Charge to support needed
airport infrastructure improvements.
• Advocating increased port and
waterway investment as Congress
works to return to two-year cycles
for water resources reauthorization
bills.
The FAST Act is an important victory,
and it should be a source of pride for the
transportation construction industry.
But the struggle for long-term, sustain-
able federal investment goes on. You can
be assured that your sentinels at ARTBA
will never leave our posts. Likewise, this
is no time for ARTBA’s grassroots forces
to fold up their tents!
Battle Over, War Goes On
The Fixing America’s Surface
Transportation (FAST) Act, passed
by Congress and signed into law the first
week of December, represents a signifi-
cant accomplishment for ARTBA and
transportation construction industry ad-
vocates. Any advocacy group operating
in the Nation’s Capital today must under-
stand two realities. First, the legislative
environment is hyper-partisan, beyond
what any of us “seasoned hands” have
ever seen. Second, because of that fact,
Congress is largely unable (or unwilling)
to enact even the most obvious legislative
solutions to national challenges.
ARTBA surmounted these obstacles, as
well as dealt with so-called “experts” who
told the world there would never be
another multi-year bill, extremist
political fundraising entities that
threatened any member of Congress
who tried to work constructively on this
legislation, and surprises such as Speaker
John Boehner’s resignation weeks before
the bill reached the House floor.
Undaunted, ARTBA, our grassroots
champions and our coalition partners
kept pushing. It would not have been
possible, however, without the
personal commitment and time of so
many ARTBA members and other
industry activists, as well as our multi-
pronged “Transportation Makes America
Work!” (TMAW) program, which
ARTBA’s members and chapters
supported financially. This is your
victory and you should take pride in it.
As we note elsewhere in this issue of
Transportation Builder, the FAST Act is
not a legislative home run. Not raising
user-related fees was a serious missed
opportunity and a lot of other work
remains to be done. However, when
working within a system where gridlock
is expected, accepted and sometimes
even celebrated, getting this legislation is
still a major achievement.

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A national leader in sustainable design and management
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Aon Infrastructure Solutions (AIS) | Chicago, Ill.
AIS provides risk advisory services to alternative project
delivery market participants. www.aon.com
Bechtel Infrastructure Corporation | San Francisco, Calif.
Global engineering, construction and project management
company. www.bechtel.com
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Convene has become the meeting software for business,
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Astro Optics, LLC | Brown Deer, Wis.
Manufactures and distributes a wide variety of roadway safety
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Emseal Joint Systems, LTD | Westborough, Mass.
EMSEAL manufactures and distributes pre-compressed
sealants and expansion joints to commercial, industrial,
and institutional users worldwide. www.emseal.com
Kraemer North America | Plain, Wis.
Privately held general contractor working in transportation,
heavy civil, and marine construction—specializing in
structures, rail work and alternative delivery projects.
(As Edward Kraemer & Sons, Inc., the firm had a long
association with ARTBA through its Wisconsin contractor
affiliate). www.kraemerna.com
FTI Consulting | Philadelphia, Pa.
FTI Consulting combines financial, forensic, economic,
technology and communications experience with global
industry expertise. www.fticonsulting.com
Government Contractors Benefit Trust | Albany, N.Y.
Serving contractors throughout the U.S., the Government
Contractors Benefit Trust is sponsored and administered by
Direct Retirement Solutions, specializing in prevailing wage
bona fide benefit plan trust administration and retirement
programs. www.trustgcbt.com
Heavy Equipment College of Oklahoma |
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Trains heavy equipment operators with the skills and
certification needed for the construction industry.
www.ok-cc.com
Mayer Brown LLP | Chicago, Ill.
Legal services provider advising clients across the Americas,
Asia and Europe, offering local market knowledge
combined with global reach. www.mayerbrown.com
McFarland Johnson. | Binghamton, N.Y.
Planning, engineering and construction administration firm.
www.mjinc.com
Monster Worldwide, Inc. | New York, N.Y.
Global online employment solutions firm connects people
to jobs, and companies to great employees.
www.monster.com

Placa Amarilla S.A./ (Yellow Plate) | Santiago, Chile
Specialized highway guardrail manufacturing firm.
www.yellowplate.cl
Ryan Transportation | Overland Park, Kan.
(Subsidiary of Shamrock Trading Corporation).
Third-party logistics and freight brokerage company.
www.ryantrans.com
Sargent Corporation | Stillwater, Maine.
Site development contractors in the New England and
Mid-Atlantic regions. www.sargent-corp.com
NAI Cranes | Woburn, Mass.
Leading manufacturer of industrial (overhead) cranes and
provider of crane parts, maintenance, repairs, inspections and
training. www.naicranes.com
Nektar Data Systems | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Provides customized mobile data collection and asset-tracking
platforms. www.nektardata.com
NACR, Inc. | Eagan, Minn.
Global provider of business communications solutions and
services, including video, data and messaging from global
leaders such as Cisco, Microsoft, Avaya, Unify, Oracle and
others. www.nacr.com
Office of Public Private Partnerships-Va. | Richmond, Va.
Develops and implements statewide program of projects
through the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995.
www.p3virginia.org
South Carolina Alliance to Fix our Roads | Columbia, S.C.
Non-partisan, nonprofit group of business leaders, associations
and chambers of commerce advocating for statewide highway
investment and improvement. www.sctransportation.com
Stay Alert Safety Services, Inc. | Kernersville, N.C.
Traffic control and safety services company.
www.stayalertsafety.com

Texas A&M University Engineering Extension Service |
College Station, Texas
Provides workforce training, technical assistance and
economic development services. https://teex.org
University of Alabama at Birmingham | Birmingham, Ala.
Part of ARTBA’s Research & Education Division.
www.uab.edu
VHB | Boston, Mass.
Engineering, scientific, planning and design firm working
partnering with the transportation industry and other fields.
www.vhb.com/Pages/home.aspx
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Texan Takes Charge as
ARTBA’s 2016 Chairman
• Married with three children.
• Served three years in the U.S. Army.
• Chairs Steering Committee of the Construction Industry Ethics &
Compliance Initiative.
• Serves on the Texas A&M Civil Engineering Advisory Council, and on
the boards of the Southwest Research Institute and the Associated
General Contractors of America.
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RTBA’s 2016 chairman is the third
generation Zachry to run the business
founded 91 years ago by his grandfather,
Henry Bartell “Pat” Zachry.
“My grandfather was a great believer in people,”
says David Zachry, president & CEO of Zachry
Corporation. “He was an engineer and just loved
building things. His philosophy of business was that
you dealt honestly with people; that you trusted
people; and you gave people opportunities and you
believed in them and supported them; and you did
what you said you were going to do.”
Zachry was 20 when his grandfather died in
1984. By then his father, H. B. “Bartell” Zachry, Jr.
was running the day-to-day operations of the San
Antonio-based firm. David Zachry said his parents
never pressured him into the family business. But he
found the construction industry irresistible from an
early age.
“What kid wouldn’t like to be around building
things and getting dirty and big equipment, even
sometimes blowing things up?” he said.
Following Family Footsteps
Zachry followed his grandfather and father in
obtaining a B.S. in civil engineering from Texas
A&M University. He also has an M.B.A. from the
University of Texas at Austin.
“David loved the business; enjoyed the work,
the people, liked the challenges,” his father Bartell
Zachry said. “He was a good engineer, and this was
a place to bring it all together.”
by Mark Holan
2016 ARTBA Chairman David Zachry.

David Zachry’s career in the transportation construction industry now
spans nearly 30 years. In 1996, he was named president of the company’s
Civil Group. In August 2004, he assumed the responsibilities of president
and chief operating officer of Zachry Construction Corporation. He was
named to his present role of president and CEO of Zachry Corporation in
January 2008.
The firm builds technically-unique, large-scale projects around the
world. The company’s diverse portfolio of projects includes highways,
bridges, waterways, museums, music halls, hotels, hospitals and other
infrastructure.
“My first project after getting out of the Army was a capacity expansion
project on Interstate 10 that included parallel segmental bridges,” Zachry
recalled. “I was fascinated by the complexity of the design, precasting
operations, logistics and erecting and post-tensioning the bridges. That
project also reinforced my affection for the people in the transportation
industry.”
Zachry Corporation’s current roster of major
projects includes a 29-mile segment of California’s
high-speed rail venture; reconfiguration of the I-85
and I-385 interchange in Greenville, South Carolina;
and a 38-mile segment of Houston’s Grand Parkway,
a 184-mile controlled-access tolled highway cross-
ing seven counties in Greater Houston. Just those
three projects account for more than $2.3 billion in
construction; while four recently completed Texas
highway jobs alone add $3 billion more.
And that’s just a small fraction of the global
business done by the firm Pat Zachry began in 1924
with a $40,000 (about $557,000 in 2015 dollars)
road and bridge project to a Laredo oilfield.
Company & Industry Leader
David Zachry said his company’s success is directly
related to the ability to recruit and retain an
outstanding workforce. He regularly asks employees
for advice on how to improve corporate operations,
and he also gives back to the communities where
employees work and live through his extensive
roster of voluntary leadership positions on the
boards of key San Antonio groups.
Zachry’s ARTBA volunteer leadership positions
have included serving as senior vice chairman, first
vice chairman and vice chairman at-large. On
taking the chairman’s gavel at ARTBA’s 2015
convention in Philadelphia, he outlined several key
goals for the year ahead.
Most importantly, Zachry said, ARTBA would
remain laser-focused on helping ensure congressio-
nal approval of a multi-year bill that boosts federal
surface transportation investment.* The association
will also advocate for increased federal investment
in airport construction as part of the reauthoriza-
tion of the nation’s aviation programs.
Funding for transportation infrastructure should
be “predictable and growing,” he said.
Zachry pledged to build the number of firms
and organizations supporting the “Transportation
Makes America Work” (TMAW) lobbying and
advocacy communications program to help ensure
the industry has the financial muscle to achieve its
legislative goals.
Additional Areas of Attention
In the area of market protection, Zachry said
ARTBA will continue to provide “aggressive legal
and regulatory advocacy representation and services
for the industry in the face of an onslaught of fed-
eral and state proposals that threaten transportation
development and free enterprise.”
Henry Bartell “Pat” Zachry (left) and his son H. B. “Bartell” Zachry, Jr.
David Zachry (left) and his father “Bartell” Zachry, Jr.

2015 ARTBA Chairman Nick Ivanoff (left) handing off the gavel to the new ARTBA Chairman David Zachry.
*The FAST Act was signed into law on Dec. 4. See page 6, and special
insert in this issue.
Mark Holan is ARTBA editorial director: mholan@artba.org.
On the safety front, he said the association would be
expanding the scope of its training initiatives with development
of new accredited, national road and bridge safety certification
programs.
“We will engage acknowledged safety leaders from within the
industry to help lead, guide and implement this initiative to en-
sure it meets defined objectives,” Zachry said. He added there
should be “no secrets” about sharing best practices for safety.
Zachry plans to implement the recommendations in the
report put forward at the 2015 convention by the ARTBA
Young Executive Leadership Task Force, which are aimed at
more fully engaging the next generation of industry leaders in
supporting the association’s advocacy mission and providing
them with new leadership opportunities.
He also stressed the importance of ARTBA’s ongoing efforts
to support the professional development of women in the
industry, and to recruit more women and students to consider
transportation construction careers.
“Women are underrepresented in our industry,” Zachry said.
“The Women’s Leadership Council is a forum to encourage the
kind of networking and development that’s crucial for women
to have leadership opportunities in the ARTBA membership
companies and in ARTBA.”
Finally, Zachry said he will initiate a new wave of outreach to
expand ARTBA’s membership, build its grassroots army and get
members more involved.
“Through ARTBA’s engaged membership, I am optimistic
this organization will advance transportation policy and secure
long-term transportation funding at the federal level,” he said.
“Frankly, this is a tall order, but I am positive we are up to the
challenge.”

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Transportation Construction Market
by Dr. Alison Premo Black
Billions of 2015 Dollars
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$174.8
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$187.2
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$178.0
$179.3
$187.1
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$208.3
$214.0
$219.2
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T
he passage of a new five-year federal surface
transportation law, increased investment from state and
local governments, and continued strengthening in the
U.S. economy are the key factors driving an expected 4 percent
growth in the 2016 U.S. transportation construction market,
according to ARTBA’s analysis and forecast models.
In 2016, the market will hit $208.3 billion, up from $200.5
billion in 2015.
Despite overall growth in recent years, spending levels on
highway construction, airport terminals and docks and piers
are still below 2009 levels, when factoring in changes in mate-
rial prices, project costs and inflation. By contrast, investment
in bridges, railroads, public transit, airport runways and water
terminals has returned to levels prior to the “Great Recession.”
The multi-year federal transportation law will provide
much-needed stability for the highway, bridge and transit
markets after a decade of short-term extensions. The modest
increase in federal highway and bridge investment in 2016 will
help the program keep pace with changes in inflation, materials
and project costs. Federal funding accounts for an average of
52 percent of state department of transportation (DOT) capital
outlays for highway and bridge improvements.
The highway and bridge construction market is expected to
be uneven across the country, with programs growing in 23
states and Washington, D.C., and remaining fairly flat in nine
states. A number of states have increased their own funding in
the last few years, including 15 states that have raised their own
gas taxes for transportation investment since 2013. Overall,
states approved 30 legislative measures in 2015 to increase
investment, while voters approved 68 percent of the ballot
measures for transportation funding.
Outside of construction, state and local governments are
expected to spend an additional $42 billion for maintenance
work; $14.8 billion for in-house and consultant planning and
design services; and $7.8 billion for right-of-way purchases as
part of their highway and bridge programs.
The ARTBA forecast also looks at other modes and finds:
Highway, Private Driveway & Parking Lot Construction
The highway, private driveway and parking lot construction
market will increase 4.2 percent to $71.4 billion. This includes
$58.1 billion in public and private investment in highways,
roads and streets, and $13.2 billion in largely private
investments in parking lots, driveways and related structures.
Real growth in highway, road and street construction in 2016
is moving in the right direction, but is still years away from a
full recovery, absent a major increase in investment at all levels
of government. The real value of construction work fell over 23
percent between 2009 and 2013, declining from $66.3 billion in
2009 to $50.8 billion in 2013. The total value of work forecast
for 2016 is $58.1 billion.
Contractors will have an additional $45.7 billion in business
opportunities from private highway and bridge work that is
completed as part of housing developments and larger commer-
cial structures, separate from parking lots and driveways. This is
up from an estimated $42.6 billion in private work in 2015.
Bridges & Tunnels
The bright spot, as it has been in recent years, is the bridge
and tunnel construction market, which is expected to remain
strong, increasing from $33.3 billion in 2015 to $34.6 billion in
2016. State and local governments continue to invest significant
resources in these projects, with the share of bridge and tunnel

work growing from 18 percent of all highway and bridge work
in 1998 to over 37 percent in 2015. The share of bridge work is
expected to remain at these high levels over the next five years.
Railroads, Light Rail & Subways
ARTBA is forecasting that light rail, subway and railroad
construction will be down slightly in 2016 to $21.1 billion in
work, compared to $21.3 billion in 2015. Heavy rail investment
by Class 1 freight railroads will increase from $13.5 billion to
$13.6 billion. Subway and light rail work is forecast to
decline slightly from $7.8 billion to $7.6 billion. Although a
number of ongoing projects have supported record-levels of
transit construction work, contract awards in the past year have
declined, indicating fewer plans in the pipeline. The market is
expected to resume growth of close to 3 percent in 2017 as the
U.S. economy continues to grow and federal investment levels
are stable.
Airport Runways & Terminals
The total value of airport runway and terminal construction
will grow from $12.9 billion in 2015 to $14.3 billion in 2016.
Investment in runways is expected to grow from $5.8 billion
in 2015 to $6.0 billion in 2016, and terminal construction will
grow from $5 billion to $5.9 billion. Terminal work over the
next five years is forecast to reach $8 billion, the same invest-
ment levels before the market downturn that started after 2009.
The outlook for the airport runway market will also be
impacted by federal investment in the airport improvement
program. The lack of a long-term funding bill for the Federal
Aviation Administration continues to temper future growth in
this market.
Ports & Waterways
The ports and waterway construction market will remain flat at
$2.3 billion in 2016, with modest growth resuming in 2017 and
beyond. Construction of water terminals will be steady, with a
slight uptick in activity for waterway dock and pier construction.
Federal funds, on average, provide 52% of annual state DOT
capital outlays for highway & bridge projects
Source: ARTBA analysis of FHWA Highway Statistics data, total 10 year average 2004-2013 from tables SF-1 and SF-2.
The percent is the ratio of federal aid reimbursements to the state and total state capital outlays and is indicative of the
importance of the federal aid program to state capital spending for highways and bridges. Does not include local capital
spending. Federal highway reimbursements are primarily used for capital outlays, including construction, right of way and
engineering, but are also used for debt service for GARVEE bonds.

89%*

35%

53%

60%*

68%*

87%*

72%

52%

56%*

72%*

83%*

69%*

71%

46%

50%

61%*

41%

65%

59%

69%

52%

39%

41%

60%

43%*

65%

66%
*

67%
*

60%*

55%

45%

66%

47%*

66%*

36%

53%
*

61%*

64%*

40%

HI

77%

83%

VT

80%

CT

70%

RI

97%*

DE

42%*

NJ

31%*

MD

45%*

DC

52%*

NH

58%*

50
to
69%
of
state
highway

&
bridge
capital
outlays

MA

41%

49%

Over
70%
of
state
highway

&
bridge
capital
outlays

30
to
49%
of
state
highway

&
bridge
capital
outlays

Dr. Alison Premo Black is ARTBA
chief economist: ablack@artba.org.
The comprehensive 2016 ARTBA
Transportation Construction Market
Forecast can be purchased for $150
at www.artba.org/shop.
ARTBA’s proprietary econometric model takes into account
a number of economic variables at the federal, state and
local level. The forecast measures the public and private
value of construction put in place, published by the U.S.
Census Bureau. The ARTBA estimate for the private
driveway and parking lot construction market are separate.

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Nearly half the nation’s 50 states took action during 2015
to fund transportation construction and repair. Most of
the investment was driven by state legislators, but voters also
authorized spending, including local initiatives. The result: over
$30 billion in the coming years for roads, bridges and public
transit improvements through new or increased taxes, fees,
bonds and other measures.
Transportation advocates and state lawmakers say the
support will help provide some planning certainty and put
a dent in project backlogs, especially with the funding now
complimented by a new long-term federal highway and transit
investment law (see special insert). But they also worry the
measures barely keep up with current needs and short change
the future.
For example, Texas voters in November approved a
constitutional amendment that will direct $2.9 billion per year
in sales and motor vehicle tax revenue into the state’s
transportation fund between 2020 and 2030. Last year, Lone
Star voters passed a similar referendum to redirect $1.2 billion
in oil and gas tax revenues from a rainy day fund to the state
highway system.
States Take Action to Pump Billions
into Transportation Investment
By Mark Holan and Carolyn Kramer
Still, Jack Ladd, president of the advocacy group Move Texas
Forward, says these measures are “not a magic bullet” and only
maintain the status quo.
“If we are going to truly address the problem, we are going to
have to look at a myriad of solutions, which include
public-private partnerships, raising the gas tax, raising the
vehicle registration fee, toll roads, and using newly available
transportation technology,” he said. “All of those combined are
possible ways we can address the shortfall.”
States raising gas tax
Research conducted by the staff of ARTBA’s Transportation
Investment Advocacy Center (TIAC) shows that eight states
raised their gas tax in 2015: Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Michigan,
Nebraska, South Dakota, Utah and Washington. State
lawmakers in California and New Jersey were still discussing
the possibility of raising their gas taxes as the year drew to a
close. A few of the approved measures required extra effort.
In Nebraska, for example, the legislature had to override the
veto of Gov. Pete Ricketts (R). In Michigan, the legislature in
November approved the gas tax increase as part of a funding


WASHINGTON state voted to gradually increase its
gas tax by 11.9 cents-per-gallon, and raised DMV fees,
estimated to generate $16.1 billion over 16 years.
NEBRASKA lawmakers voted to override the gov-
ernor’s veto and approve a 6 cents-per-gallon state
gas tax increase, for $76.2 million annually once fully
implemented.
GEORGIA changed the state gas tax formula to a flat
tax of 26 cents-per-gallon, indexed to the Corporate
Average Fuel Economy and the Consumer Price Index,
and increased other fees to generate an estimated
$900 million per year.
IDAHO approved a 7 cents-per-gallon state gas tax
increase, raised vehicle registration fees, and created a
new fee on electric and hybrid cars to generate almost
$95 million.
UTAH increased the state gas tax by 5 cents-per-gallon
and created a 12 percent tax on the statewide average
wholesale price of motor fuel to replace the flat gas
tax. The state also gave counties the option of letting
voters decide 0.25 percent sales and use tax increases
for local transportation projects. These measures could
generate up to $101.6 million in the first two years.
SOUTH DAKOTA approved a 6 cents-per-gallon state
gas tax increase, a 1 percent increase in the motor ve-
hicle excise tax and a 20 percent hike in license plate
fees to generate over $80 million.
IOWA approved a 10 cents-per-gallon state gas tax in-
crease, resulting in an estimated $200 million per year.
DELAWARE agreed to increase DMV fees, which will
be matched with borrowing, for an estimated total of
$55 million per year.
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NORTH CAROLINA passed a state budget that
provides an increase of $440 million in
transportation funding that eliminated Highway
Fund transfers, raised DMV fees, increased the state
Highway Use Tax on out-of-state motor vehicle
purchases, and other measures.
MICHIGAN passed a $1.2 billion legislative package
that included an 11.3 cents-per-gallon gas tax increase
and other new revenues.
KENTUCKY, NORTH CAROLINA and VERMONT
each passed legislation to stabilize their variable rate
gas taxes in order to prevent loss of revenue due to
declining pump prices.
CONNECTICUT approved $2.8 billion in transportation
bonds.
TEXAS voters passed a constitutional amendment
that will direct $2.9 billion per year into the state’s
transportation fund between 2020-2030.
GEORGIA included a $75 million bond for state transit
funding in the annual budget.
MAINE voters passed an $85 million bond for
transportation projects with over 70 percent support.
MASSACHUSETTS approved a $200 million road
bond.
LOUISIANA voters authorized the creation of a state
infrastructure bank solely for use on low-interest loans
for local transportation projects.
NORTH DAKOTA allocated $450 million for state
highway funding, and $352 million to counties for road
and bridge projects.
Among local ballot initiatives, voters in Phoenix,
ARIZONA, approved a comprehensive transportation
investment plan, including a renewal and increase of a
city sales tax worth $17.3 billion over 35 years. Seattle,
WASHINGTON, voters agreed to a $950 million prop-
erty tax levy over nine years to maintain and modern-
ize the city’s transportation infrastructure. Dozens of
counties also passed transportation funding measures.
MINNESOTA approved $3 million of disaster relief
funds for roads and highways in areas affected by
summer flooding.
MISSISSIPPI approved $200 million in bond financing
for the state’s transportation infrastructure.
NEW MEXICO approved an infrastructure construction
bill, which included $70 million for highways.
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Ballot Initiatives
Source: ARTBA Transportation Investment Advocacy Center.

package after state voters rejected a transportation investment
referendum in May.
“The failure in May highlighted to the legislature a couple of
solid messages,” said Mike Nystrom, executive vice president
of the Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association.
(MITA) “One was, ‘We elected you to do your jobs and take
care of big problems like this.’ The second was, ‘We want roads
fixed, but don’t mix a lot of other initiatives in with this.’”
Republican state Sen. Curtis King of Yakima, Washington,
seemed to reflect the view of many state lawmakers across the
nation. “Nobody likes to have a tax increase,” he told the Seattle
Times. “But we haven’t been as diligent on maintenance and
preservation as we’ve needed to be. We need to invest in that to
get caught up. If we don’t do it in the next two or three years,
those repairs, it’s going to cost us three or four times more.”
Raising gas taxes does not result in a commensurate penny-
to-penny increase in the price motorists pay at the pump,
ARTBA reported in a June analysis. That’s because the taxes
are paid by fuel wholesalers before they reach retail consumers.
Retail prices are driven as much or more by other factors, such
as crude oil, refining and distribution costs, and their
associated profit margins. Cheap crude oil this summer helped
tumble pump prices to their lowest levels since 2004.
Efforts by Gov. Ricketts to pressure Nebraska legislators from
raising the gas tax “kind of backfired,” said Josh Moenning,
executive director of the pro-transportation group 4 Lanes 4
Nebraska, a coalition of business and agriculture companies.
“People see the need to fix the roads, which outweighed the
gas tax, especially in the context of lower fuel prices,”
Moenning said. “State senators who were on the bubble about
passing the tax or overriding the veto heard from constituents
who said they were not concerned about the increase if the
money replaced bad bridges and roads.”
Republican state Sen. Jim Smith, who led the Nebraska effort,
campaigned on obtaining investment revenue from the user fee
as being smarter than shifting money from the general fund.
He backed his argument as the owner of a 25-truck
construction services business. “I’m not a stranger to paying
fuel bills for vehicles,” he told Transportation Builder. He added
the effort also was helped by having neighboring South Dakota
and Iowa increase their gas tax.
Transportation Funding & Elections
Voting for a gas tax increase to fund transportation investments
has not hurt Republicans or Democrats at the ballot box,
ARTBA found in another analysis. Ninety-five percent of all
Republican state legislators who voted to increase their state
gas tax to fund transportation improvements in 2013 or 2014
and ran for re-election in November 2014 won their races. On
the Democratic side, 88 percent of state legislators who voted
in favor of a state gas tax increase were re-elected.
ARTBA’s TIAC tracked 61 transportation funding ballot
measures throughout 2015. Voters approved 42 of these
measures, generating an estimated $22.5 billion increase in
transportation funding. State lawmakers approved another $8
billion of investment.
A majority of the funds—$17.3 billion over the next 35
years—was contained in a comprehensive transportation plan
that Phoenix, Arizona, voters passed in August. The measure
includes a renewal of a 0.40 percent sales tax, with an
additional increase of 0.30 percent, which will last until 2050.
To be sure, some state proposals never got past committee
hearings to a full legislative vote. Other state house measures
will carry over or have to be reintroduced in 2016. Voters
rejected a few transportation-related ballot initiatives, such as
in Michigan, but 72 percent have passed over the last decade.
Grassroots pressure remains the key to successful legislative
or ballot initiatives, said Maria Fuentes, executive director of
Maine Better Transportation and co-chair of TIAC’s
Transportation Investment Advocates Council. “There are a
lot of things we don’t have control over, like no tax pledges by
legislators,” she said. “But our members were very involved in
educating legislators on impacts in their own districts if
transportation needs are not funded.”
This summer, about 100 people attended TIAC’s 2nd
Annual
National Workshop for State and Local Transportation
Advocates in Washington to share best practices and campaign
strategies. ARTBA and other associations and member firms
are also working together and independently to push for
transportation investment; and TIAC is helping provide them
with the tools they need to succeed.*
Importance of the Federal Highway Program
State lawmakers and voters are recognizing that critical
transportation repairs and construction are best accomplished
when states and the federal government work together. ARTBA
Nebraska state Sen. Jim Smith.
Photo courtesy of Nebraska Unicameral Information Office.

*Editor’s Note: Visit ARTBA’s TIAC at www.transportationinvestment.org
to stay on top of all the transportation funding legislation and ballot
initiatives at the state level.
Mark Holan is ARTBA editorial director: mholan@artba.org.
Carolyn Kramer is Transportation Investment Advocacy Center manager:
ckramer@artba.org.
data shows that the federal Highway Trust Fund supports, on
average, 52 percent of highway and bridge capital investments
made annually by state governments.
“In the end getting both things done [state and federal
funding] sets us on a course of being able to plan for the
future,” said MITA’s Mike Nystrom. “That’s a huge plus for the
state DOT and the industry.”
States are expected to continue pushing for funding in 2016.
Back in Nebraska, state Sen. Reid said his 2015 efforts are part
of a “multi-year process” of expanding investment options,
including public-private partnerships and design-build
projects, infrastructure banks—even the possibility of changing
state law to allow the option of bonding. Alabama Gov. Robert
Bentley (R) predicted lawmakers will pass a state gas tax
increase in 2016 in order to generate new revenue for the state’s
roads and bridges. In Tennessee, Gov. Bill Haslam (R) also
began floating the idea of raising the state’s gas tax as part of a
“thoughtful discussion” about the critical need for
transportation investment.
“From the business of moving product to the parents
trying to make it home before their kids go to bed, everyone
has a stake in this discussion,” Haslam said in a Nov. 9 release.
“Looking ahead five years, there are very real challenges that
will affect the conditions of our roads and bridges, our ability
to recruit the jobs we want in Tennessee, and our quality of
life.”
That’s also true in the other 49 states, and for our nation as a
whole.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R)
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RED Project Spotlight
Highlighting Innovative Research by ARTBA Research and Education Division Members
University of Michigan Creates First Controlled Environment to Test Connected and Automated Vehicle
Technologies
Researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) have created Mcity—the world’s first
controlled environment specifically designed to provide safe, rigorous, repeatable testing of connected and automated vehicle
technologies before they are tried out in real traffic.
Mcity, which is part of the U-M Mobility Transformation Center, simulates a broad range of complexities that vehicles and
pedestrians encounter in urban and suburban traffic environments. Located on 32 acres of the University’s North Campus, it also
seeks to engage students in the development of connected and automated technologies.
Since 2012, UMTRI has been the test conductor for the U.S. Department of Transportation-funded Connected Vehicle Safety
Pilot Model Deployment, the largest connected vehicle pilot in the world. U-M is expanding on that experiment with the Ann
Arbor Connected Vehicle Test Environment. This deployment of connected vehicles and infrastructure technologies will soon
expand from a small section of Ann Arbor to include the entire city. It is one of three complementary on-road vehicle
deployments that, along with Mcity, will serve as test beds to evaluate the most promising approaches to connected and
automated mobility.
Representatives of government, industry, and the University of Michigan officially opened Mcity on July 20.
The creation, construction and operation of Mcity was spearheaded by James Sayer, Ph.D., who received a 2015 Transportation
Champions of Change Award at the White House on Oct. 13 for this work.
Contact: UMTRI research scientist and U-M Mobility Transportation Center Deployment Director James Sayer, Ph.D.
(jimsayer@umich.edu)
For more information about this project, go to: www.mtc.umich.edu/test-facility

RED Project Spotlight
Highlighting Innovative Research by ARTBA Research and Education Division Members
University of Maryland Research Will Help Agencies Conduct Disaster Resiliency Analysis
The University of Maryland’s National Transportation Center (NTC@Maryland) is exploring ways to assess
the disaster resilience of critical infrastructure. This analysis considers interdependencies between
transportation systems and related cyber, power, natural gas, water, waste water, and societal systems.
In 2013, NTC@Maryland funded a seed research project led by Elise Miller-Hooks, Ph.D., which
developed tools to aid governments and infrastructure owners and operators in effectively addressing the
threats from potential sea level rise and significant, sustained flooding events. In 2014, the National Science
Foundation awarded Dr. Miller-Hooks a $2.5 million basic research project to continue this research.
This ongoing project will create analytical capabilities to quantify resilience to multiple hazards faced by
critical infrastructure systems. Insights gleaned from the application of these techniques can be applied to
improve, build, and maintain communities that are more likely to withstand disruption or disaster.
Results from this pioneering research will help agencies integrate public policy, organizational policy,
emergent organizational behaviors, and risk communication considerations into a comprehensive
quantitative framework for disaster resiliency analysis. During and upon completion of this project,
Dr. Miller-Hooks plans to take advantage of the outreach and technology transfer resources at the
NTC@ Maryland to disperse her research findings in the form of workshops, webinars, and conferences.
Contact: NTC@Maryland researcher and Civil Infrastructure Systems Program Director Elise
Miller-Hooks, Ph.D. (elisemh@umd.edu)
For more information about this project, go to: www.millerhooks.umd.edu/projects/proj49.html
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More than 3 million miles of roads and over 300,000
bridges in the United States are owned and maintained
by local governments.
In 1982, the Federal Highway Administration established
the Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP). In 1991,
the Tribal Technical Assistance Program (TTAP) was also
created. LTAP and TTAP help local governments improve
management of their transportation networks.
There are 58 LTAP/TTAP Centers: one in each state, one
in Puerto Rico, and seven regional Centers that serve
tribal governments. Most Centers are housed at colleg-
es, universities and state departments of transportation.
The mission of LTAP/TTAP is to foster a safe, efficient,
and environmentally sound surface transportation
system by improving skills and increasing knowledge of
the transportation workforce and decision makers.
LTAP/TTAP strives to improve safety for users on local
roads, help local governments build and maintain their
The FHWA LTAP/TTAP Clearinghouse, managed by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association-
Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF), provides program support for LTAP and TTAP Centers.
infrastructure, utilize the workforce efficiently, and teach
road workers how to do their jobs safely.
The national program focus areas are safety, workforce
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Over the past year, ARTBA once again
forcefully advocated on behalf of the
transportation construction industry
in the legal and regulatory arenas. This
year-end column explains how.
ARTBA submitted nearly 40 letters and
other documents on different
regulatory matters to agencies such as
the U.S. Department of Transportation,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
and Occupational Safety and Health
Administration.
ARTBA also continued to ensure
proper implementation of 2012’s
“Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st
Century” (MAP-21) reauthorization law,
including Dec. 8 congressional testimony
by ARTBA Chairman David Zachry.
And ARTBA continued to represent
the industry in court, notably mounting
a legal challenge to the EPA’s
controversial “waters of the United
States” (WOTUS) rule.
In 2015, ARTBA continued to
challenge EPA on the issue of federal
Clean Air Act standards. Once again,
EPA decided to tighten the federal
standards for ozone. Once implemented,
however, EPA’s new standards could
force hundreds of counties out of
compliance. This is a significant issue
for transportation construction because
once a county is out of compliance with
the Clean Air Act it could have federal
highway funds withheld. ARTBA also
pointed out that EPA’s new rule is akin to
“moving the goalposts in the middle of a
game” as many counties have not yet
implemented EPA’s last round of
standards. Finally, and perhaps most
significantly, ARTBA has noted that
EPA’s own data points out that under
current standards, there has been a
significant improvement in air quality.
Imposing tighter standards would only
serve to put transportation projects,
which reduce congestion and improve
ARTBA’s Advocacy Extends to Regulatory
and Legal Arenas By Nick Goldstein
air quality, at risk. This battle is likely to
continue through 2016 and beyond, with
both the courts and Congress possibly
becoming involved.
Endangered Species Act
Another issue that rose to the forefront
in 2015 was the Endangered Species Act
(ESA). In March, ARTBA urged the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) not to
list the long-eared bat as “endangered.”
The bat’s population is being threatened
by a condition known as white-nose
syndrome. While this disease has caused
a significant impact on the long-eared
bat’s population, it has not been linked
to any specific type of human activity.
ARTBA noted that once the long-eared
bat is placed under ESA protection,
“critical habitat” regulations will be
activated. “Critical habitat” is an area of
land set aside where development is
severely restricted by the ESA because
it is deemed necessary for an
endangered or threatened species to
subsist. In the case of the long-eared bat,
the “critical habitat” would encompass 37
states. Rather than place a majority of the
United States under “critical
habitat” restrictions, ARTBA instead
asked the FWS to suspend consider-
ation of listing the long-eared bat and
undertake more study as to the causes of
white- nose syndrome before enacting
overly broad regulation. A partial victory
was achieved, with FWS listing the long-
eared bat as “threatened” and providing
an exemption for transportation
activities in existing rights-of-way.
ARTBA Lawsuit on Water Rule
Finally, ARTBA continued its
opposition to the EPA and U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers (Corps) “waters of
the U.S.” rule, or WOTUS, which would
greatly expand EPA federal jurisdiction
under the Clean Water Act (CWA).
Specifically both EPA and the Corps
could potentially exercise jurisdiction
over roadside ditches, which could
dramatically increase permitting burdens
and opportunities for frivolous litigation
against transportation projects. ARTBA
has sued EPA in federal district court
along with more than a dozen other
trade associations. Thirty-one states
have also brought suit. While ARTBA’s
litigation is still in the early stages, and
expected to span roughly three years,
the WOTUS rule has been stayed by the
courts for the time being while various
legal matters are resolved.
This is only a brief overview of the
advocacy ARTBA has engaged in on
the industry’s behalf during the past 12
months. You can rest assured 2016 will
be no different. ARTBA will continue to
make sure the transportation industry
is heard on all of the important issues
impacting your business.
For questions on these, or any other
issues, please contact me at
ngoldstein@artba.org.
Nick Goldstein is ARTBA vice president of
environmental & regulatory affairs:
ngoldstein@artba.org.
ARTBA Chairman David Zachry gives
congressional testimony Dec. 8 on MAP-21.

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U.S. Department of Transportation or the Federal Highway Administration.

location, booth number and location on
the show floor.
The New Products and Technologies
preview section spotlights the
innovative products and services that
will be on display.
Attendees can also schedule appoint-
ments as well as must-attend education
sessions and networking events, and
update their itinerary as needed
pre-show and onsite. A World of Asphalt
mobile app will also be available.
Show Website Features Improved
Navigation
Visit the show website—
www.worldofasphalt.com—for the latest
show information. The website’s
streamlined navigation helps visitors
more quickly find the information they
need to attend the show. And the site
layout automatically adjusts to fit the
device used, to ensure readability on
mobile devices and tablets as well as
traditional screens.
Don’t miss out; make plans now to
attend World of Asphalt in 2016, and we
will see you in Nashville!
The Association of Equipment
Manufacturers (AEM) is a World of
Asphalt co-owner and produces World of
Asphalt and AGG1.
AEM corner
Don’t Miss 2016 World
of Asphalt! Take These
Steps Now to Save
Time & Money
Transportation construction
professionals who want to comparison
shop the latest equipment, products and
services to help their businesses com-
pete will be headed to World of Asphalt,
March 22-24, in Nashville, Tennessee. It’s
not too early to plan your visit, and show
organizers offer these easy steps to take
now to save time and money and get a
head start on show planning.
The 2016 World of Asphalt Show &
Conference will be held at the Music City
Center. It is the one-stop exhibits,
education and networking resource for
asphalt, pavement maintenance and
traffic safety industry professionals. The
event will also include an ARTBA work
zone safety workshop.
The show is already a record-breaker
with more than 100,000 net square feet
of exhibits from new and returning
companies, ranging from large
multinationals with multiple product
lines to smaller firms with niche
products. For added value, the AGG1
Academy & Expo is co-located with
World of Asphalt, broadening the scope
of companies and products that will help
attendees increase company
efficiencies and profitability. One badge
covers admission to both shows.
Register by January 29 to Save
Time and Money
Save more than 25 percent off the badge
fee (as well as education program
discounts) by registering by Jan. 29.
Register at www.worldofasphalt.com
via any computer, laptop or other
personal device.
Use the online “housing magnet” to
book and purchase hotel rooms directly
on the show website; groups may book
up to 15 rooms at a time online.
Take Advantage of Industry-
Driven Education
Education is an integral part of the
World of Asphalt experience, with
industry-focused learning and
networking opportunities.
The People, Plants and Paving Training
Program is designed for paving
contractors of all sizes and covers the
latest safety, management/leadership,
plant, paving, pavement preservation,
renewable energy and technological
issues affecting the asphalt industry.
And the AGG1 Academy focuses on
aggregates production, safety,
technology, management, and
environmental stewardship areas.
Find New Products Faster with
Online Planning Tools
Make the most efficient use of your time
onsite by using the interactive online
exhibitor directory (with show map) to
create a personalized itinerary pre-show.
The directory is searchable by company
name, companies new to the show, type
of product or market area, geographic
AEM provides trade and business development
services for companies that manufacture equip-
ment, products and services used world-wide
in the agricultural, construction, forestry, mining
and utility sectors. AEM is headquartered in Mil-
waukee, Wisconsin, with offices in the capitals
of Washington, D.C., Ottawa, and Beijing.

ADVERTISER INDEX
Promote your company’s products and services in
“Transportation Builder!”
Contact ARTBA’s Peter Embrey at 202.289.4434 or
pembrey@artba.org
Check out our rates in the 2016 media kit available
at www.transportationbuilder.org.
Advertise with “Transportation Builder”
“ARTBA reserves the right, at its discretion and without liability of any
nature whatsoever, to reject, cancel or suspend any advertising in whole
or in part, in which case any fees paid in advance shall be refunded to
the advertiser on a pro-rata basis.”
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT,
PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Wirtgen America
www.wirtgenamerica.com......................................IFC
Zachry Construction Corporation
www.zachryconstructioncorp.com............................7
Weiler
www.weilerproducts.com............................................9
Emseal Join Systems, LTD
www.emseal.com........................................................13
Caterpillar Inc.
www.cat.com/paving.................................................17
Terex Construction
www.terex.com/construction...................................26
HIGHWAY SAFETY PRODUCTS &
RESOURCES
Mobile Barriers
www.mobilebarriers.com............................................4
LTAP
www.ltap.org...............................................................30
Roadway Safety + Training Program
www.workzonesafety.org..........................................32
GOMACO Corporation
www.gomaco.com...................................................IBC
Trinity
www.trinityhighway.com.........................................BC
SOFTWARE
HCSS
www.hcss.com..............................................................5
B2W Software
www.b2wsoftware.com/artba...................................28
BRIDGE DESIGN, MAINTENANCE &
MATERIALS
HNTB Corporation
www.hntb.com...........................................................21
WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff
www.pbworld.com.....................................................29
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