Get the latest news from Flatiron Construction Corp. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=1&pid=9 Flatiron, one of the nation's largest transportation and infrastructure contractors, has been awarded more than $160 million in new transportation, underground, and water contracts. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=163 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=163 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT Flatiron has hired Allan Sylvester as vice president and manager of the company's Tunneling Group. Based in northern Virginia, the Tunneling Group will pursue large-scale tunneling projects across North America. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=162 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=162 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT Flatiron has promoted Terry Poole to president of the company's Heavy Civil Division. Mr. Poole has been with Flatiron for more than 13 years and will be based out of Flatiron's corporate headquarters in Colorado and will oversee the division. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=161 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=161 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT The U.S. Department of Transportation gave the go−ahead to begin construction on the Interstate 85/Yadkin River Crossing project after it finalized an agreement with the North Carolina Department of Transportation for $10 million in Recovery Act funds, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray
LaHood announced Tuesday. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=160 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=160 Tue, 6 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT The construction of a new Lake Champlain Bridge is much more than an engineering project. "This is a critical link between two states," Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas said... http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=151 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=151 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT If you have dropped off a friend or a loved one, or yourself have traveled from Lindbergh Field in the past several months, you may... http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=150 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=150 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT To residents of northeastern New York and western Vermont, the construction of a new Lake Champlain Bridge is much more than a huge engineering project. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=159 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=159 Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT Flatiron was awarded a $69.6 million contract by the New York State Department of Transportation to construct a bridge that will connect Crown Point, N.Y., and Chimney Point, Vt. Flatiron was the low bidder of eight contractors vying for the contract. The project is the company's first in New York. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=149 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=149 Tue, 8 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT Flatiron and joint venture partner, Lane Construction Corp., were awarded a $136 million contract by the North Carolina Department of Transportation to design and construct a new dual Interstate 85 bridge and an adjacent US 29/70 bridge spanning the Yadkin River, near Salisbury, N.C., about 40 miles north of Charlotte. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=148 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=148 Tue, 8 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT On May 15, 2009, the longest stress ribbon bridge in the world opened in San Diego. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=152 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=152 Tue, 1 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT HOCHTIEF is expanding its position in the growing market for US infrastructure projects. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=155 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=155 Wed, 19 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT On a clear day, Mark Curtiss and his construction crew in West Feliciana Parish can see the State Capitol and other high-rise buildings in Baton Rouge, 20 miles away but a lot farther by road. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=157 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=157 Sun, 16 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT The Contra Costa Water District has awarded a contract to Flatiron, to begin installing fish screens at a delta intake in Rock Slough. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=158 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=158 Wed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT HOCHTIEF is expanding its position in the growing market for U.S. infrastructure projects. Via its subsidiaries Flatiron and Turner, the Group has acquired the New York region-based construction company E.E. Cruz and Company Inc. with retrospective effect as of Jan. 1, 2010. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=144 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=144 Tue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT Flatiron and its employees have donated $76,000 to relief efforts dedicated to Haiti. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=139 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=139 Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT The City of Saskatoon in Saskatchewan, Canada, awarded a contract to the joint venture of Graham Construction and Flatiron to build the massive Circle Drive South project, the largest single project in the city's history and its first design-build contract http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=143 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=143 Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT Flatiron, one of North America's largest transportation and infrastructure contractors, has been awarded two recent contracts in support of oil sands projects in northern Alberta. These jobs are part of a larger Flatiron strategy to secure more work in the oil sands region. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=142 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=142 Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT Flatiron, one of the nation's largest transportation and infrastructure contractors, has been awarded a little more than $37 million in new transportation and wastewater contracts. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=141 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=141 Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT The state of North Carolina last week named a general contractor for the first phase of the Interstate 85 bridge replacement over the Yadkin River and moved up the completion date for the project, even before work begins. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=156 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=156 Sun, 9 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT Flatiron, one of California's largest transportation and infrastructure contractors, won two AGC of California's Excellence in Partnering Awards for the Lenihan Dam and I-238 Widening projects. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=145 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=145 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT The innovative development of the top-down construction technique used to construct the Highway 17 Washington Bypass in North Carolina earned Flatiron the Innovative Transportation Solutions Award presented by the Women's Transportation Seminar. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=138 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=138 Wed, 7 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT Flatiron was honored for its work on the Lenihan Dam Outlet Modifications in Los Gatos, Calif. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=136 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=136 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Flatiron began work March 22 to repair I-70 in Glenwood Canyon after a rockslide damaged the roadway. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=137 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=137 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT A rocky season in Colorado began on cue on March 8 with a rockslide on Interstate 70 near Glenwood Springs. Four days later, the Colorado Dept. of Transportation announced that Flatiron was the apparent low bidder for the contract to repair damage. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=135 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=135 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Work on the $192-million, 6.8-mile Highway 17 Bypass around Washington and Chocowinity, N.C., for the North Carolina Department of Transportation was completed eight months ahead of schedule. A ribbon-cutting ceremony, hosted by NCDOT, was held Friday, Feb. 26, on the new bridge that crosses over the Pamlico-Tar River. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=134 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=134 Fri, 5 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT The new I-35W Bridge, located in Minneapolis, Minn., continues to earn industry accolades, almost two and a half years after the early and successful completion by the Flatiron-Manson joint venture. At the 2010 Portland Cement Association (PCA) Concrete Bridge Conference awards ceremony, held on Feb. 25 in Phoenix, Ariz., the project earned the PCA Bridge Design Award of Excellence. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=133 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=133 Fri, 5 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Flatiron, one of the nation's largest transportation and infrastructure contractors, has been awarded more than $200 million in new transportation contracts throughout California. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=131 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=131 Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Flatiron is teaming up with the Clinton/Bush Haiti Fund to offer relief to those affected by the recent earthquake in Haiti. Flatiron’s executive team has begun the outreach by personally donating $25,000 to the relief efforts http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=120 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=120 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT Senior vice president Elie Homsi's successful career at Flatiron can be traced back to the doors that opened for him at the University of Texas. Homsi advises students to choose a job that they can be passionate about and look forward to every day. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=118 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=118 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT The largest bridge deck in Alberta is being built in Fort McMurray, using an innovative design and unique approach to address population growth and the massive trucks carrying heavy loads to oilsands construction projects. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=121 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=121 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT The three contractor teams MnDot approved that will submit bids to build the new Highway 61 Hastings Bridge over the Mississippi River are Flatiron/Kiewit, Lunda/Ames, and PCL/Edward Kraemer and Sons. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=123 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=123 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT According to Rodney Oliver, vice president of corporate safety for Flatiron, the key to safety adherence and using guidelines in the field starts with accountability. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=125 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=125 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT After two decades of planning, the contract to design and build the 3.2-mile automated people mover between the Coliseum BART Station and Oakland Airport was awarded to Flatiron/Parsons Joint Venture. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=126 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=126 Fri, 1 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT Flatiron works with Bridges to Prosperity to tour and investigate possible suspension bridge sites in Guatemala. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=127 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=127 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT In San Diego, the $865 million Green Build at the San Diego International Airport will create 1,000 new jobs at the peak of construction. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=128 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=128 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Flatiron is celebrating success this year, but not in the usual way. Instead of hosting annual holiday parties, Flatiron will be supporting local charities chosen by employees with a goal of adopting 500 families this holiday season. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=117 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=117 Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Flatiron won the prestigious NOVA Award for a new pile driving launching gantry method that reduces the environmental impacts of bridge construction. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=115 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=115 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Flatiron was honored in the Heavy/Highway Construction category for its execution of the Interstate 15 Managed Lanes project during the AGC San Diego chapter's annual Build San Diego Awards. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=122 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=122 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT I-35W Bridge Project Takes Best Overall Award for Design-Build http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=114 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=114 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Pueblo’s new Fourth Street Bridge project has hit its halfway point, a nearly four-year, $27.7 million construction job that will give Colorado 96 a graceful twin span crossing of the extensive Pueblo rail yard and the Arkansas River. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=112 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=112 Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT The heaviest traveled road in the entire Province of Alberta just got a little easier to drive thanks to the opening of the northeast portion of the Calgary Ring Road, also called Northeast Stoney Trail. The new road opened to traffic at 3 p.m. Monday, with an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 vehicles expected to use the Stoney Trail ring road each day. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=113 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=113 Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Flatiron has been recognized by the Federal Highway Administration with an Environmental Excellence Award in ecosystems, habitat and wildlife for an innovative pile-driving method used on the U.S. 17 Washington Bypass in Beaufort County, N.C.
http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=110 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=110 Fri, 9 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Flatiron and its joint venture partner, Harper, joined the Utah Department of Transportation today for an official project kickoff for state Route 92 construction, near Lehi, Utah. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=111 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=111 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT Flatiron is working closely with the volunteer-based charity Bridges to Prosperity, and helping the program expand its building of bridges in remote places to benefit the local communities. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=103 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=103 Tue, 1 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT The new Fourth Street Bridge in Pueblo, Colo., will cross over the vast Pueblo Railroad Yard with 28 sets of active rail tracks while maintaining a critical route through the city. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=108 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=108 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT The steel superstructure of the new Athabasca River Bridge in Alberta, Canada, touched down earlier this week at the second pier. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=104 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=104 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT Flatiron has secured two new highway contracts in Northern California, totaling more than $80 million. In Oakland, Calif., Flatiron will reconstruct the Interstate 880/High Street interchange. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=102 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=102 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT The purpose of the Bypass is simple, to give drivers a faster and safer way to get through Beaufort County and there's good news when it comes to construction. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=101 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=101 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT Flatiron participated in the San Diego Habitat for Humanity's annual "Home Builders Blitz" in Oceanside, Calif., where determination kicked off the race to build four homes, from start to finish, in only five days.
http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=100 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=42&n=100 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT ENR (register to read full text) - In just a decade, the “big four” Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec have embraced public-private partnership (P3) projects to the point where they are almost a mainstream construction-delivery method. http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=105 http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=9&pid=76&n=105 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT