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American Bridge (AB) is pleased to announce that Jim Laing joined AB as the Senior Vice President of Operations on Monday, August 28, 2017. Jim was hired to oversee AB’s North American operations and the Company’s four major regions. Jim brings over 31 years of experience in the heavy/civil industry to AB in roles ranging from Project Manager to senior leadership. Most recently, Jim served as Senior Vice President at Tutor Perini Corporation and was…

On Friday night, a monumental occasion occurred at the Tappan Zee Bridge project site as the Rockland-bound traffic on the existing bridge shifted over to the first span of the new design-build structure. The opening of the first span comes after four years of construction on the two, 3.1 mile, parallel, cable-stay crossings of the Hudson River. Later this year, Westchester-bound traffic will also switch to the first span so that the tie-ins from the…

A huge milestone was achieved last week on July 31st at the Portageville Bridge Replacement project when AB crews successfully completed the final closure of the 483′ pinned arch structure. The milestone comes exactly 142 years – to the day – after the existing structure was first opened to rail traffic. AB is now working to complete the steel erection in the approaches, and will form and pour the concrete deck before demolishing the existing…

American Bridge is pleased to announce that the Allegheny County Department of Public Works has recently awarded AB the South 10th Street Bridge Rehabilitation project located in our headquarters hometown – Pittsburgh. With this project comes a lot of familiarity. 85 years ago, AB completed the original superstructure. AB was the prime contractor for the construction of the 1,275′ suspension bridge over the Monongahela River. The work on this new contract includes under deck and…