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A photo of a highway worker in high-visibility yellow gear standing near a portable traffic signal with an arm to stop traffic in a nighttime highway work zone. The signal displays a two-signal traffic light above a 'STOP HERE ON RED' sign. Long-exposure light trails are present from passing cars and the traffic arm in motion under the street light.

Advancing Nighttime Work Zone Safety

A photo of two construction workers, wearing safety gear and in two separate aerial lift baskets, working to align and secure a massive grey steel bridge girder during a complex infrastructure project.

Beyond Bid-Build: Innovative Project Delivery Methods

A photo with split-screen composition illustrating hazardous driving conditions. The top half is a motion-blurred image of emergency vehicle lights (red and blue). The bottom half shows a long line of cars covered in heavy snow during a winter storm.

Connected Corridors

An edited photo of a driver's hand interacting with a smartphone mounted on a car dashboard. The screen displays a navigation map with an enlarged pop-up notification that reads 'Alert - Road Closed. Quiet Pine Rd', and further details 'Active Roadwork: Workers Present in Work Zone - Southbound Route 42 Closed.'

Integrated Digital Project Delivery

Close up image of a measuring stick inserted in the ground surrounded by grass. A pair of hands is using a leveler against the measuring stick and inserting a green tool underneath the leveler.

Subsurface Utility
Engineering (SUE)

A photo of an aerial drone with a high-resolution camera flies at a construction site. A project inspector in a hard hat and orange safety vest monitors the flight, with an outstretched hand that just launched the drone.

UAS 2.0: Innovative Infrastructure Management

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