- Illinois Tollway Workshop Equips Small, Diverse Businesses To Navigate Government Contracting
- Emanuela Stocchi Elected International Road Transport Association President
- Oklahoma Contractors Get Unique Immersion In Erosion And Runoff Mitigation Techniques
- These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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Illinois Tollway Workshop Equips Small, Diverse Businesses To Navigate Government Contracting
The Illinois Tollway Authority is hosting a workshop in Chicago today to encourage small, diverse, and veteran-owned businesses to enter the realm of government contracting. In addition to sharing the Tollway’s annual buying plans, the workshop will offer general guidance on government procurement processes. Several other state agencies will participate.
“‘Entrepreneurs will be able to talk face-to-face with agency experts about the steps they can take to better compete for state contracts,’” Illinois Tollway Executive Director Cassaundra Rouse said. “‘This event is part of the Tollway’s efforts to broaden our pool of contractors . . . so our contractors more closely reflect the diverse communities we serve across Northern Illinois.”
TRN notes, the Tollway announced in September that its Partnering for Growth mentorship program for disadvantaged, minority, and women-owned business enterprise (D/M/WBE) firms and veteran-owned small businesses (VOSBs) has surpassed 260 mentorship agreements.
Economic & Social Considerations Affecting Transportation Highway-Tunnel-Bridge Maintenance Illinois Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (IL Tollway) Transportation and Infrastructure Leadership And Workforce DiversityEmanuela Stocchi Elected International Road Transport Association President
Emanuela Stocchi was elected president of PIARC World Road Association at a council meeting this week. She will serve a three-year term ending in 2028, according to an association social media post.
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PIARC also elected three vice presidents: ASFINAG executive Alexander Walcher; Dharmananda Sarangi, an official of India’s road transport and highways ministry; and Mamoudou Alassane Camara, an official of Senegal’s infrastructure and transport ministry.
Appointments-Promotions-Retirements Italy PIARC World Road Association Women in TransportationOklahoma Contractors Get Unique Immersion In Erosion And Runoff Mitigation Techniques
Participants in a recent Oklahoma conference on soil erosion and sediment control got a “full-scale interactive experience” instead of classroom lectures, an Oklahoma State University news release reports.
Organizers of this year’s Construction Contractor Compliance Conference (C4) gave attendees the opportunity to “explore and interact closely with demonstrations” of different methods of soil stabilization, erosion mitigation, and stormwater management. Vendors of Oklahoma DOT-approved products contributed by conducting field demonstrations that simulated stormwater runoff flow events, “allowing participants to see how each solution holds up in real-life conditions.”
The annual conference, organized by ODOT, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Oklahoma Association of General Contractors, was staged at a USDA Agricultural Research Services facility. Kathryn Thomsen, an ODOT stormwater coordinator, commented, “This event has become a very unique opportunity for the transportation industry to get various parties in the room (contractors, DOT, regulators, research community, consultants and vendors) and discuss environmental compliance. The effort to expand our [best management practices] toolbox is an ongoing and large undertaking of our agency; opportunities like this will only aid us in the success of that.”
Environmental Protection Policies Procedures And Initiatives Highway-Tunnel-Bridge Maintenance Oklahoma Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) US Department of AgricultureThese are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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