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February 2012
The field of public health has many goals to address regarding community health concerns, with the overriding strategic aim being prevention of major health issues as opposed...
Arecent research project by the National Concrete Pavement Technology Center (National CP Tech Center) at Iowa State University investigated the use of pervious concrete as a...
Two big cold mills were used in tandem to prep busy I-10 for a hot-mix asphalt overlay late last year west of Houston.The project involved a mill-and-fill surface overlay for...
The demand for recycled construction materials has risen sharply in the past decade as public interest in and demand for sustainable construction practices has increased....
North Michigan Avenue, the center of Chicago’s shopping district and affectionately referred to as the “Magnificent Mile,” got even more magnificent last year with a new coat...
Los Angeles has a huge network of streets––nearly 28,000 lane-miles, which, if stretched end to end, could create a highway between New York and the City of Angels with five...
In milling the open-graded friction course (OGFC) off I-285 in DeKalb County, Ga., the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) set a target of 1.6 mm for the ridge-to-...
Stores want their aisles set up a certain way, even if they are not the ones showing any product.So when the time finally came to reconstruct Bumby Ave. in Orlando, Fla., the...
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The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is facing severe public and political backlash following a botched road repair on I-10 that...
As the baby-boom generation begins to turn 65, the number of older Americans and their share of the overall population will swell dramatically. But,...
Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez joined North Carolina Transportation Secretary Gene Conti Feb. 16 to review progress on the widening of I...