Banking that depends on drive-through traffic. When you look at the structure of state infrastructure banks (SIBs), most lay their foundation on the volume of motorists...
Find solutions for diagnosing and mitigating alkali-silica reaction (ASR) in concrete through the many resources available from the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) ASR...
Asphalt-paving contractors often have to deal with a long list of frustrations: long waits at the asphalt plant, high costs for the hot mix and then long drives back to the jobsite...
Driving while married A new study finds that most in-car arguments are over directions. (No they aren’t.) Yes they are! Ah, arguing and driving. For married couples...
Businesses preparing for a grand opening do not normally put a competitor in charge of a side exit. But the road-building business is not always about taking the money ...
The I-30 Three Bridges Project is the central unifying element in the ongoing transformation of Arlington, Texas, from aging inner-ring suburb to the thriving center of the Dallas...
This time it was a bus knocking over the lantern. Just about everybody knows the folklore behind the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, when Farmer O’Leary’s cow kicked over the...
In terms of sheer size, the I-185 rehabilitation project outside Columbus, Ga., is impressive enough. Construction crews ran 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for just...
Highway 61 in southeastern Minnesota is one of the most picturesque roadways in the Midwest. Part of the national Great River Road, Highway 61 leads drivers through a landscape...
One of the most commonly repeated project-management errors I observe in my practice involves performing extra work before receiving written authorization from the owner to do...
Rebuilding high-volume interstate highways without creating or worsening gridlock is one of the great road-management challenges of modern times, and it has given rise to new ...
The Maine Department of Transportation (MEDOT) has one of the most robust underwater bridge inspection programs in the country. In order to comply with state and federal inspection...