March 2011

Funding

SPECIAL REPORT: FUNDING: Cash withdrawals

March 10, 2011
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...
Road Construction

ROAD CONSTRUCTION: Self-prescribed

March 10, 2011
Every state is feeling the crunch: too many projects, not enough funding and lack of experienced staff.  
Asphalt

ASPHALT MILLING: A Century in the remaking

March 10, 2011
In Oregon, Century Drive Highway is a big deal. How big? It is important enough to merit a Wikipedia entry.  
Concrete

FHWA INNOVATION: A certain reaction

March 10, 2011
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...
Equipment

EQUIPMENT FOCUS: Plant profitability

March 10, 2011
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...

More content from March 2011

Roads Report

ROADS REPORT: In the heat of battle

March 10, 2011
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...
Asphalt

ASPHALT ROAD CONSTRUCTION: Positive gain

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 ...
Bridges

MEGAPROJECT: Easily entertained

March 10, 2011
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...
Editorial/Commentary

EDITORIAL: Down in flames

March 10, 2011
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...
Asphalt

ASPHALT ROAD CONSTRUCTION: Day and night

March 10, 2011
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...
Maintenance

EMERGENCY REPAIR: A cannon for a fix

March 10, 2011
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...
Law

LAW: THE CONTRACTOR'S SIDE: The written feud

March 10, 2011
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...
Asphalt

ASPHALT ROAD CONSTRUCTION: Three-horse race

March 10, 2011
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 ...
Equipment

P/E MARKET: High-tech bridge inspections

March 10, 2011
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...