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    INTERNATIONAL DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION: Taj Mahal of paving

    Sept. 10, 2013
    A major new toll highway in India opened late last year and utilized portland cement concrete (PCC)throughout, a rarity in India. In India, typically major highways are constructed...
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    INTERNATIONAL DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION: A start for stops?

    Sept. 10, 2013
    Last June, protests in Brazil originated from the low quality and prices of public transportation, with special concerns for buses in the main capitals of Brazil.In addition to...
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    INTERNATIONAL DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION: Balkan trade drive

    Sept. 10, 2013
     When war was ravaging Kosovo in the 1990s, newscasters on U.S. television had to struggle to pronounce a lot of challenging foreign names like Pristina and Herzegovina. ...
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    INTERNATIONAL DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION: Sea and seismicity

    Sept. 10, 2013
    To reduce congestion over the Bosphorus, a 2.3-mile-wide waterway separating Europe and Asia, the Turkish government is constructing a 3-mile road tunnel 360 ft below sea level...
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    INTERNATIONAL DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION: Good design hunting

    Sept. 10, 2013
    The Hunter Expressway in New South Wales, Australia—the biggest single road construction project under construction in that state at $1.7 billion (AUS)—has met many milestones...

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    INTERNATIONAL DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION: No seam stress

    Sept. 10, 2013
    In contemporary practice, continuously reinforced concrete pavements (CRCP) are terminated and anchored at each bridge abutment.