Recent reports from the Transportation Research Board indicate that every dollar invested in appropriately timed preventive pavement maintenance saves three to four dollars in...
As readers are undoubtably aware, on Feb. 2, the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) issued its final rule on the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program, which...
It is estimated that road-user costs on a typical urban highway rehabilitation project can exceed $50,000 or more per day. Since 1973, the number of vehicle miles driven has increased...
Producing trucks for use by the concrete industry and comparable fields is a large and diversified business for Navistar International, and according to company officials the ...
The first round of Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) accelerated pavement testing for ultrathin whitetopping is underway. A cooperative effort between the FHWA, American Concrete...
It’s not often people like to hear about a mixture of ice and snow. But at the 1999 North American Snow Conference (NASC), sponsored by the American Public Works Association (...
Trying to keep up with American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) President/CEO Valentin J. Riva can be a daunting task. Riva balances his time interacting with members, working...
The truck market is going through a period of intense globalization. There is early hope that increased worldwide trade in trucks and components will give operators a growing ...
One of chief features of concrete pavements is its durability. Concrete pavements often exceed their design lives in applications including highways, airports, municipal streets...
Spaghetti Bowl Location: I-15/US 95, Las Vegas Cost: $92 million Completion date: August 2000 Overview: Spaghetti Bowl project highlights include the building of 11 new bridges...
I am sure that by now most readers know that on Aug. 31, 1998, the U.S. Federal District Court in Minnesota ruled that the Federal DBE legislation, the regulations promulgated...
State departments of transportation are beginning to realize the benefits of diamond grinding as a viable alternative to using asphalt overlays to restore distressed concrete ...
Suspension bridges are known for their inherent flexibility and ability to sustain transient overloading. Proper structure design takes into account lateral loading from wind ...
In the HMA facility, the RAP must be dried and heated prior to mixing into the HMA. Heat transfer to the RAP can be accomplished either conductively or convectively. Conductive...
Vice President Al Gore’s recent introduction of a “livability” agenda is designed to provide billions of dollars in federal funds to communities that adopt “smart growth” planning...