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    • April 2004

    Snow and Ice Removal

    Snow Patriots

    April 12, 2004
    Anti-icing was developed in Europe and has been used successfully in the U.S. for nearly 10 years. While the benefits include safer winter roads, fewer accidents and potentially...
    Concrete Maintenance

    A Mix Match

    April 12, 2004
    The concrete pavement industry is setting the record straight on the misconception that concrete is too difficult to rehabilitate. Outreach and educational information from the...
    Snow and Ice Removal

    No-stick surface

    April 12, 2004
    Traditionally, removing ice from pavement can be accomplished by a combination of several methods, such as plowing, natural melting, traffic movement and chemical treatment. Because...
    Wheel Loaders

    Product Equipment Market

    April 12, 2004
    Patch material SikaQuick 1000 is a one-component, rapid-hardening, early-strength-gaining, cementitious patching material for concrete from Sika Corp., Lyndhurst, N.J. SikaQuick...
    Asphalt

    Positive Energy

    April 12, 2004
    Hot-mix asphalt is a high-energy drink for Duininck Brothers Inc. The competitive paving market in Texas can knock anyone on its back. Duininck Brothers, headquartered in Roanoke...

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    Wrong picture

    April 12, 2004
    I remember when the White House disappointed me for the first time. I was 7 years old. There I was, sitting in John Casey’s house and watching him scarf down the rest of his cereal...
    Safety

    Loosening the belt

    April 12, 2004
    Northern Virginia has the most traveled roadway in the Commonwealth of Virginia—14 miles of the Capital Beltway (I-495). As its primary use has shifted from serving through traffic...
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    ROADS REPORT

    Dec. 12, 2002
    Amazing rescue When British college student Sophia Underhill lost control of her car last month and overturned it on the highway, she was sure she had killed 4-year-old Bercy ...
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    SPANNING THE NEWS

    Dec. 12, 2002
    Acid rock surprise “We are seeing some impact to the streams but no degradation to the quality of the streams at this time.” Earthmoving on a new section of I-99 through Bald ...
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    Dissed by disruption

    Dec. 12, 2002
    Over the years, I have written many columns on the home office overhead recovery using the Eichleay formula. It continues to be a hotly contested issue. Last year, the Federal...