August 1997

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Take a Letter

Dec. 28, 2000
Last month I wrote how highway industry personnel with an interest in the reauthorization of the federal surface transportation act (ISTEA) could contact their representatives...
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Compacting for Superpave Success

Dec. 28, 2000
A number of state highway departments have begun using the Superpave method to design their hot-mix asphalt (HMA) mixtures. In most cases, these mixtures have been able to be ...
Bridges

University Engineers Improve HP Concrete

Dec. 28, 2000
Engineers at the University of Cincinnati's civil engineering department are ecstatic about what they say are vast improvements in the quality of the cement they're now mixing...
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Proposed DBE Regs Can Modify Goals

Dec. 28, 2000
On May 30, U.S. DOT issued proposed revisions to its DBE regulations, which would replace the current regulations in response to the Supreme Court's ruling in Adarand v. Pena....
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ISTEA Reauthorization Likely Not Timely

Dec. 28, 2000
Key indicators in Washington, D.C., are pointing to the probability that Congress will miss the Sept. 30 deadline for reauthorization of federal surface transportation legislation...

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As Easy as ABS: Brakes Hit U.S.

Dec. 28, 2000
And now there are three. That summarizes a series of events leading up to the current situation in which electronically controlled antilock brakes (ABS) are being placed on all...