August 2002

Bridges

Keep it moving

Aug. 20, 2002
As anyone with a backyard clothes line knows, when you remove one piece of laundry, the line springs up and reshapes itself. Cutting a section of deck, including stiffening truss...
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Reporting for duty

Aug. 20, 2002
Jackson Durkee likes to respond quickly. He'll politely let you finish a question before unleashing a well-versed paragraph or two. But this man has trouble figuring out the value...
Motor Graders

Metal scraping stone

Aug. 19, 2002
On a mid-May day when the eastern Minnesota pastures were the very definition of green and the sky shouted what it meant to be truly blue, the new Case motor grader was out demonstratin...
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Public feedback, computer input

Aug. 19, 2002
The purpose of the I-69 project is to build a continuous highway link designed to interstate highway standards from the Mexican border to the Canadian border, a route length of...
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Punch list turns into a black eye

Aug. 19, 2002
I reviewed a case recently which raised issues ranging from the covenant of good faith and fair dealing to the concept of cardinal change—a change so drastic that the undertaking...

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Roads Report: Making their way

Aug. 19, 2002
A drunk mountain in Boulder When the cops need eight men, two dogs and three sets of handcuffs to make an arrest, you?d expect about three perps to be involved. Well, last month...
Asphalt

Segregation Buster

Aug. 19, 2002
At every stage in handling aggregate and asphalt, there is a chance for material segregation to occur. At the quarry, improper stockpiling techniques and loader handling can compromise...
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Something light on the menu

Aug. 19, 2002
You can't always count on a deep freeze in Alaska. All of the roadwork in the state is done between the months of May and September, with most of the crews working 12-hour shifts...
Concrete Roads

Tons Riding on It

Aug. 19, 2002
A new, permanent, ultra-fast-setting concrete repair material now available in the U.S. helped a contractor speed through multiple concrete slab repairs at Colorado Springs Airport...
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Hard bodies working out

Aug. 19, 2002
What’s new in dump-truck-body production? “Too much,” according to those who conduct the U. S. census every 10 years. They believe counting dump-truck-body producers...
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Brothers form happy fraternity

Aug. 19, 2002
Founded in 1983 by brothers Dan and Frank, Colacurcio Brothers Inc., Blaine, Wash., started out as a small excavating contractor. The company quickly grew and in 1986 Chris Colacurcio...
Asphalt

Sales are hot--so is asphalt

Aug. 19, 2002
When development comes to the neighborhood of a hot-mix asphalt (HMA) plant, things can get interesting. Just ask the folks at Rochester Asphalt Materials Inc., Victor, N.Y., ...