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    Friendly for the Enviroment

    March 26, 2007
    For most of us living outside its boundaries, Maine is the picture-perfect vacationland. But it is also home to important industries such as logging and paper, and roads in Maine...
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    Under It All

    March 26, 2007
    The state of Massachusetts has decided to take charge without any Authority. As officials continued to sort through the investigation of how ceiling panels fell from the Central...
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    Doctrine's Order

    March 26, 2007
    Subcontractor pass-through claims against public owners are frequently a subject of litigation because there is no privity of contract between the subcontractor and the public...
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    Have a Cold One

    March 26, 2007
    Bird gets hammered A man in Laguna Beach, Calif., will have quite the story to tell his insurance agency after a drunken collision left his car with a smashed windshield. The ...
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    Florida DOT Hatches New Plan

    March 26, 2007
    Like many states, Florida uses millions of tons of fertilizer every year for crop agriculture and landscaping. However, what’s good for the plants has proven to be adverse for...

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    Paths To Roads

    Jan. 1, 2006
    Roman conquest did not introduce slavery and brutality to the world; there was plenty to go around before Rome rose to power. What the Romans did bring to countries such as England...
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    Stretching Your Asphalt

    Jan. 1, 2006
    Just as a point of reference, take a look at the chart of liquid asphalt prices and you get a sense that things have been relatively stable for the past five years, with a slight...
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    Catching 747's

    Jan. 1, 2006
    At Boston-Logan International Airport in East Boston, Mass., it’s all about pavements for a recruited team of engineers. More specifically, it’s about maintaining the pavements...
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    Low blow

    Jan. 1, 2006
    Coors low-alcoholic beer never did make it to the shelves. Simply put, it was a bad idea, and it came from a punk college student in the early 1990s. That would be me. I had ...
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    Va-Voom

    Jan. 1, 2006
    In business, companies are always looking for an edge, a way to be the first, angles to capture a new market. When successful, these companies become very profitable. In government...
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    Chloride Cocktail

    Jan. 1, 2006
    Liquid use in winter operations has always been a hot topic. Despite seminars, articles and proven programs, many local agencies have yet to try liquids in prewetting applications...
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    The Scenic Route

    Jan. 1, 2006
    Nearly 50 years ago, construction of the historic Togwotee Trail was completed, a 38-mile-long road intertwined between Wyoming mountaintops and dense forests serving as the ...