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    Fast work: Momentum for change

    Dec. 30, 2003
    Faster, safer, better. Achieving highway construction projects that meet these vital goals is the driving force behind the Accelerated Construction Technology Transfer (ACTT) ...
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    Toughness and versatility

    Dec. 30, 2003
    The skid-steer family of the construction industry did fairly well in 2003, with sales in the U.S. projected to be up by 4.9% from 2002, according to the Association of Equipment...
    Active Sensor

    Passive and active roles

    Dec. 30, 2003
    Should we send the salt trucks out tonight? For those of us who are responsible for maintaining safe roads while minimizing costs, this question is one  we often ask.
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    Stanby unfair to project’s pilot

    Dec. 30, 2003
    Many years ago, I argued that a contractor could not receive Eichleay damages for extended overhead when work on the project was never shut down. Recent cases seem to verify this...
    Bridges

    Glued-together beauty

    Dec. 30, 2003
    Many of America's earliest roads were joined by picturesque timber bridges, linking towns together and helping to form a stronger nation of states. Historians tell us that American...

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    Preventive Maintenance

    The seven stallers

    Dec. 30, 2003
    Highway agencies are increasingly turning to pavement preventive maintenance programs. Preventive maintenance slows the rate of pavement deterioration, essentially delaying the...
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    Roads Report: Get out there and break a leg

    Dec. 30, 2003
    Citizen's arrest Road rage was averted recently in Ohio with a simple vigilante street performance. When Donald Sebastian of Middleburg Heights was cut off by another motorist...
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    Pay now, payroll later?

    Dec. 30, 2003
    After hours and hours of tedious campaign volunteering, it seems some are always offered the opportunity to wet their whistle.