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    • February 1997

    Asphalt

    Hot-Mix Asphalt Producers Monitor Profitability Through Benchmarking

    Dec. 28, 2000
    Senior management and plant operators can manage improvement targets in cost to produce per ton. Benchmarking is a powerful management tool that enables hot-mix asphalt producers...
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    Electronics drive truck design

    Dec. 28, 2000
    If you thought electronic controls have done a lot for truck diesel engines, just wait until you see what will happen from now through the early years of the 21st century. That...
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    Florida Asphalt Plant Wins Ecological Award

    Dec. 28, 2000
    Located in an upscale office park in a suburb of Jacksonville, Fla. is an asphalt plant--not exactly the typical neighbor of a button-down, white collar business community. But...
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    Highways' "golden parachute"

    Dec. 28, 2000
    San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge has long been a favorite staging area for suicide jumpers. In January, one particular jumper tempted fate; not to end his life, but apparently...
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    Superpave Use Spreads in Iowa

    Dec. 28, 2000
    The city of Des Moines has implemented new asphalt technology on two of its city streets over the past two years. The 1995 construction of east 29th Street was the first project...

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    Nation's top vegetation management programs honored

    Dec. 28, 2000
    The vegetation that grows alongside highways can provide beauty to the asphalt and concrete ribbons that cut across the landscape. Wildflowers, shrubs and trees can improve a ...
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    Davis-Bacon act: Who's not covered?

    Dec. 28, 2000
    The transportation construction industry has wrestled with the application of the Davis-Bacon Act over many years. One of the most litigated issues has been whether the act applies...