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    Concrete

    CONCRETE RECYCLING: RCA’s better picture

    Feb. 6, 2012
    The demand for recycled construction materials has risen sharply in the past decade as public interest in and demand for sustainable construction practices has increased.
    Asphalt

    ROADS & BRIDGES/ARRA RECYCLING AWARDS: Not just another milling job

    Feb. 6, 2012
    In milling the open-graded friction course (OGFC) off I-285 in DeKalb County, Ga., the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) set a target of 1.6 mm for the ridge-to-valley...
    Asphalt

    ROADS & BRIDGES/ARRA RECYCLING AWARDS: Preserving pavement, conserving costs

    Feb. 6, 2012
    Los Angeles has a huge network of streets––nearly 28,000 lane-miles, which, if stretched end to end, could create a highway between New York and the City of Angels with five lanes...
    Asphalt

    RECYCLING/RECLAIMING: A savings spree

    Feb. 6, 2012
    North Michigan Avenue, the center of Chicago’s shopping district and affectionately referred to as the “Magnificent Mile,” got even more magnificent last year with a new coat ...
    Maintenance

    WINTER MAINTENANCE: Engrained in mind

    Feb. 6, 2012
    The field of public health has many goals to address regarding community health concerns, with the overriding strategic aim being prevention of major health issues as opposed ...

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    Asphalt

    ROADS & BRIDGES/ARRA RECYCLING AWARDS: Open at 9

    Feb. 6, 2012
    Stores want their aisles set up a certain way, even if they are not the ones showing any product.So when the time finally came to reconstruct Bumby Ave. in Orlando, Fla., the ...
    Asphalt

    RECYCLING/RECLAIMING: Profile update

    Feb. 6, 2012
    Two big cold mills were used in tandem to prep busy I-10 for a hot-mix asphalt overlay late last year west of Houston.The project involved a mill-and-fill surface overlay for ...
    Concrete

    PERVIOUS CONCRETE: Moving in the cold

    Feb. 6, 2012
    Arecent research project by the National Concrete Pavement Technology Center (National CP Tech Center) at Iowa State University investigated the use of pervious concrete as a ...