January 2003

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Roads Report: Signs, signs, everywhere signs

Aug. 14, 2003
Get your kicks on Route . . . 491? The giggles of preteens across America were stifled on May 31 when Rte. 666 was officially re-christened Rte. 491. For 77 years, the highway...
Concrete Roads

What's the Favorite Topping?

July 17, 2003
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) Region 6 chose whitetopping to address rutting and continual maintenance on a high-traffic asphalt highway in Denver. Interstate...
Asphalt

Rolling on the stones

March 4, 2003
After 12 years of experience in this country, pavement engineers are concluding that stone matrix asphalt (SMA) is a strong surface for high-volume, heavy-duty roadways. SMA is...
Asphalt

Feeding into smoothness

Jan. 24, 2003
The way the feeder system is set up and operated has a major impact on a wide range of mat quality issues. Regardless of the mix type, the paving width or the paving depth, the...
Asphalt

Strongly recommended

Jan. 21, 2003
Northstar Asphalt Inc. had a suggestion, but didn't quite have the experience to make it. Nobody in the state of Ohio did.

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Asphalt

Industry marches on

Jan. 21, 2003
Since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at the end of last May removed hot-mix asphalt plants from its list of industries considered major sources of hazardous air pollutants...
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Someone needs to bag this approach

Jan. 21, 2003
xPeople don't price loaves of bread for fun anymore. I remember back in the early '80s the rate of inflation was a laughing topic of conversation. Many wondered how much a trip...
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Forest bid isn't clear cut

Jan. 21, 2003
In recent columns I addressed a New Jersey case involving a claim for additional compensation with an alleged unbalanced bid. In this column I will examine a bid protest case ...
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Roads Report: It's a jungle out there

Jan. 21, 2003
Crazy like a cub Some clever saboteurs in England have found the taste of vandalism quite sweet. Detectives in Surrey announced they have identified the perps behind 22 recent...
Asphalt

Scoring at Home

Jan. 21, 2003
The first two-year cycle of tests at the National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) Test Track, Auburn, Ala., was completed recently. The testing of 46 different sections was...