July 1999

Safety through design

Dec. 28, 2000

As you drive down any portion of our interstate highway system, you may not be aware that there are safety features besides the ones in your automobile, such as seat belts and...

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LAW: The Contractor's Side

Dec. 28, 2000

I have written several columns on risk shifting in “design-build” contracts. Last month, I wrote about a case where the design-build contractor had limited its liability. This...

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Reflecting back

Dec. 28, 2000

Section 406(a) of the 1993 U.S. DOT Appropriations Act required the secretary of transportation to insert language into the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) to...

Paving

Years of ballet starting to pay off

Dec. 28, 2000

Eight years old and full of wonderment, Ron Guntert Jr. crawled on top of a bulky slipform concrete paver for the first time on a project just outside of Gallup, N.M. For six ...

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TRUCK TRACKS

Dec. 28, 2000

Just about everything except the name has been changed in the Ford truck line for 1999. Long gone are heavy-duty models with GVW ratings of 33,001 lb and up, which were sold to...

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Safety first, keeping pace second

Dec. 28, 2000

R&B: How would you characterize ATSSA today? Wentz: We are moving at the speed of our industry, and our industry is moving faster every day. Our members must keep up with demand...

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Pouring it on

Dec. 28, 2000

If they had wings they could fly. The airport was there, and at times the speed was certainly worthy of a takeoff. But for hundreds of truck drivers, supervisors, operators and...

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CONCRETE SOLUTIONS

Dec. 28, 2000

The Innovative Pavement Research Foundation (IPRF) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) have signed a cooperative agreement that unites the public and private sector’...

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Carving a niche in the ITS market

Dec. 28, 2000

Operating with the goal of identifying its niche in the national intelligent transportation systems (ITS) market and expanding member markets, the American Traffic Safety Services...

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ROADS REPORT

Dec. 28, 2000

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An eye on older drivers

Dec. 28, 2000

The United Nations is calling 1999 the International Year of Older Persons. The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA...