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    Crossing out

    May 21, 2010
    The nation was seeing signs of an uptick in the economy when the bridge closures began to mount. It was during a three-month span in late 2009 when the nation’s infrastructure...
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    Checked list

    May 21, 2010
    The replacement of the 100-year-old Duke Street Bridge is the end of a 24-year story for Dauphin County, Pa., but it could be the beginning of a long-term solution for other local...
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    Light on its foot

    May 21, 2010
    Today’s buzzwords are sustainability, green construction, carbon footprint and greenhouse-gas emissions. The asphalt paving industry is well aware of these terms and their implications...
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    Unsure sureties

    May 21, 2010
    It is universally accepted that a payment and performance bond surety’s liability is coextensive with that of its principal, the contractor. In February 2004, APAC-Southeast Inc...
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    Nev. tries to fatten the pot

    May 21, 2010
    Nevada’s young bridges might end up old and lonely. The state department of transportation, which has spent much of the last two decades adding to its span network to help deal...

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    Innovation pays off

    May 21, 2010
    Judges of the ATSSA Innovation Awards had a tough job ranking the many innovative products this year. “There were so many good things out there. I could not have predicted the...
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    Easy math

    May 21, 2010
    New rules from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency require greenhouse-gas emissions to be monitored by specific sources, starting January of this year with reporting to begin...
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    Pavement U-turn

    May 21, 2010
    Chemistry can make all the difference in asphalt paving. Not the chemistry of the asphalt mix, but the chemistry of the crew doing the work. Every company in the industry has ...
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    Sober second thoughts

    May 21, 2010
    Sign language If you’re a binge drinker who’s tired of spending all of your “lost weekends” in Cancun or Panama City, it might be time to give Pecica, Romania, a try. The party...
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    Taming the bridge inventory

    May 21, 2010
    Highway bridge assets represent a significant national investment. Indeed, there are more than 600,000 bridges nationwide as recorded in the National Bridge Inventory (NBI), with...
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    Deadline driven

    May 21, 2010
    ABoeing 747 jumbo jet can weigh more than 800,000 lb at full capacity and has a takeoff speed of 180 miles per hour. Now imagine the full force of 350 aircraft hitting one runway...
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    What we are playing for

    May 14, 2010
    Before the elevator lifted, my fingers were drenched in purple. The circulation was cut, and I had eight floors to go. Such are the plights when you are forced to break the world...
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    Alternate days?

    May 10, 2010
    How do you rebuild 6 miles of freeway in 12 months with no plans and no program funds available for at least three years? Sounds improbable, but it actually happened.
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    Indian medicine

    May 10, 2010
    Philosopher Lao Tzu said, “In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.” For the ...
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    First-class upgrade

    May 10, 2010
    Bridges are an important way to connect travelers to their destinations. So it’s no surprise that when just one bridge is under construction or out of service, significant delays...
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    Package deal

    May 10, 2010
    Fast-track construction is a common phrase. It means either speeding up the construction phase, and/or overlapping segments of planning, design and construction to achieve a shorter...