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  • October 2004

    • October 2004

    Infrastructure Security

    Partnering for quality

    Oct. 18, 2004
    In areas as diverse as urban freeway projects, high-performance bridge construction and everyday road reconstruction, highway quality partnerships and worker training and certification...
    Gravel Roads

    Rocks bed

    Oct. 18, 2004
    Rural roads make up 66% to 75% of all lane-miles in the U.S. Despite this fact, very little time has been devoted to “designing” these roads. Local officials, engineers or contractors...
    Trucks

    Big, bigger, biggest

    Oct. 18, 2004
    The new CXT can haul 6 ton, can seat a football team’s offensive line and, for kids over 20 who miss playing with trucks in the sandbox, is the ultimate toy for extreme work and...
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    Top Ten Roads

    Oct. 18, 2004
    For over 40 years, right-handers were the ones fumbling with the Marquette Interchange. Back in the late 1950s it was considered state of the art to design a freeway with left...
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    HIGHWAY NAMES IN THE NEWS

    Oct. 18, 2004
    Association news >>>> The American Society of Safety Engineers, Des Plaines, Ill., has granted the Edgar Monsanto Queeny Safety Professional of the Year award to James D. Smith...

    More content from October 2004

    Bridges

    Covered in latex

    Oct. 18, 2004
    It’s no secret that the nation’s highway and bridge infrastructure is in need of rehabilitation after decades of wear and tear. Bridges have unique challenges due to the combination...
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    SPANNING THE NEWS

    Oct. 18, 2004
    Wyoming feeling the pinch Uncertainty over a six-year highway funding authorization has—at least temporarily—killed a roadbuilding project in Wyoming, the Billings Gazette reported...
    Infrastructure Security

    Big Brother is watching

    Oct. 18, 2004
    A frank investigation Officials in Shapleigh, Maine, say they were only looking out for motorist safety when they told Katharine Schultze to move her buns somewhere else. For ...
    Infrastructure Security

    Treading water

    Oct. 18, 2004
    The U.S. spent approximately $1.5 billion in direct costs and $5 billion in indirect costs on roadway snow and ice control in 1997 alone. The direct costs arose from such maintenance...
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    Traveling the measured mile

    Oct. 18, 2004
    When contractors seek additional compensation for changes, differing site conditions or delays they must convince the DOT or court of the amount they are entitled to be paid....
    Concrete Roads

    Pulling the string

    Oct. 18, 2004
    Betonac nv has been slipforming for decades. The company is based out of Sint-Truiden, Belgium, and the general contractor specializes in tunnel, bridge and highway work. They...
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    SPANNING THE NEWS

    Oct. 18, 2004
    It didn’t matter which seat he held in the transportation industry, Val Riva could see everything. He was a master strategist, one who planned for every scenario and connected...
    Personal Protection Equipment

    Personal shoppers

    Oct. 18, 2004
    I wouldn’t suggest holding an issue of Roads & Bridges over your head for protection on a jobsite. It may perform quite well in the rain, as long as the weather holds to a light...