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    CAD

    Silver wins gold

    Sept. 19, 2002
    During major international events like the recent 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, part of the focus was on how Olympic venues accommodated extra traffic.
    DesignBuild

    Thriving in Dense, Urban Areas

    Sept. 19, 2002
    The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway is a good example of the kind of work Slattery Skanska excels at. The contract, for the New York State DOT (NYSDOT), calls for rehabilitating 2 ...
    Concrete Roads

    Tough Slump

    Sept. 19, 2002
    Highway construction is struggling to maintain a healthy pace in an economy that stubbornly remains sluggish. Portland cement consumption was 5% lower in May 2002 than in May ...
    Bridges

    Drive-through art gallery

    Sept. 19, 2002
    The cool new way to get to the beaches of Daytona is across the Broadway Bridge. In fact, the route has been requested by the children of several local dignitaries who spoke at...
    Asphalt

    Bloodline Paving

    Sept. 19, 2002
    Creeks in eastern Oklahoma were up for a good belly scratching every so often. After a modest stint as an equipment salesman, Haskell Lemon suited up for some small subcontracting...

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    Bridges

    Pretty in Zinc

    Sept. 19, 2002
    Corrosion of rebar has proven to be one of the leading causes of premature failure of concrete structures. Moisture wicks its way into just about anything, and concrete is no ...
    Road Construction

    A Complete Turn

    Sept. 19, 2002
    Opened for traffic in 1940, the Pennsylvania Turnpike is one of the older limited-access highways in the U.S. Some of its design characteristics were patterned after the German...
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    Double Mint Condition

    Sept. 19, 2002
    If the people of Weddle Bros. Construction Co. Inc. are ever left penniless in the bridge industry, the Disney family will surely take them in.