September 2003

The greats of Hollywood have their names forever placed in concrete. In the contractor business, a true measure of success is to see exactly how long your mark remains intact ...

In heavy construction and demolition there is always a certain amount of risk to workers. Some common causes included flying debris, poor visibility, collapsing material, falls...

As the entrepreneurial spirit demands, when an opportunity is seen it is taken. In 1984, brothers Dale and Ivan Moore, founders of Iowa-based Fort Dodge Asphalt Inc., saw an opportunity...

With reported revenue for the first six months of 2003 of $771.6 million, Granite Construction Inc. is one of the largest highway construction contractors in the country. The ...

If you work in a region that does not meet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) clean air standards, then federal funding for the road and transit projects in your...

I'm jealous of what people have in Iraq. Over there the U.S. is helping them restore life, which includes the building and reconstruction of roads and bridges. I'm envious of ...

In your face You learn to expect a few things when you drive on one of Germany's autobahns. Flying underpants isn't one of them.

Find out the latest technology for treating and preventing alkali-silica reactivity (ASR) in concrete at a new workshop series sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration ...

Defying common construction limitations, the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) started a large excavation and embankment project in the dead of winter. With 24-hour...

Though Maryland's eastern shore is only 100 miles from downtown Washington, D.C., it appears to be a world removed. Small towns and farmland recall an earlier time when the biggest...

Roadside construction is never the safest work place: inattentive drivers, tight working lanes, the challenge of moving materials and equipment alongside major highways. The Eastern...

For more than 100 years steel bridges have been erected throughout the world--fascinating structures with wonderful histories like the Brooklyn Bridge in New York and the Golden...

Imagine producing and placing hot-mix asphalt (HMA) pavement material at temperatures up to 100°F lower than currently considered feasible. Perhaps the most obvious benefit would...

Work-zone safety efforts usually concentrate on keeping workers and traffic separate. Traffic control, signage and barriers are integral parts of every roadway construction project...