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Roadbuilding
PennDOT Financial Crisis: Contractors face clouded future
PennDOT announced it would have to halt road construction projects and delay future ones because it had run out of cash. A temporary fix leaves contractors waiting.
December 11, 2020
Roadbuilding
Reagan DOT secretary discusses challenges of upcoming 2020 highway bill
Former Ronald Reagan Dept. of Transportation secretary talked frankly about the challenges of passing an infrastructure bill with the next highway bill.
November 23, 2018
Roadbuilding
Bonded for Life: The cold milling equipment, techniques and technology for a super-smooth asphalt overlay
A milled surface with the right pattern, grade and slope is the key to a super-smooth asphalt overlay that wins the smoothness, density and performance bonuses (now so critical to contractor profitability). In just over three decades, asphalt cold milling equipment, also called planers or grinders, has matured in terms of durability, complexity and choice […]
March 22, 2016
Roadbuilding
Indiana DOT investigating potential asphalt failures due to contractor errors
The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is looking at 188 road projects completed recently for potential early failure due to asphalt mix mistakes made by contractors, according to a report by the Indianapolis Star. The projects, which only include those active last year, represent $71 million in work, INDOT says, and the expectation is that […]
September 23, 2015
Business
Recent talks suggest Congress has put transportation funding on the back burner
After attending last week’s Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) fly-in visit with Congress, John Latta, the editor of our sister site Better Roads, writes that the overall feeling among the contractors and agency officials that were there is that lawmakers do not share their sense of urgency about securing funding for transportation infrastructure. “A common theme they heard […]
June 11, 2013
Roadbuilding
Kirk Landers
These are the best examples I know of true grit. Vietnam era soldiers and road professionals. I don’t have a higher compliment to pay you, so I’ll just end by saying “thanks.” For all of us
August 1, 2010
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