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Roadbuilding

Truck-mounted attenuator camera monitors traffic in work zones

The Delaware River and Bay Authority (DRBA) Maintenance Operations and Electronics departments won the Delaware T²/LTAP Centers 2017 Build a Better Mousetrap Competition by designing and building an attenuator camera, a truck-mounted, solar-powered camera that monitors traffic while crews are working in dangerous areas, Delaware Business Now reports. The “Attenuator Camera” is a self-contained solar-powered camera mounted […]

October 23, 2017

Roadbuilding

Time-lapse chronicles ACI award-winning Winona Bridge project

This $78 million Winona Bridge project involved the construction of a 2,300-foot concrete bridge next to an existing 1942-era historic bridge that carries Highway 43 over the Mississippi River. The new bridge will allow traffic to travel between Minnesota and Wisconsin while the historic bridge is being rehabilitated, and then serve as the two southbound […]

October 20, 2017

Roadbuilding

An overview of the ACI award-winning Johnson County Gateway project

The $288 million Johnson County Gateway project, the first design-build project awarded by the Kansas Department of Transportation, addressed one of the most highly travelled interstates in Overland, Kansas, by adding additional lanes and reconfiguring existing interchanges throughout the I-435/I-35/K-10 corridor. The project included the construction of 22 bridges, two diverging diamond interchanges, and the […]

October 19, 2017

Roadbuilding

Johnson County Gateway, Winona Bridge take ACI concrete construction awards

The American Concrete Institute (ACI) honored the winners of the 2017 Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards during its Concrete Convention & Exposition Monday night in Anaheim. The awards honor creative projects in the concrete industry and recognize concrete innovation, technology, and excellence. To be eligible for the award, projects had to win at a local […]

October 18, 2017

Roadbuilding

Eastern Concrete Materials driver is 2017 NRMCA mixer champ; Cemex driver takes second

Edward Rieper, a driver for Eastern Concrete Materials in Bogota, New Jersey, took home the crown in the National Ready-Mixed Concrete Association’s (NRMCA) 2017 National Mixer Driver Championship held outside Dallas. This is Rieper’s second national mixer driver championship. He won the event in 2014 and placed fifth in last year’s competition. Dave Mangold, a Cemex […]

October 17, 2017

Roadbuilding

Drone captures implosion of N.Y.’s old Cohoes-Waterford Bridge piers

All traffic was halted on the Cohoes-Waterford Bridge on October 5 as workers imploded the six piers from the old bridge, timesunion.com reports. The bridge carries vehicles on Route 32 over the Mohawk River in New York. The New York State Department of Transportation recorded the implosion from different angles with a couple of cameras and […]

October 16, 2017

Roadbuilding

Fort Hamer Bridge to open Oct. 18, 2017

The Fort Hamer Bridge, which spans the Manatee River in Manatee County, Florida, is set to open on October 18, 2017, the Bradenton Herald reports. Construction of the 2,318-foot bridge began in March 2015, with an expected completion date of the summer of 2017, but two inclement weather delays pushed the opening date back. However, […]

October 13, 2017

Roadbuilding

Scientists test new earthquake resistant bridge designs

Saiid Saiidi, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno, served as project leader in testing new bridge designs with connectors that he says can better withstand violent temblors and help speed reconstruction after a major quake causes damage, the Montreal Gazette reports. Scientists conducted tests using a “shake table” to […]

October 12, 2017

Construction Equipment

Deere donates $1 million to help with hurricane recovery efforts

Deere & Company announces a $1 million donation to Habitat Hammers Back, a long-term recovery initiative by Habitat for Humanity International to help repair and rebuild communities ravaged by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria. The $1 million commitment to Habitat Hammers Back will include: An annual $500,000 contribution by the John Deere Foundation to the […]

October 11, 2017

Roadbuilding

Cemex providing concrete for Texas Harvey repairs

Cemex USA has been busy helping Texas recover from Hurricane Harvey by assisting its employees and the community with their relief efforts, as well as helping with emergency infrastructure repairs and support. Emergency repairs were needed after floodwaters severely damaged Beltway 8 near Cemex’s headquarters, and the company stepped up, supplying approximately 750 yards of […]

October 10, 2017

Roadbuilding

Old Hunter Station Bridge demolished for PennDOT replacement project

In the video below, taken October 4, Demtech demolishes the last of the Old Hunter Station Bridge superstructure on Route 62, which spans the Allegheny River in Tionesta Township. The demolition was part of a $23.7 million Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) bridge replacement project, which involved the construction of a new bridge approximately 100 feet […]

October 9, 2017

Roadbuilding

Understanding concrete on the atomic level may lead to a stronger product

MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) researchers have discovered the beginnings of a new approach to producing concrete, which could lead to new ways to make concrete stronger and more sustainable with local materials as additives that will offset concrete’s greenhouse gas emissions, according to a release from the institute. Oral Buyukozturk, a professor of civil […]

October 6, 2017