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Roadbuilding

DelDOT uses GRS-IBS rapid bridge replacement on two-lane bridge

In 2013, the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) collaborated with researchers at the University of Delaware (UD) on design and construction of a new two-lane bridge just north of the C&D Canal using a rapid bridge replacement technique, according to a UD announcement posted to Phys.org. The old bridge was replaced with a geosynthetic reinforced soil integrated bridge […]

June 2, 2017

Roadbuilding

Plug-in device can report location, severity of potholes using vehicle’s vibrations

A Texas group called Thing for Things is trying to fix the pothole problem in North Texas using technology, wfaa.com reports. The group came up with the idea of using a small plug-in device that can attach to almost any vehicle to collect road condition data as the vehicle travels the roads. The plug-in uses GPS […]

June 1, 2017

Class 7-8

PHOTOS: Volvo’s 2017 Ride for Freedom truck honors U.S. military with beautiful custom graphics

The New River Valley assembly plant in Dublin, Virginia, built Volvo Trucks latest Ride for Freedom truck, which joined approximately 160 motorcycles from Volvo’s Washington, D.C., plant for the Memorial Day weekend “Run for the Wall” motorcycle rally. The Ride for Freedom honors men and women who have served and continue to serve in the U.S. military. Volvo’s […]

May 31, 2017

Roadbuilding

Indiana hosts launch of new national work zone safety campaign

A group of construction workers and contractors launched a new national work zone safety campaign at the Indiana State Police District 52 on May 25, cbs4indy.com reports. Indiana was chosen for the launch because of its higher-than-average work zones accident rate. Seventy-two percent of Indiana highway contractors reported that vehicles crashed into their work zones in 2016. “There […]

May 31, 2017

Roadbuilding

New concrete mixture would allow roads to resist corrosion from road salt

Deicing salt is used on roads every winter to improve driving conditions, but the calcium chloride salt commonly used in this application reacts with the calcium hydroxide in concrete, forming a chemical byproduct called calcium oxychloride that causes roadways to degrade, crack, and crumble. According to a Drexel University press release provided to Phys.org, Yaghoob Farnam, a civil engineer, […]

May 29, 2017

Roadbuilding

Endangered hawk shuts down San Fran bridge construction

An endangered bird is delaying repairs to an Interstate 80 overpass in the San Francisco Bay Area. CBS SF Bay Area reports that work on the Midway Bridge that crosses the interstate east of Vacaville, California, was supposed to start the week of May 15. But when crews found a Swainson’s Hawk nest in the trees nearby, the […]

May 26, 2017

Roadbuilding

Pence, Mnuchin discuss infrastructure investment at summit

Vice President Mike Pence and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin addressed business leaders at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce‘s  “Invest in America!” summit on May 18. The two discussed investing in business and removing burdensome regulations that make it hard for businesses to do their work. In the U.S. Chamber of Commerce video below, (here’s a link if […]

May 25, 2017

Roadbuilding

Steel-infused asphalt heals itself when heated

Christopher Schlangen, a PhD student at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, has developed a steel-infused self-healing asphalt that can be heated to get rid of potholes, cracks and loose stones, Futurism reports. The technology adds steel wool to bitumin, the binding agent that asphalt uses to hold the stones together. If asphalt that […]

May 24, 2017

Safety

DOL suspends OSHA’s rule requiring companies electronically report injuries and illnesses

The Department of Labor has suspended an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rule requiring companies to electronically report injury and illness records, which keeps the records from being publicly disclosed, The Washington Post reports. The rule, which took effect Jan. 1, requires employers to send in their summary data electronically by July 1, but OSHA never launched the […]

May 23, 2017

Roadbuilding

Rosen confirmed as Deputy Secretary of U.S. DOT

In a 56-42 vote May 16, the U.S. Senate confirmed Jeffrey A. Rosen to be Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), second in command to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, The Hill reports. Rosen’s confirmation comes as President Trump’s highly anticipated infrastructure package is set to be unveiled within the next several weeks. “I am delighted to […]

May 22, 2017

Roadbuilding

Worker on Verrazano-Narrows Bridge seriously injured in fall

A construction worker on the Brooklyn side of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge shattered both of his legs when he fell 25 feet on Monday, the New York Daily News reports. The accident occurred at approximately 12 p.m. The worker fell from the upper deck and landed on a beam on the lower deck. In order to rescue him, Emergency […]

May 19, 2017

Construction Equipment

JCB machines co-star in latest “Alien: Covenant” movie

How many of you are old enough to remember when the original Alien movie was released back in 1979? I remember the movie as one of the scariest films ever, and I had nightmares for years to prove it. Now, nearly 40 years later, the latest film in the Alien movie franchise, Alien: Covenant, is set […]

May 18, 2017