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Roadbuilding

Despite stimulus, U.S. transportation system continues to deteriorate

Despite an “influx of stimulus money” dedicated to improving the transportation system in the U.S., more of the nation’s bridges and roads were in poor condition in 2011 than in 2008, according to a report from the USA Today. It’s no secret that the U.S. transportation system isn’t getting the funding it needs on local, […]

July 30, 2013

Roadbuilding

Guest Blog: A new deal

With the housing market showing signs of new life and public infrastructure spending high on the agenda, it’s possible to believe that the long, nuclear winter of recession in road-building may just be drawing to an end. In May, monthly home sales hit their highest level since July 2008. According to a Standard & Poor […]

July 29, 2013

Roadbuilding

ASCE breaks down American infrastructure, rates it “poor”

Earlier this year, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) gave American infrastructure a D+ on its 2013 Report Card. According to ASCE’s grading system, a D+ means the infrastructure is “poor.” ASCE evaluates infrastructure by categories, basing grades on capacity, condition, funding, future need, operation and maintenance, public safety and resilience. Here is a quick […]

July 17, 2013

Roadbuilding

Are We Choosing Failure Over Success?

We careen along a path of self-destruction and cloak it in the illusion of fiscal responsibility.

April 3, 2013

Roadbuilding

U.S. infrastructure headed toward $1.6 trillion deficit in 2020, ASCE says

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) warns that United States infrastructure will fall $1.6 trillion short of what’s needed to maintain existing facilities through 2020, according to a Bloomberg report. “We’re investing in infrastructure, we’re just not investing enough,” Greg DiLoreto, president of the ASCE, told Bloomberg. The ASCE says 80 percent more–$3.6 trillion–funding […]

March 26, 2013

Business

ASCE says U.S. infrastructure investment is “treading water”

After giving American infrastructure a grade of D+, the American Society of Civil Engineers says that the country’s investment planned through 2020 will fall $1.6 trillion short of what is needed to maintain existing infrastructure. According to a report from Bloomberg, the ASCE recommends funding be increased by 80 percent to $3.6 trillion in order […]

March 25, 2013

Business

America’s infrastructure given D+ grade by ASCE

America’s infrastructure has been the topic of many conversations lately—few, if any, of them good. President Barack Obama said U.S. infrastructure is “badly in need of repair” during the most recent State of the Union address and has proposed a “fix-it-first initiative to, well, fix the problem. Even outgoing Transportation Sec. Ray LaHood has called U.S. […]

March 21, 2013

Business

$1 trillion spending gap for U.S. infrastructure holds real consequences

“Infrastructure is the most important thing you never think about,” Jim Hoecker, the former chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, told the Washington Post. Indeed, should the U.S. not invest $1.1 trillion more in infrastructure by 2020, experts warn power outages will increase, food and clothing prices will jump, bridges will begin to crumble […]

January 17, 2013

Roadbuilding

Roadway Environmental Ratings: What’s Best for Your Agency?

There’s a choice of programs to use in rating sustainable roads.

November 12, 2012

Roadbuilding

Superthin Concrete Overlays

Spurred forward by some brave new thinking, the concrete pavment industry is moving toward thinner concrete overlays these days — down to three inches, even two inches.

October 9, 2012

Roadbuilding

ASCE award Hoover Dam Bypass Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement award

The Hoover Dam Bypass/Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge project was awarded the Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (OCEA) award by the American Society of Civil Engineers on March 22 at its OPAL Gala in Washington, D.C. (To see a detailed feature article on the Hoover Dam Bypass project from Better Roads, including photos, click here for a link to the story in our digital edition.),The Hoover Dam Bypass/Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge project was awarded the Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (OCEA) award by the American Society of Civil Engineers on March 22 at its OPAL Gala in Washington, D.C. (To see a detailed feature article on the Hoover Dam Bypass project from Better Roads, including photos, click here for a link to the story in our digital edition.),The Hoover Dam Bypass/Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge project was awarded the Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (OCEA) award by the American Society of Civil Engineers on March 22 at its OPAL Gala in Washington, D.C. (To see a detailed feature article on the Hoover Dam Bypass project from Better Roads, including photos, click here for a link to the story in our digital edition.),The Hoover Dam Bypass/Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge project was awarded the Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (OCEA) award by the American Society of Civil Engineers on March 22 at its OPAL Gala in Washington, D.C. (To see a detailed feature article on the Hoover Dam Bypass project from Better Roads, including photos, click here for a link to the story in our digital edition.),The Hoover Dam Bypass/Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge project was awarded the Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (OCEA) award by the American Society of Civil Engineers on March 22 at its OPAL Gala in Washington, D.C. (To see a detailed feature article on the Hoover Dam Bypass project from Better Roads, including photos, click here for a link to the story in our digital edition.),The Hoover Dam Bypass/Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge project was awarded the Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (OCEA) award by the American Society of Civil Engineers on March 22 at its OPAL Gala in Washington, D.C. (To see a detailed feature article on the Hoover Dam Bypass project from Better Roads, including photos, click here for a link to the story in our digital edition.),The Hoover Dam Bypass/Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge project was awarded the Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (OCEA) award by the American Society of Civil Engineers on March 22 at its OPAL Gala in Washington, D.C. (To see a detailed feature article on the Hoover Dam Bypass project from Better Roads, including photos, click here for a link to the story in our digital edition.),The Hoover Dam Bypass/Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge project was awarded the Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (OCEA) award by the American Society of Civil Engineers on March 22 at its OPAL Gala in Washington, D.C. (To see a detailed feature article on the Hoover Dam Bypass project from Better Roads, including photos, click here for a link to the story in our digital edition.)

March 27, 2012

Roadbuilding

Financial District

This month, there may be a real reauthorization debate. Whether it results in anything solid is something of a long shot.

September 7, 2011