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Study: Keeping roads smooth reduces greenhouse gas emissions
A recent study led by Rutgers determined that extending the life of pavement can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Get more info on the study on Equipment World.
January 21, 2019
Driver/operator coaching/training
AGC of North Dakota awards scholarships to students in construction programs
The Associated General Contractors of North Dakota‘s (AGCND) Education Committee awarded 32 scholarships totaling more than $57,000 for the 2017-2018 school year to outstanding students enrolled in North Dakota post-secondary construction programs, The Jamestown Sun reports. The following students from the Jamestown area received scholarships: Michael Kelly — North Dakota State University, $1,500 Diederich Scholarship; Nicholas […]
August 14, 2017
Roadbuilding
Missouri S&T announces new professor of civil and environmental engineering
Dr. Magdy Abdelrahman, professor of civil and environmental engineering at North Dakota State University, has been named the Missouri Asphalt Pavement Association (MAPA) Endowed Professor in Flexible Pavements at Missouri University of Science and Technology beginning Aug. 1, Missouri S&T reports. His research is on infrastructure sustainability with a focus on applications of recycled materials […]
May 17, 2017
Roadbuilding
NDSU to receive $2.5 million federal grant for infrastructure preservation study
Researchers from five states—North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado—hope to develop new ways to preserve and improve transportation infrastructure through a newly-awarded federal grant in the amount of $2.5 million over the next five years, Inforum reports. The research will be headed up by North Dakota State University’s Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute. Tom […]
January 9, 2017
Roadbuilding
SHRP2 Education Connection presents 10 universities with cooperative agreements worth $100,000
Ten universities are receiving roughly $100,000 worth of cooperative agreements from the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP2) Education Connection initiative. The program is designed for universities to incorporate SHRP2 Solutions programs into their current transportation curricula. “These cooperative agreements provide an opportunity to incorporate SHRP2 products into transportation coursework, bringing state-of-the-practice solutions into the […]
July 21, 2015
Roadbuilding
Disposal of Concrete Grinding Residue
An area of focus within the construction industry throughout the past few years has been the question of how to handle concrete grinding residue (CGR), also known as sawing slurry. Generated during sawing and diamond grinding operations, slurry is the byproduct created when a diamond blade’s cooling water mixes with concrete fines. Often, governmental regulations […]
January 3, 2014
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