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Roadbuilding

Colorado DOT deploys Geofoam for fast repair of sinkhole on major highway

Faced with a 300-foot-long sinkhole on U.S. 36 between Denver and Boulder, the Colorado Department of Transportation decided to use Geofoam blocks to rebuild the highway’s sunken foundation. Cracks began forming on the five-year-old roadway in July, and within a week, the retaining wall for the road collapsed and wet clay soil underneath the road […]

January 6, 2020

Business

How this husband and wife built a construction firm with loyalty to employees and giving second chances

Greg Huylar was born and raised on the Yakima Indian reservation. His father was a cattle rancher, tending up to 350 head, and Greg spent the better part of his youth on horseback working cattle in the mountains of Washington state. Despite studying agriculture in college, Greg didn’t want to spend the rest of his […]

January 2, 2020

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New $1.7B Ariz. freeway includes half diverging diamond, double roundabout

(Arizona DOT note: Since the release of this video in January 2017, the Dobbins Road interchange has been redesigned. The freeway will now go over Dobbins Road. ) Along with being the largest freeway construction project in Arizona history, the new 22-mile South Mountain Freeway around southwest Phoenix incorporates some interesting features, including a double […]

January 2, 2020

Roadbuilding

WSDOT wins $57.2M suit over Bertha’s breakdowns during Alaskan Way Viaduct project

The Washington State Department of Transportation has won a $57.2 million jury award in its lawsuit over delays in the Alaskan Way Viaduct project due to tunnel boring machine Big Bertha’s breakdown in 2013. The project was delayed for about three years as the contractor team of Seattle Tunnel Partners worked to get Bertha, then […]

December 31, 2019

Roadbuilding

Our picks for the Top Roadbuilding Equipment for 2019

This has been a solid year for new roadbuilding equipment, with introductions from Cat, Wirtgen, Roadtec and most of the major manufacturers. We compiled a roundup of product rollouts that have appeared on equipment world.com in 2019 to date, to provide a quick overview of some of the new equipment on the market.   PAVERS […]

December 30, 2019

Roadbuilding

Oregon gives owners of fuel-efficient vehicles a choice: higher registration fee or mileage fee

Oregon drivers will not only pay a higher gas tax starting in January but those driving fuel-efficient vehicles will have a higher registration fee to account for the lower amount of gas taxes they pay. Fuel-efficient vehicle drivers, however, will have the option to pay a lower registration fee, if they sign up for the […]

December 27, 2019

Roadbuilding

Mo. DOT seeks design-build team for $22 million worth of bridge projects

The Missouri Department of Transportation is gearing up for a $22 million project to repair or replace 15 bridges in the southeastern part of the state, and it’s looking for a design-build team. One team will be chosen for the design and construction work for the project, dubbed the Bootheel Bridge Bundle, scheduled to begin […]

December 25, 2019

Roadbuilding

These paving apps can handle scheduling, tracking material haulers – even hiring truckers

Startup businesses and longtime established companies are rolling out new systems to help the paving world go paperless and become more efficient. The primary focus: get asphalt and concrete delivered to the jobsite in a way that keeps the paving crew rolling without costly interruptions. “On a 2,000-ton day, you’ve probably stopped the paver a […]

December 23, 2019

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Learn how to quickly dry pavement at Road Dryer’s ConExpo 2020 booth

The truck-or-trailer-mounted Road Dryer RD-1200XT will be on display at the Silver Lot at ConExpo 2020, booth S6509. (You can see more of what OEMs have in store for ConExpo 2020 in our show preview page by clicking here.) The unit dries asphalt and concrete pavement in just one pass, allowing crews to pave or […]

December 20, 2019

Roadbuilding

Concrete industry champions Ed Denton, Peter Deem honored by ACPA

The American Concrete Pavement Association has announced the winners of its Distinguished Service Awards, which recognize contributions by people in the concrete industry and top projects.   Honorary Life Membership ACPA recast its honorary life membership and named it in honor of Leet “Ed” Denton, retired president of Denton Enterprises of St. Clair Shores, Michigan. […]

December 19, 2019

Roadbuilding

NAPA taps Shivak as new membership director

Steven Shivak has been named the new director of membership for the National Asphalt Pavement Association. Shivak comes to NAPA after serving as a business consultant to associations and nonprofit organizations. He has also served as president of the SMC Business Councils, a statewide trade association representing small businesses in Pennsylvania. Other positions include vice […]

December 18, 2019

Roadbuilding

Dallas brings out ‘Big Tex’ boring machine for flood tunnel

The city of Dallas is preparing to build a 5-mile flood-protection tunnel, and “Big Tex” will do the honors. The tunnel boring machine is 220 feet long and was recently assembled and unveiled for the city’s $300 million Mill Creek Drainage Relief Tunnel. Big Tex will bore the first 9,000 feet of the tunnel at […]

December 16, 2019