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Roadbuilding

NAPA asks asphalt mix producers to help with survey by April 1

Every asphalt mix producer is asked to participate in the National Asphalt Pavement Association’s annual survey on the use of recycled materials and warm-mix asphalt. It’s an important tool for tracking the use of sustainable practices by the asphalt pavement industry. NAPA conducts the survey under a cooperative agreement with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). […]

February 22, 2018

Roadbuilding

TRB offers webinar on pavement recycling techniques March 22

If you’re interested in pavement recycling techniques, check out this upcoming webinar from the Transportation Research Board (TRB). It will feature research from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)’s Research Report 863: Material Properties of Cold In-Place Recycled and Full-Depth Reclamation Asphalt Concrete. The webinar will be from 2 to 3:30 pm ET on Thursday, […]

February 22, 2018

Roadbuilding

Australia poised to pitch in on funding for U.S. infrastructure

President Donald Trump’s $1.5 trillion plan to fix America’s roads, bridges and airports could soon get an unlikely boost from retirement savers some 10,000 miles away in Australia, according to Bloomberg news. At the White House this week, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is to propose using “a chunk” of Australia’s A$2.53 trillion ($1.99 trillion) pension […]

February 21, 2018

Roadbuilding

S.C. Asphalt Pavement Association hands out awards

Reeves Construction Co. reports that the South Carolina Asphalt Pavement Association (SCAPA) presented the following awards for Green Construction, Innovative Pavement, Project Delivery, and Quality Pavements during its annual Winter Conference on January 30, 2018: Green Construction Award — Sloan Construction and the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) District 3 for using more than […]

February 21, 2018

Roadbuilding

Automatic Grade Control and Slope training gives pavers competitive edge

At Volvo Construction Equipment’s Road Institute, which teaches best practices for paving, trainers hear common refrains from operators who have been stymied by automatic grade control and slope (AGS) systems. “We often hear in our paving classes and our automatic grade-and-slope classes where people have the systems, but they tried to use them once and […]

February 20, 2018

Roadbuilding

NAPA announces 2017 Larry H. Lemon Awards for pavement quality

The National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) announced the winners of its 2017 Larry H. Lemon Quality in Construction Award for excellence in construction of an asphalt pavement using less than 50,000 tons of asphalt. The award honors 10 construction projects under 50,000 tons for having the highest-rated quality. The award is sponsored by Asphalt Contractor magazine. […]

February 20, 2018

Roadbuilding

British Columbia’s new Johnson Street Bridge lift span has successful test

On February 6, the 151-foot span of the new Johnson Street Bridge rose to its full 77-degree angle for the first time, the Times Colonist reports. The bridge, which is designed to lift so that marine traffic can pass, had only been lifted to 20 degrees in a prior test the night before. “The amazing […]

February 20, 2018

Roadbuilding

Trump backs 25-cent gas tax hike, but Congress appears reluctant

President Trump is backing a 25-cent federal gas tax increase to help pay for his infrastructure plan. The infrastructure plan calls for an additional $200 billion in funding spread over 10 years. It also seeks to attract $1.3 trillion in state, local and private funding. Trump posed the 25-cent increase February 14 during a meeting […]

February 19, 2018

Construction Equipment

La. experiments with precast reinforced concrete pavement for first time

Engineers at the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) are experimenting with Precast Reinforced Concrete Pavement to improve its highways, KTBS reports. It will be the first time the process has been used in Louisiana, but the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has had success with the process in other parts of the country. “The […]

February 19, 2018

Roadbuilding

NAPA inducts Robert M. Thompson into Asphalt Pavement Hall of Fame

The National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) announced the 2018 induction of Robert (Bob) M. Thompson into the Asphalt Pavement Hall of Fame for helping to form NAPA’s Engineering Controls Task Force, which ushered in a new era of cooperation between industry, labor and government. The Asphalt Partnership that resulted has been studied as a model […]

February 19, 2018

Roadbuilding

$1 billion headed to Texas for Harvey rebuild, mitigation

Texas has snagged $1 billion in federal funding to help the state’s Gulf Coast rebuild after Hurricane Harvey and to reduce damage from future floods and hurricanes. That includes buying out flooded properties and elevating flood-prone structures. Cities and counties can now apply for the money, which comes from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, according […]

February 16, 2018

Roadbuilding

Long Island Expwy/Grand Central Pkwy interchange set to open ahead of schedule

The $58 million reconstruction project on the three bridges at the Long Island Expressway/Grand Central Parkway Interchange and improvement work at the Long Island Expressway (LIE) between the Grand Central Parkway and College Point Boulevard is expected to be completed in the spring of 2018, nine months ahead of schedule, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced this week, according to QNS. […]

February 16, 2018