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Roadbuilding
Here’s what WSDOT found after 6 years testing 9 hot-mix asphalt preventive maintenance techniques
After studying 9 hot-mix asphalt preventative maintenance techniques over the course of 6 years, find out which techniques work best according to the WSDOT.
August 8, 2018
Roadbuilding
Mass. town contracts roadway study to determine ‘best bang for buck’ in needed treatments
In 2017, Sudbury, Massachusetts. hired Vanasse Hangen Brustlin to evaluate its pavements, sidewalks and guardrails to prioritize needs and find the funding needed to fix them, the Sudbury Patch reports. The results of the study were released in September 2017 in a 197-page report, Pavement, Sidewalk, and Guardrail Management Study. Dan Nason, Department of Public Works(DPW) […]
March 8, 2018
Roadbuilding
Construction worker killed during crack sealing on Michigan Interstate
One road worker was killed and another was in serious condition Sunday after a vehicle hit them while they performed crack sealing in Michigan. According to the Detroit Free Press, the two Michigan Department of Transportation contract workers were performing maintenance on Interstate 94 when a vehicle entered a construction lane where the workers were doing crack sealing. The […]
October 13, 2015
Roadbuilding
PAVEMENT PRESERVATION: Highlight on high-volume
The Federal Highway Administration and its allies among the state Departments of Transportation (DOTs) are leading a new emphasis on pavement preservation for high-volume, high-level highways like dual-lane federal routes and interstates. With a goal of extending service life of high-traffic volume highways, and identifying suitable techniques and methods – buttressed by active research from […]
December 7, 2014
Roadbuilding
Rubber Expands
Asphalt containing rubber continues to stretch its way into more state Department of Transportation.
September 5, 2014
Roadbuilding
Special Transportation Research Board 2013 Report
‘Bio-Binder’ Green Modifiers star at TRB.
April 3, 2013
Roadbuilding
Pavement Preservation Coded in MAP-21
For the first time, pavement preservation is part of national surface transportation reauthorization legislation.
February 7, 2013
Roadbuilding
Road Science
Asphalt emulsions mix oil with water.
June 9, 2012
Roadbuilding
Highway Contractor
Pavement preservation expert Larry Galehouse talks about tools and strategies that make sense for surviving the Great Recession.
October 4, 2011
Roadbuilding
Highway Contractor
How some city road managers cope with diminishing budgets.
July 7, 2011
Roadbuilding
Kirk Landers: Pavement triage
It is so important that the next federal highway program give state and local road managers great flexibility in how they spend federal road dollars.
May 1, 2010
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