In the Magazine

Better Bridges: Bridge Inventory 2009 State of...

Brooke Wisdom - Nov 01, 2009

The Better Roads Bridge Inventory is an exclusive, award-winning annual survey that has been conducted since 1979. Bridge engineers from ...

Lattatudes: Not Just Because It’s There

Brooke Wisdom - Nov 01, 2009

I remember the days before computers changed everything. Newspapers and magazines had set forms and ideas about content that didn’t ...

Bid List

Brooke Wisdom - Nov 01, 2009

Roadway safety has become more important than ever “Roadway condition is a contributing factor in more than half of the deaths ...

Highway Contractor: “I would like to...

Brooke Wisdom - Nov 01, 2009

You need the right stuff to win a paving award. Super Smooooth Delivery Placement of a 1/2-inch asphalt leveling course and careful ...

Applications and Innovations: Natural Barriers: ...

Brooke Wisdom - Nov 01, 2009

Sweeping winds during winter weather can cause dangerous conditions for motorists with greatly reduced visibility due to blowing snow and ...

RoadWorks: Privatization Report: Some Ups, Some Downs

Brooke Wisdom - Nov 01, 2009

Governments at all levels are turning to private options to help them get through, and break out of, the current ...

Financial District: State and...

Brooke Wisdom - Nov 01, 2009

Slumping tax receipts threaten existing programs and future plans. Scary state tax collection shortfalls may influence the creation some of the machinery of any new reauthorization bill. States facing almost unprecedented income shortages are getting worried that they may ...

Kirk Landers: Common sense 2009

Brooke Wisdom - Nov 01, 2009

The Obama administration is putting some contractors who work with the federal government on notice with two proposed changes in ...

RoadScience Tutorial: Want Optimum Density? Get Smart

Brooke Wisdom - Nov 01, 2009

Intelligent Compaction (IC) comes from both intelligent machines and intelligent operation. New technologies and high-performance compaction equipment are making it easier ...