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Applications and Innovations

Better Roads Staff - Feb 27, 2012

Avoid Common Cold Mix Patching Failures To do something the right way, it helps to know how to do it the ...

New, Used, Rental

Better Roads Staff - Feb 27, 2012

Decisions, decisions By Marcia Gruver Doyle and Mike Anderson As most contractors enter their fourth year of uncertain work, equipment choices become ...

In Court

Better Roads Staff - Feb 27, 2012

Uneven Lanes Contractor’s failure to warn by requesting additional safety signs results in liability By Brian Morrow In a recent Missouri case, a ...

Bid List

Better Roads Staff - Feb 27, 2012

Highway-class double-drum vibratory compactors BOMAG BW284AD •Drum Width (in.): 84 •Operating Weight (lbs.): 28,425 •Vibration Frequency Range (hz): 59.7 to 66. 7 •Centrifugal Force Range (lbs.): 34,665 to 41,235 •Gross Engine Power (hp): 148 Case DV213 •Drum Width (in.): 82.7 •Operating Weight (lbs.): 28,660 •Vibration Frequency Range (hz): ...

RoadWorks

Better Roads Staff - Feb 18, 2012

Inside the highway and bridge industries By John Latta, Tina Grady Barbaccia and Mike Anderson Hey Washington! You’re out of touch and we ...

Product Spotlight

Better Roads Staff - Feb 18, 2012

STREETWORK Hard and fast Made from a special, blended cement with carefully graded aggregates to provide a permanent patch, Quikrete Rapid Road ...

Financial District

Better Roads Staff - Feb 18, 2012

The Chamber’s Agenda An action plan for growth in 2012 As we begin 2012, American business is “improving,” says Tom Donohue president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. ”But it is doing so weakly, slowly, and insufficiently to put ...

Lattatudes

Better Roads Staff - Feb 17, 2012

Bust Up Their Floating Crap Game Let’s be ruthless about this. By John Latta Politicians and wannabe politicians are at their most vulnerable ...

Kirk Landers, Editor Emeritus

Better Roads Staff - Feb 17, 2012

Currying Corporate Support By Kirk Landers In its January forecast essay “What’s Ahead for Transportation in 2012?” the American Association of State ...