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Worksaver: Clamp-on snow blades install easily

November 05, 2011

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Worksaver Inc.'s new clamp-on snow blades are ideal for compact tractors with non-quick-attach buckets. These clamp-on snow blades are designed to install easily and to remove with a chain and ...

A Construction Marvel

March 14, 2011

More than 10,000 automobiles’ worth of steel bridge beams are going up on the new Sam Rayburn Tollway/Dallas North Tollway interchange. Piece by piece and steel girder by girder, the five-level ...

Integral Abutment Bridges

February 27, 2011

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Better Bridges Integral Abutment Bridges A survey on the status of use, problems and costs associated with integral abutment bridges by Andreas Paraschos, P.E. and Amde M. Amde, P.E. (For an unedited, downloadable ...

Better Roads up for highly regarded Neal Award

January 25, 2011

The series of articles that ran in Better Roads' "Better Bridges" section in 2010 has been nominated for a Jesse H. Neal Award from the American Business Media (ABM) in ...

AEM kicking of Webinar series on Sept. 30

September 20, 2010

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has set the schedule for a new series of seven educational webinars covering the economy, regulatory changes, healthcare reform, safety and exhibition marketing. The AEM ...

28 projects, 6 bridges win PCI Design Awards

August 25, 2010

Twenty-eight projects, comprising six bridges and 22 buildings throughout North America, were named winners in the 2010 PCI Design Awards competition sponsored by the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute. “These ...

New Jersey DOT begins Route 3 Passaic River bridge replacement project

August 18, 2010

The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) has started the Route 3 Passaic River bridge replacement project that the agency has been designed to improve safety and reduce congestion along a ...

Greenroads: Version 1.0 of rating system for roadway design, construction released

February 18, 2010

The University of Washington and CH2M Hill have jointly released a sustainability performance metric, or "rating system," for roadway design and construction. The Greenroads system was unveiled at the Transportation Research ...

Bridge Managers Say Stimulus Has Provided a Boost But Funding Remains Insufficient

November 04, 2009

Despite the high number of sub-standard bridges throughout the nation, bridge engineers remain optimistic they will be able to reduce number of deficient bridges TUSCALOOSA, Ala., November 4, 2009—Although a shockingly ...
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