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A Cold-Mix Performance Evaluation by City of Lexington,...

Better Roads Staff - Feb 07, 2013

Contributed by Streets & Roads Division in Lexington, Ky., directed by Sam Williams Striving to improve the overall handling process for ...

Real Costs Vs. Budgeted Costs

Better Roads Staff - Feb 05, 2013

Software handles the uncertainty between estimates and actual job costs By Daniel C. Brown, Contributing Editor An Iowa-based contractor has won 80 ...

Low bid called ‘non-responsive’

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Feb 01, 2013

Low bid called “non-responsive” Rejection after failure to follow RFP requirements results in DOT rejection (For a downloadble PDF of this ...

Contributed Case History: Building Bridges with Steel...

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Jan 23, 2013

Project workers and politicians gathered at the new Donald Bridge near Golden BC to celebrate both its construction and ...

In Court

Better Roads Staff - Jan 09, 2013

Conflict in a Contract? Court makes an ‘equitable adjustment’ ruling despite a ‘no damages for delay’ provision. By Brian Morrow A general principle ...

Distressed Toll Roads: Opportunities and challenges for...

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Jan 02, 2013

What do the Pocahontas Parkway (Richmond, Va., vicinity), South Bay Expressway (San Diego, Calif.) and Indiana Toll Road have in ...

Conflict in a contract?

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Jan 01, 2013

Conflict in a Contract? Documentation key to “equitable adjustment” ruling despite a “no damages for delay” provision (For a downloadble PDF ...

Contractor’s differing site condition claim denied...

Better Roads Staff - Dec 01, 2012

Contractor’s Differing Site Condition Claim Denied Because Soils Reports Indicated Difficult Soils (For a downloadable PDF of this "In Court," click ...

Dowel bar retrofit for lasting...

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Nov 20, 2012

Dowel Bar Retrofit (DBR), used in conjunction with other Concrete Pavement Restoration (CPR) practices such as diamond grinding, can return a concrete roadway to a structurally sound, smooth condition that can exceed the smoothness and noise values attained ...