St. Louis-based American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), has published Position Statement No. 31, “Acceptable Use of Calcium Chloride in Concrete, the latest in a series of papers on key ...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Operations has released a report,  Improving Traffic Signal Management and Operations: A Basic Service Model, that is designed as a guide to achieve ...

by Russell Houston Here's the latest research from the Transportation Research Board (TRB): Construction Manager-at-Risk Project Delivery for Highway Programs http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/ 162916.aspx Construction Manager-at-Risk (CMR) project delivery (also called Construction Manager/ General Contractor or ...

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 ...

The Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC), co-chaired by American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and the Associated General Contractor of America (AGC), today released the  white paper, Recovery Act Transportation ...

Construction management consulting and investment firm FMI has released, 2010 Special Report: Contractor Strategy, Emerging From the Perfect Storm, a report that details and analyzes the responses to the company's Nonresidential Construction Index (NRCI) concerning ...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Dec. 16 released a comprehensive update to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). The manual, which has been administered by the Federal ...

Montana State University's Western Transportation Institute (WTI) Road Ecology Program Area is conducting a survey as part of The National Scan of Best Practices for Chemical Treatments on Unpaved Roads ...

by Dale Starry, director, Strategic Technologies, Volvo Construction Equipment A productive paving project is well choreographed. The four primary elements — plant output, transportation, laydown and compaction — are carefully balanced ...

by Dale Starry,  director of strategic technologies, Volvo Construction Equipment There is debate about how closely behind the paver the breakdown compactor should roll during hot-mix asphalt (HMA) laydown. Some industry experts ...

U.S. consumption of asphalt products is projected to increase 1.7 percent annually to 30.8 million tons in 2013, according to the report, Asphalt, recently released by The Freedonia Group. This is ...