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Randall-Reilly publications finalists for multiple ASBPE awards
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Better Roads and sister publications Aggregates Manager, Commercial Carrier Journal and Overdrive--all Randall-Reilly publications--last week were named finalists for a combined total of eight Digital and Print Azbee Awards from the American Society of Business ... Read More...
GUEST BLOG: What the re-election of President Obama, Republican House majority, Democratic Senate majority means for the construction industry
During the 2012 presidential campaign, President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney gave relative lip service to the subject of rebuilding America’s faltering infrastructure. Rather than positioning infrastructure as an integral part of the nation’s fabric, both treated construction funding ... Read More...
Top construction industry editor inducted into Construction Writers Association Hall of Fame
Marcia Gruver Doyle
During its annual Grand Awards Dinner in Washington, D.C., the Construction Writers Association (CWA) inducted Randall-Reilly Construction Media Editorial Director Marcia Gruver Doyle into its Hall of Fame. This highly prestigious award is presented to select individuals ... Read More...
Tier 4: Will tough regulations make construction equipment resale a quarantine market?
There has been much ado about the Tier 4 final regulations that are coming down coming the pike and what it is going to mean for the used construction equipment market. With Tier 4 interim standards currently in effect, there ... Read More...
Is highway infrastructure better than we think?
Is highway infrastructure in better shape than we think?
According to a new report from the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA), America’s highways are getting safer and smoother. However, despite heavy subsidies, public transportation infrastructures are falling apart.
The report found that only 11 percent ... Read More...
Nebraska releases 2013 Surface Transportation Program
Nebraska Department of Roads’ Director Monty Fredrickson, on July 9 released the state's fiscal year 2013 Surface Transportation Program.
The 2013 State Highway System program is published at $372 million and is funded from state and federal highway user taxes and ... Read More...
House passes transportation bill to extend highway program through 2014
The House on June 29 approved legislation that will extend federal highway programs through 2014, a low interest rate on student loans for one year, and the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for five years, according to a report from The ... Read More...
Ohio DOT gets creative with revenue generation
Finding new ways to generate revenue is always a challenge, but the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is taking on the challenge – and getting creative.
In an effort to generate millions of dollars for the construction of some of the ... Read More...
How one public works department developed a spec to use recycled aggregate which allows for construction waste — including toilets
Recycling has reached a new level for the transportation construction industry.
The Public Works Department of the city of Bellingham, Wash., pushed the limits of recycled materials use with a street project that included 400 old toilets incorporated into concrete. ... Read More...
Conexpo-Con/AGG 2014
Event: Start Date: 03/04/14End Date: 03/08/14Phone: (800) 867-6060 Web: www.conexpoconagg.com
Granite Construction named as one ‘World’s Most Ethical Companies’
Granite Construction Inc. has been recognized by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the 2012 World's Most Ethical Companies.
Granite says it made the list by setting the industry standard for its commitment to bettering the communities in which it works, ... Read More...
New Holland sponsors PLANET’s 2012 Student Career Days and loader backhoe competition
New Holland Construction is a major sponsor of the Professional Landcare Network’s (PLANET’s) 36th Annual Student Career Days, an annual conference and career fair that draws more than 900 students enrolled in horticulture, landscape, and lawn care programs at ... Read More...
