Sydney uses water curtains to alert drivers to stop (VIDEO)

Amanda Bayhi - May 16, 2013

(Photo: Jalopnik) What’s the best way to catch the attention of drivers and alert them to stop? Use a giant water curtain with a projection of a stop sign. According to Jalopnik, Sydney, Australia, began installing the water curtains six years ...

Advanced Drainage Systems opening new plant in South Dakota

Tina Grady Barbaccia - May 07, 2012

Corrugated plastic pipe manufacturer Advanced Drainage Systems (ADS) plans to open a new manufacturing facility in Watertown, S.D., the company said on May 7. The new plant will be fully operational by late summer 2012. “We’re seeing enormous demand in the ...

RoadWorks: We need the right kind of green shoots

Brooke Wisdom - Dec 01, 2009

Vital private construction investment needs pro-growth measures from Washington While some Washington number-crunchers insist that there are signs of the new growth of an economic spring after a long hard winter, America’s contractors are not seeing the greening of the economy ...