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Out with the Old - Replacing Two Asphalt Plants With One

Ohio asphalt producer replaces two aging plants with a single larger, more productive one

Article • November 2nd, 2011

CA 1: Where Warm Mix and Rubber Meet the Road

Warm mix additive and rubberized asphalt binder create high-performance pavement on a scenic California- coast highway

Article • November 2nd, 2011

Obama Urges Congress to Put Construction Workers Back on the Job

President Obama is urging Congress to pass the transportation piece of the American Jobs Act, which will make an immediate investment of $50 billion in our nation’s transportation infrastructure and a $10 billion investment to create a bipartisan...

Press Release • November 2nd, 2011

US House Speaker Promotes Transportation Projects

Speaker John Boehner spoke in favor of pumping federal money into transportation construction and speeding regulatory review of those projects.

News • November 2nd, 2011

Senate Vote Due on Infrastructure Bank Proposal

President Obama's proposal to seed a national infrastructure bank with $10 billion to attract private investment, and to spend another $50 billion on transportation will be up for a vote in the Senate this week

News • November 1st, 2011

$1.3B OK'd for NJ Road, Bridge Projects

A legislative budget oversight committee has approved $1.3 billion in borrowing to keep transportation projects on track through the end of the year.

News • October 31st, 2011

Road Infrastructure Safety Management

The International Road Federation has partnered with top global experts to produce an Executive Seminar on Road Safety Infrastructure Management to help equip road agency operators with the tools to develop and maintain safe and efficient road networks.

Event • December 6th, 2011

Cold In-Place Recycling Saves San Jose Money and Is Environmentally Friendly

CIR is a ray of hope for agencies facing huge funding shortfalls while needing to maintain a vast network of streets.

News • October 26th, 2011

Astec Industries Opens Astec Mobile Machinery in Germany

Company has purchased manufacturing and office space in Hameln.

Press Release • October 26th, 2011

GOP Pitches $285B, 6-Year Transportation Bill

House Republicans are pitching a six-year transportation construction plan as a major jobs bill that can win bipartisan approval before next year's election.

News • October 25th, 2011

KPI-JCI Welcomes Tolrud to Engineering Team

Kolberg-Pioneer, Inc. hires Daniel Tolrud as an electrical engineering programmer in the engineering department.

Press Release • October 24th, 2011

Polish Paver Machine

The Cooper Wessex Polish Paver Machine CRT-PPM is specifically designed to meet international standards for the determination of the Polished Paver Value (PPV). Polish paver-value determination uses the BS812 aggregate abrasion method to...

Product • October 21st, 2011

Accelerated Polishing Machine

The Cooper Wessex Accelerated Polishing Machine CRT-APM is the industry standard device for the determination of the Polished Stone Value (PSV). Research shows a significant relationship between polishing of aggregates used in road surfaces and...

Product • October 21st, 2011

Toll Hikes Allow $241M in Construction for Illinois Tollway

The Illinois Tollway will spend $241 million on new projects next year thanks to the near-doubling of tolls that goes into effect Jan. 1, according to a tentative budget unveiled Wednesday.

News • October 20th, 2011

An Unsavory Anniversary

Tomorrow marks the 750th day that Congress has failed to pass a highway bill.

Blog • October 19th, 2011