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ARTBA Calls for Roadway Work Zone Awareness & Contractor Safety Nominations

American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)

Awards will recognize outstanding efforts of public and private-sector organizations involved in building the US transportation network

Hilco Industrial, Hilco Asset Protection Will Manage Asset Disposition Work in Highway Technologies Bankruptcy

Highway Technologies Inc.

Company says extraordinary security measures have been implemented to protect assets in 32 locations across the U.S.

Construction Safety

PTL 2.4LD Solar-assisted Traffic Signal

North America Traffic Inc.

Solar-assisted battery pack can power the signal for five working days on one charge

North America Traffic Ptl 24ld 10962735

Removing Barriers to Efficient Demolition

OBPM Construction uses this specialized attachment to speed Hurricane Sandy cleanup and achieve precise control over the demolition process.

The Mega Beak allows OBPM Construction to precisely pick apart a house or concrete slab and crush the material into more manageable pieces for loading into dumpsters.

Construction Safety

Webinar Shares Contractors' Nighttime Work Zone Safety Tips

National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA)

NAPA program presents Oldcastle and Barriere Construction's insights into how to set up and maintain a site to protect workers and the traveling public during night work

Construction Safety

Get Web Training on Stringless Paving, Work Zone Safety

American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA)

Free online training courses from ACPA sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration offer 90 minutes of professional development for concrete paving professionals

Construction Safety

OSHA Fines NJ Masonry Contractor $91,000 for Fall, Scaffold Hazards

Occupational Safety & Health Administration

South River-based Mr. Concrete Corp. cited with four repeat and five serious safety violations including scaffold and fall hazards

ARTBA Names Astec's Brock to Transport Development Hall of Fame

American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)

Astec’s Brock, Parsons Brinckerhoff’s McCormick, Ammann & Whitney Founder and New Jersey Construction Association Executive Briant, inducted

Caltrans Unveils Certification Site in California for Inertial Profilers

New pavement smoothness specification will utilize latest technology; June webinar will provide details

TxDOT Unveils First-in-Texas Warning System to Increase Work Zone Safety

System is being implemented as part of the 96-mile, Central Texas I-35 expansion project

All Electronic Toll Interchange Wins ASHE Project of the Year Award

American Infrastructure wins American Society of Highway Engineers Project of the Year award in the over $10 million category

A Summer of 80 Million Linear Feet

“Basically we stripe to shift traffic from old asphalt to new asphalt just after the paver is done,” says Sonny Younce, president. “We might have a shoulder built or a wedge constructed to carry the traffic after it shifts and once the paver constructs that we go in and mark it. Sometimes lanes shift when they’re building another lane completely.”

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