10. Innovative Thick-Lift Asphalt Design Facilitated by Diamond Grinding
With a prevalence of potholes in the existing asphalt, SC 544 required significant rehabilitation and a non-traditional mill & fill application helped revive the severely deteriorated highway
9. LafargeHolcim Uses 3D Printing to Create Affordable Housing in Africa
14Trees, a LafargeHolcim joint venture with CDC Group, is deploying 3D printing technology at scale to build affordable and low-carbon housing and schools in Africa, starting in Malawi
8. Atlas Copco Power Technique Appoints New President of Power and Flow
Atlas Copco Power Technique announced Mikael Andersson as the new president of the Power and Flow division, which designs, develops, manufactures and sells generators, light towers and pumps
7. Associated General Contractors Sue to Block Fed’s Effort To Change PPP Rules
Small Business Admin. and Office of Management and Budget created a questionnaire without public input that asks about everything other than the economic uncertainty that Congress intended to drive program
6. Watch Time Lapse of Crane Moving $22 Million Bridge Into Place
Crews in Emeryville, Calif., recently spent three days, working 24/7 to hoist a pedestrian-bicycle bridge into place by crane
5. Cleaning Up the Cold War: Wyoming Uranium Mine Reclamation Project
Summit Excavation & Grading used two Volvo 40-Ton Articulated Dump Trucks each pulling two K-Tec 1237ADT train scrapers on the former uranium mine site — the McIntosh Pit, a multi-phase reclamation near Jeffrey City, Wyoming
4. Latest COVID Relief Bill Gives $10B to State DOTs
State departments of transportation are getting $10 billion in long-awaited emergency aid from a $900 billion COVID-19 relief measure passed by Congress late on December 21 as part of a final year-end legislative package
The players driving sustainability and reducing carbon emissions within the cement and concrete industries
2. Congress Set to Approve COVID Package with $45 Billion in Transportation Aid
The $2.4 trillion COVID relief and annual spending package is expected to pass both chambers of Congress Dec. 21 with overwhelming bipartisan support and be signed into law by President Donald Trump
1. U.S. Department of Labor Final Rule Clarifies Independent Contractor Status
Sharpening the test to determine who is an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act will reduce worker misclassification, reduce litigation, increase efficiency, and increase job satisfaction