Contents
January 2014
Volume 84, Number 1
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HIGHWAY CONTRACTOR:
No Strings Attached
ROAD SCIENCE: Expo Engineering
How the use of stringless paving technology on the
will be on display at that triennial exposition this year,
but some of them will be distinguished by the advanced
science and engineering that has gone into perfecting
them. Here is a sneak peak at the most noteworthy.
money, complete the project two years ahead of schedule and allow for future expansion plans. It was finished
highway project ever built in the United States.
23 ConExpo-Con/Agg Products
A sneak peek at the equipment that will be shown at this
every-three-year show.
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
3 Transportation Talk:
20 In Court: Federal court
REACH: How this European law
will challenge the U.S. equipment manufacturing market.
rejects government's motion to
dismiss a claim for nearly $1 million based on contract ambiguity.
28 Kirk Landers: Solutions for a bankrupt Highway Trust Fund: Three fearless
forecasts for road funding changes in the
next decade.
PRODUCTS & SERVICE
24 Marketplace
27 Advertiser Index
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Contributed: Dowel Bar Retrofit: Where Are We Now? The International Grooving & Grinding
Association (IGGA) looks at past and present dowel bar retrofit case studies. betterroads.com/dbr
Contributed: Kandiyohi County uses aggregate base stabilizer on damaged county road. How liquid
stabilizer was used to increase the granular equivalency (GE) value of aggregate base. betterroads.com/
kandiyohi-county-aggregate
Contribute:
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worked on an exceptional project,
or if you want to share your
thoughts on current transportation issues, email your ideas for
a blog or contributed story to
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com. com and Editor-at-Large Tina
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