December 2014 Volume 84, Number 12
Contents
Better Roads April 2013 3
PRODUCTS & SERVICES
35 New Road Products 38 Advertiser Index 39 Marketplace
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Transportation Talk 32 In Court 40 The Last Word
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
Contribute:
If your agency or crew has
worked on an exceptional project,
or if you want to share your
thoughts on current transporta-
tion issues, email your ideas for
a blog or contributed story to
Editor-at-Large Tina Grady Bar-
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com
or Online Managing Editor
Brian Ethridge at
brianetheridge@
randallreilly.com
The Iowa DOT has a 20-year life expectancy for its
highways. Here's how one asphalt machine is helping
it achieve strong IRI scores.
From spousal coverage to worker's comp,
here's how healthcare reform may affect you
and your agency or company starting in 2015.
The Federal Highway Administration and the U.S. DOT have put together
a guide for P3 transaction model contracts. Here's a look at what you
should know.
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6. ROAD SCIENCE: Pavement Preservation
and the Highlight on High Volume
12.
TOP ROLLOUTS
30. APPLICATIONS & INNOVATIONS:
Behind the Resurfacing of a 16-Mile Highway Stretch
26.
SPECIAL REPORT:
Dissecting the Affordable Care Act
21. HIGHWAY CONTRACTOR: Model Public-
Private Partnership Core Toll Concession Contract Guide
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is publicizing the benefits
of select pavement preservation treatments for critical high-level highways
such as dual-lane federal routes and interstates.
The top 25 most innovative and interest-
ing products of 2014 for the highway
and bridge building industry.
Featured:
We've come a long way: The history of bridge technology
An infographic was released after OMA and OLIN were selected as the winners of a competition to conceptualize
the 11th Street Bridge Park in Washington, D.C. OMA and OLIN's design calls for a plaza, an enclosed café, an
environmental center and other elements that could revolutionize the way we see bridges.
betterroads.com/weve-come-a-long-way-the-history-of-bridge-technology/
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to-construction-equipment
Debate over Arizona highway signs continues on a stretch of highway north of the U.S.-Mexico border
betterroads.com/debate-over-arizona-highway-signs-continues
Michigan Senate votes to raise gas tax betterroads.com/michigan-senate-votes-to-raise-gas-tax
