Better Roads Digital Magazine
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Contents March 2013 Volume 83, Number 3 8 HIGHWAY CONTRACTOR RAP in the Mix High RAP mixes demand special care and attention. The technical skills of the asphalt plant engineers have to work with the gut instincts of the "do it by feel" guys. A look at how some of the best mixes are made. 25 ROADSCIENCE All Together Now Integrated Roadside Management is becoming increasingly popular. It's a strategy that combines vegetation management, roadside beautification, motorist safety, erosion control and roadway appurtenance maintenance into one package. 19 FINANCIAL DISTRICT The Hand-Off A guide for construction company owners planning the handover of their company as they retire or throttle back their workload. There are a number of strategies and one major piece of advice: Start now. COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS PRODUCTS & SERVICE 5 Lattatudes 44 Kirk Landers 40 Marketplace 43 Advertiser Index BetterRoadsDigital.com Facebook www.facebook.com/betterroadsmagazine Twitter www.Twitter.com,@BetterRoads Connect to Better Roads at: www.LinkedIn.com 16 APPLICATIONS & INNOVATIONS Ice, Ice, Baby Winter work never ends, be it road work or snow clearing. A Colorado school has lessons for pickup drivers hauling equipmentloaded trailers over ice and snow. BetterRoads.com WEB EXCLUSIVES AND DIGITAL SPECIALS Contributed Case History: Measuring Up Across the Slope The South Carolina DOT has very tight cross-slope speciļ¬cations for paving contractors. See how a new road slope measurement tool integrates a digital inclinometer to eliminate some of the problems of conventional road slope measurement. Online Exclusive from AEM State of the Industry Policy Update: Leaders from Caterpillar and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers discuss what's to come (and might come)for our economy and economic growth. PLUS: How the Wyoming DOT found a way to stop its landslide problem with vertically installed micropiles. Better Roads March 2013 3