Better Roads Digital Magazine
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April 2012 Volume 82. Number 4 Contents Road Materials Chemistry A New Series: DIGITAL EDITION EXTRA SPECIALS BetterRoads.com Commercial Pavers: The little big men The smaller asphalt pavers we see traditionally working on parking lots and street patching are increasingly offer highway-class paver features. In Court After blasting, rocks crush a contrac- tons excavator. Who's at fault? MORE MORE MORE New Road Products More introductions, including many from the American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) and World of Concrete trade shows. Twitter: www.Twitter.com/BetterRoads Connect to Better Roads at wwww.LinkedIn.com Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/BetterRoadsFB COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS 3 Lattatudes 5 RoadWorks Industry news and goings on 48 Kirk Landers PRODUCTS & SERVICES 44 Marketplace 47 Advertiser Index ROADSCIENCE Part One: Asphalt Modifiers As the technology and science of road building materials develops and changes at a dazzling rate, Better Roads presents a series of articles to broaden familiarly and understanding. In the first of a seven part series, we look into those modifiers that change the qualities of asphalt. Whether you work with the stuff, specify that it be used, or design the roads where asphalt must perform, we're helping you keep up with the chemistry of change. HIGHWAY CONTRACTOR 9 Chicago is My Kind of Town We asked Kirk Landers what hometown Chicago is doing to maximize hard-won funds with an eye to sus- tainability and green roads. He writes that, "In a city with a reputation for machine politics, change is in the air and it's being felt in the Chicago DOT. The impetus for change comes from the city's new mayor, former Obama Administration Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel, as well as the rigors of the recession." 29 APPLICATIONS & INNOVATIONS Fight the white Two stories here to help you beat winter snow and ice. How to develop a year-round plan to make sure you are ready when it comes, courtesy of the City of Milwaukee, and how mobile sen- sors are changing the way crews know road condition in real time. 36 FINANCIAL DISTRICT Never mind about Plan B. Do you have a Plan A? Contractors facing this drawn-out, flat economy need to make decisions every day. Having a long term strategy, is a best basis for major planning decisions. Better Roads April 2012 1 16 NEW