Articles in this Issue
Prefabricated Bridge Systems: A Decisionmaking Tool
Is it time for you to go prefab? The use of prefabricated bridge elements and systems, ranging from superstructures or substructures to totally prefabricated bridges, offers faster and safer bridge construction and better quality.
Percent Within Limits: The Quality Measure of Choice
Meet the new quality measure of choice. Now available from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a 1-day introductory workshop on Percent Within Limits (PWL).
Your Guide to Work Zone Public Outreach Campaigns
With work zones accounting for 10 percent of all roadway congestion and ranking second only to poor traffic flow in causing dissatisfaction among drivers, communicating with road users, the general public, area businesses, and others about road construction projects and accompanying work zones is essential to the smooth operation and completion of a project.
Working at the Speed of Night
National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) 2006, April 3-9, will focus on the dangers faced by highway workers "Working at the Speed of Night," as more transportation departments perform construction and maintenance activities during evening hours.
Achieving Better Roadway Data with the Rolling Wheel Deflectometer
Now providing a high-speed alternative for evaluating highway pavements is the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) new Rolling Wheel Deflectometer (RWD).
Highway Technology Calendar
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