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  • Life-Cycle Language Included in House Appropriations Bill

    Posted On: June 30, 2011

    The United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government FY2012 Appropriations bill that was passed last week includes life-cycle report language on behalf of the cement industry. According to Appropriations Committee Staff, this is an unprecedented step and the first time directive OMB language has been included ...

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    Category: Legislation

  • Pondering the Future On Anniversary of Historic Legislation

    Posted On: June 29, 2011

    Fifty five years ago today President Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act. The act cleared the way for the U.S. interstate highway system, has been described as “the greatest project in history” and which Eisenhower considered to be one ...

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    Category: Legislation

  • PCA To Host Paving Summit On Promotion & Advocacy

    Posted On: June 28, 2011

    PCA will host an industry-wide paving summit meeting on July 21 to review current efforts in promotion and advocacy and explore next steps. Called “Market Size to Market Share: Thinking Harder About Concrete Pavement Advocacy,” the one-day session will address the following issues and topics:

    • Results from the MIT Sustainability ...

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    Category: Marketing and Promotion

  • Detour Ahead: Check Out The Latest Ads

    Posted On: June 27, 2011

    Have you seen the latest ads under the headline “Detour Ahead?” Check them out. They refer to the white paper we write about last week and use a great visual image and no-nonsense language to bring home the point that investing in highways needs to be a long-term investment with ...

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    Category: Marketing and Promotion

  • Techniques That Can Cut Costs: What Are You Waiting For?

    Posted On: June 24, 2011

    As noted on yesterday’s Think Concrete blog, new research indicates that states could save hundreds of millions of dollars nationwide by adopting three performance management techniques, either singularly or in conjunction with one another: (1) Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA); (2) Alternate Design/Alternate Bidding (ADAB) and (3) Mechanistic –Empirical Pavement ...

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    Category: Market Intelligence

  • Research Shows How DOTs Can Maximize Investment

    Posted On: June 23, 2011

    State Departments of Transportation could save hundreds of millions of dollars nationwide by utilizing performance management techniques that maximize taxpayer investment, efficiency and transparency. This is one of the key findings in a new white paper released this week and written by John W. Fischer, a transportation policy consultant who ...

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    Category: Market Intelligence

  • In Search Of: Concrete Artists

    Posted On: June 22, 2011

    World of Concrete is looking for artists for the 2012 World of Concrete conferece. The Artistry Demos have become a “must-see” for many who visit the World of Concrete. In 2012, the demos will celebrate 10 years of exhibiting cutting-edge creative work along with good craft skills.

    Past exhibits have ...

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    Category: Events

  • ARRA Highway Spending Way Down From Last Year's Levels

    Posted On: June 21, 2011

    While spending of ARRA highway funds rose 9.7 percent from April levels in May, spending was down by 49 percent from last year, according to a recent PCA Market Intelligence report. In May high stimulus spending was $479 million. Spending has averaged $485 million in the last three months compared ...

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    Category: Market Intelligence

  • Industry Day Set For Aug. 11 at Concrete Sustainability Hub

    Posted On: June 20, 2011

    Here’s a date to mark on your calendars: August 11, 2011. That’s 2011 Concrete Industry Day at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Concrete Sustainability Hub. The even is being held in conjunction with the 2011 Concrete Sustainability Conference being held August 9-11. Lead investigators from the hub’s two inaugural projects ...

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  • More Pessimism on Infrastructure Investment

    Posted On: June 17, 2011

    What will it take to convince our political leaders that investing in infrastructure is investing in our future? Today in The Wall Street Journal MarketWatch comes yet another pessimistic report. How pessimistic? All you have to do is look at the first paragraph:

    “If America’s prosperity depends on its roadways, ...

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    Category: Transportation funding

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