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  • Why We Need To Invest In Infrastructure, Redux

    Posted On: July 29, 2011

    We wrote yesterday about the report released earlier this week by the American Society of Civil Engineers, titled “Failure to Act: The Economic Impact of Current Investment Trends in Surface Transportation Infrastructure. If you would like to read the entire report, which is definitely worth reading, you can click here. ...

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    Category: Funding

  • ASCE: Infrastructure Decay Costs Billions Each Year

    Posted On: July 28, 2011

    Failing to invest in rebuilding our nation’s infrastructure is costing our nation more than $100 billion a year, according to a report issued yesterday by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Using complex calculations, ASCE has concluded that infrastructure deficiencies add $97 billion a year to the cost of operating ...

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    Category: Funding

  • Asphalt Prices Continue to Jump

    Posted On: July 27, 2011

    The price of asphalt jumped by 1.5 percent from May to June, according to the latest Producer Price Index issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  This was the third consecutive month of increases. The steel price index decreased by 1.7 percent, concrete was down by 0.1 percent and lumber ...

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    Category: Market Intelligence

  • Marginal Gains In Cement Consumption This Year & Next

    Posted On: July 25, 2011

    Despite recovery momentum in late 2010, the U.S. economy is again in a slowdown that will weaken construction activity and restrain gains in cement consumption until 2013, according to the most recent economic forecast from PCA. PCA downgraded its cement consumption forecast to 0.2 percent in 2011, and 0.4 percent ...

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    Category: Market Intelligence

  • PCA Participates in Workshop on Hazard Mitigation

    Posted On: July 22, 2011

    Steve Szoke, PCA director of codes and standards, participated in a panel at the Natural Hazard Mitigation Workshop, sponsored by the Natural Hazard Mitigation Association.  The workshop took place July 9-11 in  Denver, Colo.  The nearly 400 attendees at the workshop were a diverse group of practitioners, academics, government officials, and ...

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    Category: Events

  • Colorado Uses ADAB Process and Concrete Wins Out

    Posted On: July 20, 2011

    Add Colorado to the savvy states that are now using an alternate design/alternate bid process (ADAB) in their selection of material for paving and construction projects. The Colorado Department of Transportation has selected Edward Kraemer & Sons, Inc., to construct two new bridges and the associated roadway along SH 21 ...

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    Category: Paving Projects

  • ARRA Highway Spending Up From May, Down From 2010

    Posted On: July 19, 2011

    Highway spending from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) totaled $656 million in June, a 37 percent increase from May’s spending rate, according to a recent PCA market intelligence report. However, against year-ago levels, June’s spending volumes declined by 49 percent. Spending has averaged $523 million in the last ...

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    Category: Market Intelligence

  • Pervious Concrete Touted As Environmentally Friendly

    Posted On: July 18, 2011

    Interesting article in yesterday’s Boston Globe about pervious concrete (An idea to make roads greener). “An environmentally friendly road pavement is growing in popularity as area communities seek ways to reduce the amount of storm-water runoff polluting waterways. Pervious pavement, also known as porous concrete, allows rainwater to ...

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    Category: Paving Projects

  • Cal Poly Claims Concrete Canoe Competition, Again

    Posted On: July 15, 2011

    For the second consecutive year Cal Poly claimed the American Society of Civil Engineers National Concrete Canoe competition, which was hosted last month by the University of Evansville in Evansville, Ind. The competition includes an oral presentation, written report, judgment of a canoe’s aesthetics, and sprint and endurance races held ...

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    Category: Awards

  • Critics Continue To Call House Proposal A Step Backward

    Posted On: July 14, 2011

    The House Republicans’ proposal for a six-year $230 billion surface transportation bill is continuing to come under attack as a step backward. The proposal would eliminate 140,000 jobs, according to an American Public Transportation legislative alert. “The bill’s investment levels . . . are woefully short of what is required ...

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    Category: Legislation

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