| Project Spotlights |
| Fast Facts: The Willamette River Bridge |
| November 25, 2009 Oregon Department of Transportation |
What do the Empire State Building, a typical Costco store, Brayshaw black cottonwoods, and 14 adult blue whales have in common? Find out here, in this special section provided by the Oregon Department of Transportation.
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| Trusting 3D roadway modeling to tackle a tricky intersection |
| November 18, 2009 Rebuilding America's Infrastructure |
 In a recent survey conducted by Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure magazine, transportation industry respondents named 3D modeling as the factor having the biggest impact on the transportation and infrastructure industry during the next five to 10 years. Indeed, 3D modeling is already making a real difference in the quality, speed, and cost of building and rebuilding our nation’s infrastructure. |
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| Taking control on Alabama highways |
| November 18, 2009 CE News |
 In Chilton County, Ala., about 30 miles south of Birmingham, the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) was tasked with updating the north- and southbound highway rights-of-way along an 11-mile stretch of Interstate 65, a main artery that dissects the state and is heavily traveled. Several vehicle run-off areas were identified as being in need of widening. The project scope included clearing existing terrain and revegetating the rights-of-way to meet the FHWA safety requirements. |
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| Special Report: Sorting through pipe materials, applications, and suppliers |
| October 29, 2009 CE News |
| Pipe is perhaps one of the oldest and most common products used in water infrastructure construction — potable water, wastewater, and stormwater. The amount of pipe of all types installed and, in some cases, ongoing failures caused by improper application or simply pipe reaching the end of its lifecycle, have spawned a highly competitive market, technology advancements, and a wide choice of materials and suppliers. CE News presents this special report to help civil engineers begin sorting through all of the pipe choices they face when designing water projects. |
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| Importing pavement innovation |
| October 21, 2009 CE News |
 The use of geotextiles in pavements is hardly a new thing. They can be commonly found between and within subgrade and base layers to mitigate the effects of poor quality materials, as a filter around subdrains, and along embankments for stabilization. However, the use of geotextiles as an interlayer between cementitious layers in concrete pavements is not common in the United States — at least until now. |
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