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1. Keystone SRW test helps FHWA advance earth retention system practice: (Government Affairs); Keystone Retaining Wall Systems’ KeySystem III was recently evaluated under the Federal Highway Administration’s new Innovations, Developments, Enhancements and Advancements (IDEA) program. Administered ...; Created on 25 June 2020
2. Road Builders' Highway Dashboard: Investment transparency in overdrive: (Concrete Currents); Sources: American Road and Transportation Builders Association, Washington, D.C.; CP staff The "ARTBA Highway Dashboard: A 50-State Guide to the Benefits of Federal Investment" is a first of its kind ...; Created on 15 June 2020
3. ORGANIZATIONS - MAY 2020: (Briefs); ... Separately, ACI has recently published three statements supporting policy positions, along with state, federal, and international programs, rules or regulations: Professional Societies. Encourage ...; Created on 01 June 2020
4. Pavement contractors set for another year north of 50 million square yards: (Government Affairs); ... Overlay market support and development activities have progressed in partnership with the Federal Highway Administration. The agency has funded technology transfer efforts through the ACPA-crafted Accelerated ...; Created on 20 March 2020
5. FAA bill seeds airfield pavement research initiatives: (Government Affairs); The American Concrete Pavement Association has once again played a key role in advancing a Federal Aviation Administration-backed research and technology program for airfield pavements. “Our long-term ...; Created on 20 March 2020
6. Construction Industry interests salute Environmental Policy Act streamlining: (Government Affairs); ... Policy Act (NEPA) revisions that will help cut typical infrastructure project permitting phases by more than 50 percent against current metrics. NEPA requires federal agencies to evaluate environmental ...; Created on 28 February 2020
7. Concrete pavement market poised to remain above 50 million square yards: (Concrete Currents); ... in partnership with the Federal Highway Administration. The agency has funded technology transfer efforts through the ACPA-crafted Accelerated Implementation and Deployment of Pavement Technology program ...; Created on 10 February 2020
8. ORGANIZATIONS - JANUARY 2020: (Briefs); ... Practices, Federal Highway Administration, recognizing leadership in creating a framework for sustainable design and construction practices that consider societal, environmental and economic factors—i.e., ...; Created on 20 January 2020
9. Clarifying the Concrete Pipe Industry’s Views on “Open Competition” Legislation: (Guest Editorial); by Jeffrey A. Hite Concrete Products’ November editorial concerning the Federal Highway Administration’s withdrawal of the patented and proprietary products rule may have unintentionally conflated the ...; Created on 03 January 2020
10. Precast producers equal to FHWA, AASHTO safety hardware criteria: (Government Affairs); The National Precast Concrete Association reminds producers of barrier and temporary work zone devices of a year-end deadline for having such products tested according to criteria the Federal Highway Administration ...; Created on 05 November 2019
11. FHWA sunsets bureaucratic barriers to innovation in federal aid contracts: (Editorial); ... second look during future road or bridge contract lettings. The Federal Highway Administration is rescinding a rule limiting state contracting agencies from using federal dollars to acquire patented ...; Created on 05 November 2019
12. FHWA sunsets rule restricting proprietary product procurement: (Concrete Currents); Sources: Federal Highway Administration; CP staff Effective October 28, Federal Highway Administration is lifting U.S. Department of Transportation regulations greatly limiting state contracting agencies ...; Created on 30 September 2019
13. FMCSA matches mixer driver hours exemptions for dump, tanker peers: (Government Affairs); ... members a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration proposal updating drivers’ Hours of Service rules. The FMCSA proposal affords tanker truck drivers the same hours of service rule ...; Created on 28 September 2019
14. Administration stresses “Buy American” through revised procurement provisions: (Government Affairs); President Donald Trump issued an executive order strengthening Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council standards under the Buy American Act, which especially impacts heavy/civil or concrete contractors, ...; Created on 10 September 2019
15. FMCSA proposal harmonizes mixer, dump, tanker driver hours terms: (Concrete Currents); ... production and delivery have netted NRMCA staff and Safety, Environmental and Operations Committee members a welcome Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration proposal updating thresholds for drivers. ...; Created on 20 August 2019
16. Topcon raises concrete paving bar through Millimeter GPS: (TECHNICAL TALK); ... if we wanted them.” Certainly, technology is becoming integral to professionals’ desire for the smooth, uniform surface of freshly-paved concrete they all seek. According to the Federal Highway Administration, ...; Created on 07 August 2019
17. NPP ships first Electrically Isolated Tendon-bound bulb tee girders: (Concrete Currents); ... in Europe and advanced here by the Federal Highway Administration, EIT allow for verification that post-tensioning cables have been encapsulated per specifications, and provide enhanced durability and ...; Created on 15 July 2019
18. Dusty nonunion rate records skew Davis-Bacon wage schedules: (Government Affairs); ... on prevailing wage rates the David-Bacon Act (DBA) mandates on federal or federally assisted construction projects. As of September 2018, the OIG and report authors found: Of the DOL Wage and Hour ...; Created on 29 May 2019
19. Senate vote one short of unanimous to confirm FHWA Administrator: (Concrete Currents); Source: American Concrete Pavement Association, Rosemont, Ill. Nicole Nason has become the Federal Highway Administration’s 26th Administrator following a 95-1 U.S. Senate vote. The former National ...; Created on 01 April 2019
20. ORGANIZATIONS - FEBRUARY 2019: (Briefs); ... Advisory Group, Strategic Repair Research Council, and Vision 2020 Initiative. Federal Highway Administration Research and Technology Program’s Jussara Tanesi, concrete materials engineer and lab manager, ...; Created on 25 February 2019

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