Special precast box culverts were used for one of the most significant segments of the $25.8 million Cache Water Restoration Project (CWRP), an emergency upgrade of approximately six miles of mostly open, unlined channels and canals.
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In an effort to reduce costs, increase pavement quality, and minimize travel delays caused by road construction, the Federal Highway Administration, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), and Transportation Research Board will help agencies implement a tool that allows contractors to identify concrete pavement surface irregularities during construction.
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The Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute accomplished a great amount in 2013, which seemed fitting as it entered a new era as this year marks ICPI’s 20th anniversary. Convening in New Orleans in late March for the 2014 Annual Meeting and anniversary observance, David Pitre, director of Engineering Products for Pavestone Co., opened the general session and began his two-year term as chairman at the close of the meeting.
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Machine builders can implement required safety functions while improving productivity with the Allen-Bradley Guardmaster 440C-CR30 safety relay, users programming the device through the free Connected Components Workbench software from Rockwell Automation.
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Eyeing land-locked or tight footprint applications, the company has broadened its portfolio with Legg-Wall, capable of conveying at up to 90-deg. inclines and offering three sidewall and three cleat types. The belts can be supplied with light, medium or heavy corrugated sidewalls, depending on materials, and feature fabric reinforcement for greater stability.
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Company offers a new method of installation for its 2-in. diameter Mini Fluidizer disks. More pneumatic conveying options are now available for moving dry materials in pipes, chutes and small hoppers with easier installation owing to the Fast-Fit Kit, which requires only the drilling of a 1-1/8-in. diameter hole.
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The CM Man Guard is engineered for lifting applications with an H4 duty rating and available in 40-plus models that ship in three days or less through the company’s stocking program guarantee.
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A pneumatic saw and track system can be attached to concrete pilings to even off tops and casings, or remove piles in one piece to simplify reprocessing. The Esco APS-438 Concrete Piling Saw features a 14-in. fiberglass reinforced blade that rapidly cuts concrete up to a 5 inch thickness and suits evening off the tops of piles up to 60-in. diameters plus casing cutting. Fully supported on a trolley that rolls along a FlexTrack system, the air-powered saw speeds pile cutting and minimizes operator fatigue.
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Equal to stubborn, aged mix and cement paste build up on mixer trucks, plant equipment and other process area surfaces, the “Inside-Out” 2X Heavy Duty Concrete Dissolving Agent is free of caustince, abrasives, and hydrochloric, muriatic, citric, sulfuric, hydrofluoric or phosphoric acids.
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When it comes to transporting product, Cemex’s South Jacksonville Block facility in Florida plays it safe with custom aluminum sideboards from Unique Technology, a Sarasota, Fla.-based company that has provided masonry delivery solutions for 17 years.
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