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Tête de la Course: How Digital Construction Can Grow Europe’s Cycling Infrastructure

Autodesk Construction Cloud

This is just one part of Europe’s incredible cycling infrastructure. But the organisations that build and maintain cycling infrastructure have a key role to play in making this a sustained trend. Here’s how the construction industry can help to create a bigger, safer cycling infrastructure across Europe.

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July / August 2019 Issue (Volume 52, Number 4)

Business Facilities

Business Facilities July / August 2019. 2019 Business Facilities Rankings Report | Our 15th annual Rankings Report maintains BF’s standard for credible and comprehensive results. New England: Rising Regional Tide | The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s 1Q 2019 report showed increased wages in all six New England states.

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Microtrenching: A new and improved way to install fiber optic cable

GCP Applied Technologies

Thu, 04/25/2019 - 10:57. April 25, 2019. Once the microtrencher cuts its tiny slot on the side of the road, installers then go in and lay the cables’ protective ducts, through which they pull or push the fiber optic cables. The infill is, after all, the last touch of this road reinstatement. Transportation Infrastructure.

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Microtrenching components

GCP Applied Technologies

Thu, 05/30/2019 - 12:48. May 30, 2019. The first layer, an indicating layer, is cold-applied, and can be dyed bright orange for easy location, should the road require future work down the line. The SAFETRACK™ RMP 100 infill system then caps off with a second poured layer, pigmented to match the road it reinstates.

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Why waterproof? Safeguarding steel and concrete bridges

GCP Applied Technologies

Mon, 07/01/2019 - 13:38. July 01, 2019. Crumbling roads and bridges are causing deep concern for government officials and transportation agencies around the world. Aging infrastructure, combined with increasing traffic growth, put into question the long-term viability of many rail and road bridges. . billion RMB.

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Across the Country, Developers Are “Fighting for Land”

Pro Builder

Land restrictions and a lack of investments in roads, railways and other infrastructure have made it increasingly difficult for developers to find sites near big cities. But between 1977 and 2019, they grew at an average annual rate of about 13%. Mon, 09/26/2022 - 12:20. Land Planning. Housing Markets. Housing Policy + Finance.

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Dispatch from Alaska: insights on moisture, soil, and material performance

Construction Specifier

As engineers, we always have options,” says Billy Connor, director of the Arctic Infrastructure Development Center at the University of Alaska. The most recent study, conducted in 2019, built on previous findings from research done in Alaska and Canada, examines the use of insulation in roadway embankments and airport runways.

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