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New ODOT Office Focuses on Megaprojects, Tolling

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The Oregon Dept of Transportation has put a fresh focus on clearing up traffic woes in the Portland metro area by forming a new Office of Urban Mobility and Mega Project Delivery.

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Columbus, OH Wins $50M Smart City Challenge

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to develop a first-of-its-kind transportation network. A local investment of $90 million has been pledged to match the $50 million award, resulting in $140 million of new investment to change the mobility landscape of Columbus. As winner of the competition, Columbus secured $40 million from DOT and $10 million from Vulcan Inc.

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Race to a Smart Future

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metro to fully integrate innovative technologies—self-driving cars, connected vehicles and smart sensors, among other advances—into its transportation network. The city has a broad plan for “adaptive transportation systems” that would remain useful even as technology evolves in coming years. Allen’s Vulcan Inc.

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Seven Finalist Cities Chosen For Smart City Challenge

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USDOT has pledged up to $40 million to one city to help it define what it means to be a “Smart City “and become the country’s first city to fully integrate innovative technologies – self-driving cars, connected vehicles, and smart sensors – into its transportation network. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. Source: USDOT.

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What Is Recycled Concrete Aggregate | Importance of Recycled Concrete Aggregate | Crushed Concrete Driveway Pros and Cons

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If recycled materials are available locally, the cost of transporting aggregates can be reduced. Urbanite (concrete debris objects) repurposing entails selecting and transporting the pieces before using them as slabs or bricks. Recycled cement can have similar properties as ordinary Portland cement. Crushed Concrete.

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What Is Workability of Concrete | Factors Affecting Workability | Test |Errors

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The diverse requirements of transportability, compatibility, mobility, stability, mixability, placeability, and finish ability of fresh concrete mentioned above are collectively referred. Ease is related to the theology of fresh concrete, which includes performance parameters of stability, mobility, and compatibility.

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Workforce Training: Engineering A Skilled Workforce

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It provides graduates with the hands-on training they need to begin careers in diverse fields such as aerospace, automotive, building technologies, consumer products, logistics, energy, green technology, manufacturing, materials processing, medical, mining and transportation.