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Diesel fuel prices climb $0.013 per gallon 27 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
(Photo: Michael Fawcett / Flickr) On-highway diesel fuel prices rose across the U.S. this week, according to our sister site, Aggregates Manager. The greatest increase this week occurred in the Midw...
What Buicks & White Tubs Have in Common 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
I learned how to drive in my mother’s blue Buick Century. It wasn’t my idea of a cool car at the time, but it was reliable and roomy – and surprisingly hid dents and scratches fairly well. But who kn...
Industry professionals need to advocate infrastructure improvements, says APWA Congress speaker Larry Frevert 26 Aug 2013 | 07:30 pm
Trekk Design Group Senior Consultant Larry Frevert speaks at an APWA Congress and Exposition session entitled “Report Cart — America’sInfrstructure Needs 2013.” Earlier this year, the American Societ...
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman: ‘Average is over’ 26 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Best-selling author and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman tells public works professionals to perform above-average work to succeed. Best-selling author and New York Times columnist Thomas L. ...
PHOTOS, VIDEO: Crews construct world’s largest self-anchored suspension bridge 26 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
(Photo: Joseph Blum, via Wired) In California, crews have been working for more than 10 years to construct the largest self-anchored suspension (SAS) bridge in the world, and Wired has shared some cl...
Top 5 Cities for Electric Cars 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Some of the cities on this list are probably obvious, but I was surprised about a few of the cities on this “Top 5” list from Clean Technica. Here are the five cities where you’re most likely to see ...
Altralight trailer from Kalyn Siebert focuses on stability, strength, safety 23 Aug 2013 | 10:27 pm
Heil Trailer International subsidiary Kalyn Siebert has launched its Altralite lightweight steel end-dump trailer. Designed to be stable, strong and safe, the trailer features a dumping angle that ke...
VIDEO: South Korea’s new Armadillo-T electric car folds for compact parking 23 Aug 2013 | 09:45 pm
(Photo: KAIST) The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has developed an electric car that can fold to fit into tight parking spaces. The vehicle was designed for personal and ...
Outfitted with Cummins 5.0L V-8, Nissan Titan to be first light-duty diesel with V-8 23 Aug 2013 | 08:22 pm
Nissan and Cummins announced Tuesday that the two have formed a partnership that will soon result in a turbocharged diesel option for the next-generation Titan, making the pickup the first light-duty ...
Texas, You’re Going the Wrong Way! 23 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
Normally, when a gravel road starts seeing a lot of traffic, it earns enough street cred to be upgraded to asphalt. But Texas has this process a little backward. Instead of repairing an asphalt road ...
