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FHWA announces NPRM to discontinue its general waiver of Buy America requirements for manufactured products used in federal-aid highway projects

March 8, 2024

…America’s highway projects were allowed to use taxpayer dollars to purchase products manufactured in other countries, but the Biden-Harris administration is setting out to change that,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete…

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Solmax supplies geosynthetics for Anchorage regional landfill-expansion project

February 28, 2024

…the BENTOLINERNW GCL provided by Solmax to ensure that it met all requirements for the site specification, specifically 02078 2.3 C 8: “Interfaces shall have at a minimum a friction…

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Trout Unlimited rehabs Wisconsin river

February 10, 2024

…section of the Onion River outside of Plymouth, which is located in East Central Wisconsin. The environmentally sensitive site is in a floodplain and wetland forest surrounding a trout stream…

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Backfilling geomembranes

February 7, 2024

…initial lift of the backfill. These minimum thicknesses are given as guidelines. Conditions may vary from site to site, and the engineer in charge of the project may authorize different…

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Fall Lobby Days 2023

February 1, 2024

…industry, including the need for expanded clarity on the Build America, Buy America (BABA) provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), an understanding of how various departments (including…

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Geosynthetics mobile app nearing 12,000 downloads

February 1, 2024

…information on using geosynthetics in transportation construction projects and features important information such as specification requirements and site inspection guidance for walls, slopes, pavement, erosion control and drainage. It also…

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Improving the performance of geosynthetic reinforced SRW by design

February 1, 2024

…by the site developer or contractor who constructs the broken backslope as well as much of the retained soil to very different standards. The involvement of multiple contractors may lead…

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Novel methodology for carbon removal from ocean microalgal blooms announced

December 5, 2023

…salt-biomass composite is then consolidated and buried in a shallow landfill located on or near the project site. The landfill is designed to prevent groundwater intrusion, and is lined and…

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Redi-Rock reinforced retaining wall solution used for difficult development site

November 23, 2023

…the Prado development’s needs. The wall had to be built entirely from the front of the site and was installed in about two weeks. The wall extends about 220 feet…

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Port infrastructure projects receive funds

November 7, 2023

…be used to purchase low-emission U.S.-manufactured equipment, such as container reach stackers and cranes, with the condition that all iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials are produced in the…

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