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• APWA Expo Preview: engineering and design

  A preview of APWA events related to engineering and design.

• Dam garners engineering award

  The Saluda Dam Remediation Project in Columbia, S.C., has received the American Society of Civil Engineers 2006 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement award.

• Asphalt pavement achievements recognized

• Wetlands restoration project wins national recognition

• New York City constructs third water tunnel

• Highway construction costs soar

  The cost of highway construction materials has increased by 22% in the past two years, according to a recent association analysis.

• Maine highway marks design-build achievement

• Making a splash at a local park

  Landscape and park designers often run into strange problems when designing into an existing space. For Paul W. Bouchard, the problem was hawthorn trees. “The preservation of existing trees was the biggest challenge concerning the orientation and layout of the project, which includes the splash pad...

• National design-build awards honors groundwater project

  The Design-Build Institute of America has recognized CDM, Cambridge, Mass., with a National Design-Build Award in the “water under $ 15 million” project category. The award, given for the company's Gilbert and Mosley project in Wichita, Kan., commends the project's unique groundwater contamination...

• FHWA Study dispels rebar myths

  The Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI), Schaumburg, I11., has announced the release of a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) study titled Long-Term Performance of Epoxy-Coated Reinforcing Steel in Heavy Self-Contaminated Concrete. The report describes the long-term corrosion test results...