Table of Contents

April 2010

April 2010 Web Extras/Article Links

Headworks Editorial

• Public Works Puzzle Masters
• E-mail Editor Stephanie Johnson

UpFront

• North America's largest desalination plant formally approved
• Alliance issues warm-mix statement
• Site offers blueprint for healthier buildings
• 'Green' group selects leader
• City offers truck owners free paint job
• Thousands to meet in Atlanta for WasteExpo
• Largest U.S. community improvement effort begins
• Construction rule honored
• California bil would dedicate billions water infrastructure
• One of these things is not like the other...
• Hybrid streetlights use and outwit Mother Nature

Features

• Fresh from the show floor
  This year's newest trucks and accessories.
• How much is your time and effort worth?
  Calculating the point of diminishing returns when pursuing outside funding opportunities.
• 'Smart' transportation and the Smart Grid
  Minneapolis debuts the nation's largest remote control and monitoring system for electrical infrastructure.
• Operation growth rate
  Military maneuvers force one Florida public works department to quickly plan for a 25% service increase.
• Revitalize this!
  Art and infrastructure unite to drive commerce in New York's second largest economic center.
• Research road map
  A review of life-cycle assessment of concrete pavement literature recommends new standards for future research.

Road Works

• Formulating ultimate sustainability
  You can't make a road last forever, but you can come close.
• Software shortcuts
  Building information modeling and horizontal assets.
• Research road map
  A review of life-cycle assessment of concrete pavement literature recommends new standards for future research.

Products

• Featuring: Snow and ice control Products

• Featuring: Road-building and repair products

Out of the Ordinary

• Melt, baby, melt