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Building with Asphalt? Get Ready for a Wild Ride

If you're TxDOT, a local road agency, or a developer/contractor that builds pavements, hold on to your hats...asphalt prices are taking off again! But concrete and cement pavement solutions remain relative bargains.
If you're TxDOT, a local road agency, or a developer/contractor that builds pavements, hold on to your hats...asphalt prices are taking off again! Engineering News Record, in i… http://www.cementx.org/news1/cct-blogs/building-with-asphalt-get-ready-for-a-wild-ride/

Concrete Paving Is Lower First Cost Than Asphalt

A new Market Intelligence report by the Portland Cement Association entitled “Paving: The New Realities” concludes that asphalt pavement’s initial cost advantage over concrete has now reversed. Concrete roads are now not only the lowest life-cycle cost a…
A new Market Intelligence report by the Portland Cement Association entitled “Paving: The New Realities” concludes that asphalt pavement’s initial… http://www.cementx.org/news1/cct-blogs/concrete-paving-is-lower-first-cost-than-asphalt/

Traffic Congestion is Hazardous to Your Health

The lead article in the 11/8/11 Wall Street Journal’s Personal Journal section highlights “The Hidden Toll of Traffic Jams.” The article states that there is mounting evidence that exposure to traffic exhaust causes damage to the human brain. This does…
The lead article in the 11/8/11 Wall Street Journal’s Personal Journal section highlights “The Hidden Toll of Traffic Jams.”   The article states … http://www.cementx.org/news1/cct-blogs/traffic-congestion-is-hazardous-to-your-health/