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With rising asphalt prices, public works officials are turning to FDR to do more with less. According to Producer Price Index published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, asphalt prices are up 46.6% for the first eight months of 2008. construction time and conservation of natural resources, the FDR process provides superior performance to minimize the need for maintenance going forward.” This philosophy has resulted in significant savings to Fort Worth in their annual road maintenance program. This savings translates into more roads being properly maintained per budget year. The implementation of FDR for reconstruction of failed asphalt pavements saved the City an estimated $130,000 per lane mile over conventional methods or a 34% savings. Rather than resting on his laurels after 20 years of working for the city of Fort Worth - 12 as the City's infrastructure manager - Mr. Fares refuses to be satisfied with the status quo. He continuously evaluates his programs to ensure they provide the best value and performance. “We've tried several processes for street rehab, but found FDR with cement to be the best fit,” Fares says. Fares' implementation of FDR to recycle city streets for the Annual Street Maintenance Program for the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is a winner of the 2008 Portland Cement Association Sustainable Leadership Awards. These awards honor public officials who utilize cement or cement-based products to achieve sustainable benefits. “Fares has created a superior street maintenance and improvement program by implementing techniques that save construction time, money and natural resources while providing long-term performance solutions,” concluded Singel. “The program has positively impacted the street and roadway infrastructure programs for the City of Fort Worth, Texas.” Coweta County Uses Innovative Construction Techniques to Rebuild County Roads O ne of the most daunting tasks any county commissioner faces is maintaining a county's road system. As counties are expanding at an exponential rate, road maintenance in Georgia is becoming even a larger challenge because the Georgia Department of Transportation's (GDOT) maintenance funding is shrinking and the cost of roadwork increasing. Coweta County is overcoming its aging road system challenge by implementing an innovative process called full-depth reclamation (FDR). In the summer of 2007, Coweta County awarded the largest FDR contract ever in the state to the Miller Group based in Morrow, Georgia. The $2.6 million FDR contract was for reconstructing five different major county roads totalling nearly ten miles. Coweta County's road department has been actively involved in maintaining its road system with longer term solutions. Bill Cawthorne, public works director, routinely placed 30-60,000 tons of hot mix asphalt to resurface the county's roadways annually. “We would grade our worst roads and address the immediate needs as they arose,” said Cawthorne. “When some of our major roadways began to show signs that a resurfacing alone would not be adequate we began to look for alternatives.” Wayne Kennedy, 10 Special advertising supplement to the McGraw-Hill Construction Regional Publications

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