Table of Contents

October 2008

Editor's Notes

• Greener and Safer Paths?
  

Cover Story

• Fast Lane
  Using self-consolidating concrete for beams speeds bridge construction.

Other Features

• Improvement Never Takes a Holiday
  A design-build approach to plant upgrades yields weekend turnarounds.
• Liner Evolution
  New material technology cures mixer liner delamination.
• Decking the Halls
  Students get in the holiday spirit with concrete Christmas ornaments.
• Expanding and Changing
  The PCI show takes place Oct. 4-7 in Orlando, Fla.

Columnists

• Villere: Concrete Returns
  Revisiting My "No Recession" Call
• Ambrose: As the Drum Turns
  Shelter from the Storm
• Abelson: Fleet Factors
  The Latest on Inflation

In the Mix

• Bridge Repair Bill: $140 Billion
  
• First Green Star Plant
  
• PCA Downgrades 2008 Forecast
  

What's New

• Outside Protection
  

Women in Concrete

• Proving It's a Greener World with Concrete
  

Problem Clinic

• Pre-Tensioning Steel Forms
  
• Spec Watch Updates on High-Performance Concrete
  

Product Pulse

• Freedom of Form
  
• Formliner products
  

GreenSite

• Concrete Goes Ultragreen