http://www.pikeindustries.com/default.html? News http://www.pikeindustries.com/default.html?news_id=10&module_params[name]=news&module_params[mode]=default&module_params[action]=detail “This is a substantial television ad buy intended to educate New Hampshire policymakers and voters on the need for smart infrastructure investment and reform,” said State Senate President Peter Bragdon (R-11), co-chair of BAF-NH. “According to an annual TRIP report, our state’s rural roads rank ninth-worst and deficient rural bridges rank 11th-worst in the nation. The shoddy condition of New Hampshire’s roads and bridges needlessly puts our neighbors in harm’s way, hurts our businesses, makes us less competitive and costs the state jobs. We support a long-term plan, reforms and increased accountability through audits, performance measures and bans on earmarks. Unless we make significant changes in our course and direction, our infrastructure will continue to deteriorate and a real opportunity to restore New Hampshire’s economy will be lost.” Click this link to view - http://www.Youtube.com/InvestNewHampshire.   en-us $date http://www.pikeindustries.com/default.html?news_id=8&module_params[name]=news&module_params[mode]=default&module_params[action]=detail The Road Information Project (also known as TRIP) is a national transportation research group that today released its report identifying deficiencies in New Hampshire's transportation system. Read the report at http://www.tripnet.org/national/Rural_Roads_2011/Rural_Roads_NH_PR_090111.pdf. en-us $date http://www.pikeindustries.com/default.html?news_id=7&module_params[name]=news&module_params[mode]=default&module_params[action]=detail Pike Industries has deployed nearly 80 trucks from its West Lebanon, NH quarry for the rest of this week and possibly throughout the weekend. Pike's own fleet and its network of many contract haulers will combine to deliver thousands of tons of construction aggregates to Vermont municipalities and the State's Agency of Transportation. Tropical Storm Irene dumped nearly a foot of rain on the Green Mountain State causing widespread flood damage to many roads and highways. Some communities are completely cut off with no access routes available.   "We are pulling in trucks from all over the company and adjusting our project schedules to free up as many trucks as possible", said Jay Perkins, Pike's Regional Manager. See more on this story in this broadcast from WMUR at http://www.wmur.com/newsarchive/29073411/detail.html.   en-us $date http://www.pikeindustries.com/default.html?news_id=4&module_params[name]=news&module_params[mode]=default&module_params[action]=detail Pike Industries recently joined with leading construction companies from around the nation during the Transportation Construction Coalition Fly-In held in Washington, DC. Over 500 construction employees attended the event to meet with individual Senators and Representative to discuss issues critical to the industry. The leading topics on this year’s agenda were: the urgency for an adequately funded 6 year highway reauthorization act so that DOTs and companies can make long range planning decisions the need to raise additional revenues for the Highway Trust Fund through an increased motor fuel user fee (gas tax), which has not been raised in 20 years the staggering unemployment rate 17.8% in the construction industry (highest of all sectors of the economy) reducing bureaucratic red tape and redundancies that accompany federal funding for the highway and permitting programs How to fix crumbling U.S. roads, rails and airways   en-us $date http://www.pikeindustries.com/default.html?news_id=3&module_params[name]=news&module_params[mode]=default&module_params[action]=detail by Matt Valle, Project Manager (Hooksett, New Hampshire) -- Pike Industries, Inc. recently completed the installation of over 6,000 tons of porous pavement in the median of I-293 from Hooksett to Manchester in New Hampshire. The project was bid April 8th, 2010 for $2.2M and included the first application of porous pavement on any New Hampshire highway. The design also included the installation of 2 miles of 4’ high permanent median barrier, and associated drainage upgrades. Because of the unique application and space constraints, new methods were devised to construct this project. The median where the porous pavement was placed contained well drained soil which was ideal for this application. After removal of the existing box beam rail, the median was excavated 1’ from finish grade to allow placement of an additional 6” of ¾” washed stone from our Hooksett quarry on which the 6” of porous pavement was placed. The overall width of the median was 18’, but with the barrier installed, each side was only about 8’ wide which made it difficult to fit a traditional 8’ paver. Another obstacle was that the paving area was boxed in by the newly installed median barrier on one side, and the temporary barrier on the other, creating a very tight workspace. Pike proposed a unique solution to solve both problems - a LeeBoy Path Master 5000, which can pave widths ranging from 5’-9’, was brought in to tackle the width issue, and a Roadtec Shuttle Buggy MTV was used to feed the small paver over the temporary barrier, solving the hopper access issue. The porous pavement on this project is part of the median and is not a travel surface, but its use is starting to be incorporated into our state highways. Pike is proud to be involved in new types of projects that promote environmental sustainability, and innovative solutions. We look forward to taking the lessons learned from this project and utilizing them on other projects in order to create safe and cost effective solutions for our customers in the future.   en-us $date