Coverage of North American
Highway/Bridge Market

The current value of the North American transportation construction market is more than $200 billion with highway and bridge construction accounting for nearly 70% of the total market value.

Ninety-eight per cent (98%) of highways are owned by government agencies.With as much as $300 billion in funding over the next six years through TEA-21 reauthorization looming, the outlook for highway and bridge construction and maintenance is bright, and the stake for manufacturers and suppliers is huge.

Better Roads reaches nearly 39,000 highway professionals responsible for managing, building and maintaining North America’s highways and bridges. These are the government project owners, contractors and consulting engineers who form the government/contractor team. Better Roads coverage includes these key market segments: federal, state, township, county, and municipal governments, who are project owners; pre-qualified-to-bid and licensed contractors and consulting engineers, who perform much of the work on government-owned highways.

Coverage of buying influences: Who Reads Better Roads?

The 39,000 highway professionals receiving Better Roads are part of the government/contractor team who manage, build and maintain North America’s highways and bridges.

Highway and Bridge Managers (Government Project Owners): Decision-makers from virtually every major highway agency in North America with a road budget over $1 million…governmental agencies responsible for managing and maintaining roads and bridges, including cities, counties, townships, states and provinces, and federal agencies, and the contractors and consultants and consultants who work on government projects.

Highway and Bridge Contractors (Pre-qualified/licensed to bid): Decision-makers from major pre-qualified or licensed to bid contractors, these firms handle all of the major construction and repair work in the U.S. and Canada.

Highway and Bridge Consulting Engineers (Pre-qualified/licensed to bid): Decision-makers from major pre-qualified or licensed engineering firms that handle most of the road and bridge consulting in the North American marketplace, their role has taken on added significance in recent years with agency’s handing over more engineering responsibilities to the private sector.

Better Roads editorial approach to highway professionals

Better Roads is the most authoritative source of information for highway/bridge construction and maintenance, project management, design and engineering, safety, equipment and trucks utilized by governments and contractors, winter maintenance, vegetation management and roadside landscaping, and related projects. It is the only magazine focusing on the mutual interests of the governmental project owners, and the pre-qualified and licensed contractors and consulting firms performing work on these projects.

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