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Buy America Requirements for Traffic Control Devices: What Changed in October 2026
FHWA ended its 1983 waiver for manufactured products. Final assembly in the United States applied from October 1, 2025, and a 55 percent domestic content test applies to Federal-aid projects obligated on or after October 1, 2026. Here is how the rule is built, what it means for signs, sign supports and electronic devices, and why most temporary traffic control sits outside it.
Oct 10, 2026 · 14 min read
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Ohio Work Zone Requirements for Contractors: The OMUTCD After January 2026
Ohio changed how its traffic control manual works on January 16, 2026: the standalone OMUTCD was replaced by an Ohio Supplement used together with the national 11th Edition. Here is how the pieces fit, what the Supplement changes in Part 6, and what to confirm with ODOT or the local agency before working in Ohio.
Sep 23, 2026 · 5 min read
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TxDOT Traffic Control Standard Sheets Explained: BC, TCP and WZ
On a TxDOT job, much of the traffic control you furnish is defined by statewide standard sheets rather than project drawings. Here is how the Barricade and Construction, Traffic Control Plan and Work Zone standards fit together, where to find the current versions, and how to read them when you are pricing and running work.
Sep 23, 2026 · 5 min read
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Lane Closure Restriction Windows and Curfews: The Hours You Cannot Work
Agencies publish hour-by-hour restrictions that decide when a closure is legal. How they are built, how to read one before you bid, and why the waiver process is a plan rather than a hope.
Aug 29, 2026 · 5 min read
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Pennsylvania Work Zone Requirements: What Contractors Need to Know
PennDOT Publication 213, the flagger certification requirement, 67 Pa. Code Chapter 212, and the automated speed enforcement program that made Pennsylvania work zones different from its neighbours.
Aug 29, 2026 · 12 min read