The asphalt ribbon of Afghanistan
Subtitle: rebuilding the Kabul-to-Kandahar highway
By: by Xavier A. Cronin ; introduction by Andrew S. Natsios
Contributors: Natsios, Andrew S.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Louis Berger Group, Inc.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: Louis Berger Group; Postwar reconstruction; Design and construction; United States; Maintenance and repair; Pavements; Roads; United States. Agency for International Development; Afghan War, 2001-; Engineering and construction; Highway engineering
Description: In September 2002, a civil engineering firm, The Louis Berger Group, won a contract with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to rebuild and repair many of Afghanistan's roads. Highway One emerged as the country's signature rebuilding project. This publication tells how The Louis Berger Group led the effort to rebuild and pave this highway in one of the poorest and most violent countries on the planet.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-200).
Table of contents: title: From Alexander the Great to The Louis Berger Group; title: December 2001 : on the ground in Kabul; title: 2002 :  'Rehabilitation' begins; title: 'Failure ain't an option'; title: Mines and unexploded ordnance; title: Summer acceleration; title: Rolling into fall : paving the road; title: Epilogue : 'A beautiful road'; title: The celebrations; title: Tributes and profiles. Jim  Myers; title: Mark Humphries; title: Gigi Barattin; title: Sayed Hashemyan; title: Tariq Nazarwall; title: Chronology.