Asphalt Contractor provides HMA material producers, highway contractors and public works officials with critical "how-to" information on the process of HMA production, paving, and compaction. It also delivers the latest information and updates on equipment for the on-road paving industry. Asphalt Contractor is the only magazine that is dedicated to asphalt producers and contractors.
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In The December 2008 Issue
Paving Innovations
Asphalt Products
Adjust paving width on the fly
Bergkamp’s unique Variable Width Spreader Box provides flexibility for microsurfacing contractors
Recycling tear-off shingles
Can “used” shingles successfully be used in HMA pavements?
Boston Logan’s warm mix - a first!
Aggregate Industries’ Northeast Region places 25,952 tons of warm mix asphalt on Runway 4R/22L at Boston Logan International Airport, the first airport in the nation to use the environmentally friendly asphalt on a runway repaving project, according to the Massachusetts Port Authority
Pavement Preservation
Pavement Preservation Products
Foamed asphalt provides cost-effective solution on Hwy. 166 project
Western Stabilization performs Cold Foamed In-Place Recycling on 15-mile stretch of California Hwy. 166 to improve this heavily traveled farm-to-market road north of Santa Barbara
Plant Matters
Plant Products
Going green is a win-win-win
LoJac Enterprises converts plants to Double Barrel Green Warm Mix Asphalt system to leverage the advantages of sustainability
Product Showcase
Editor's Perspective
Economic stimulus — Yes!
A stimulus plan is sorely needed to jump-start our recessionary economy, but it needs to be a plan that creates jobs and benefits our overall economy now and in the future.
Departments
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