Greg Udelhofen

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Oregon Mainline Paving, LLC achieves ride smoothness bonus on new U.S. 97 realignment project in Redmond, OR

While Oregon Mainline Paving's typical bread-and-butter work is tied to mill and fill projects, the McMinnville, OR-based contractor recently completed a $25 million four-mile bypass around the City of Redmond and the traffic-free work zone proved beneficial in meeting project smoothness specifications.

Hope and action

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

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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.

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

'Warm mix technology allows us to take a more sustainable approach in recycling valuable resources, lowering our production costs, and helping our customers maximize their investment dollars,' says Don Chambers, president, LoJac Enterprises.

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

In the case of the Hwy. 166 project, cement was spread over the original road prior to recycling to provide additional structure and strength to the materials being mixed and compacted.

Recycling tear-off shingles

Can ?used? shingles successfully be used in HMA pavements?

The time has come for tear-off asphalt shingles to be accepted as another standard recycled material into hot mix asphalt, says Robert Kuehborn, Commercial Asphalt Co.

High FRAP content generates savings

Illinois Tollway uses a high fractionated reclaimed asphalt pavement and ground tire rubber on 16-mile section of Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) rebuild and widening project.

The Illinois Tollway designed this project to use a high percentage of fractionated reclaimed asphalt pavement (FRAP) in its HMA and SMA (stone matrix asphalt) mixes.

A sustainable solution

Editor's Perspective

Funding approved ... what’s next?

The $8 billion bailout of the Highway Trust Fund finally received House and Senate approval the second week of September.

Cape Seal chosen for dam road project

Vance Brothers Inc. extends the service life of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers? Clinton Lake Dam Road using a Cape Seal preservation treatment.

The bituminous sealer was applied at a minimum of .32 gallon per square yard at a temperature between 150 and 185 degrees F.

Smooth asphalt placement is essential

Granite Contracting uses Volvo PF6110 track paver to build only four-lane drag strip in United States

From start to finish, the racing surface is 4,000 feet long, just over three-quarters of a mile.

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