May 2015

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After the test strip was paved, 120 cores were drilled from the road for lab testing where they would heal the road after each test.
Asphalt
Pavement of Steel

Milestone coordinated with the City of Columbus, IN, for a “Bridge Party” prior to the opening of the 2nd Street Bridge in 1999. After the inaugural trip across the bridge, a festival was held with free food, music and children’s activities.
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How to Stop Your Local Community from Going BANANAs
Figure 1: Better Contact Length Improves Performance
Asphalt
What You Need to Know About Next-Gen Additives
Figure 1: Better Contact Length Improves Performance
Asphalt
What You Need to Know About Next-Gen Additives
Knife River Materials, Bemidji, MN, for work on Barnes County Highway 21, just north of Valley City, ND. The roughly 11.5-mile full-depth mill-and-overlay project used more than 20,000 tons of asphalt. The scope of the project included about 30 asphalt patches, .75-inch milling, and then two inches of reclaimed asphalt pavement surface on top.
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NAPA Honors Larry H. Lemon Award Winners
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Asphalt
What You Need to Know About Next-Gen Additives
With these additives, contractors can build roads faster due to improved workability, which translates to less compaction effort and fewer roller passes
March 26, 2015
Figure 1: Better Contact Length Improves Performance
Asphalt
NAPA Honors Larry H. Lemon Award Winners
March 26, 2015
Knife River Materials, Bemidji, MN, for work on Barnes County Highway 21, just north of Valley City, ND. The roughly 11.5-mile full-depth mill-and-overlay project used more than 20,000 tons of asphalt. The scope of the project included about 30 asphalt patches, .75-inch milling, and then two inches of reclaimed asphalt pavement surface on top.
Asphalt
How Bio-Based Products May Be the New Frontier in Asphalt Mixes
New biobased additive enables the use of 50% or more of RAP in asphalt mixes
March 25, 2015
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Volvo Density Direct Shows Real-time Density Measurements On the Roll
Real-time asphalt density calculator launched at World of Asphalt 2015 shows operators a density map to eliminate guesswork, improve quality and productivity on asphalt paving jobs
March 17, 2015
Real-time density mapping technology from Volvo Construction Equipment eliminates guesswork, improves quality and increases productivity.
Construction Safety
How Do You Light Construction Sites at Night?
Working at night can be a necessary, but dangerous business. Proper lighting can be a lifesaver.
March 9, 2015
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Pavement Maintenance
How to Preserve Rainwater for Paving
Poblocki Paving collects more than 1.9 million gallons of rainwater a year from its company property to use in paving, milling and landscaping operations
February 23, 2015
Each tank was set into a 16-foot-deep pea gravel bed with a bottom liner, a nest that will provide an additional 30,000 gallons of capacity. Poblocki and his crew did all the digging and placing of the tanks themselves.
Asphalt
Roadtec Paver Helps Iowa Contractor Achieve Strong IRI Scores on Highway Paving Project
RoadTec RP-195e helps Norris Asphalt Paving achieve profilograph-measured 12.61 to 12.9 International Roughness Index (IRI) scores on a 16-mile highway resurfacing project in Iowa
January 26, 2015
Norris Asphalt Paving had an 11-person crew on the six-week Iowa Highway 92 project, which began at the end of May 2014. The company was responsible for the paving portion of the highway rehab.
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