October/November 2018

Pavement Maintenance & Reconstruction October/November 2018

The Sunstar Seal Coating team (from left) Juana Jimenez, Eutberto Alvarez Sr., Gabino Alvarez and Eutberto Alvarez Jr.

How Family Commitment Builds a Business

The main factors affecting tank location are ease of delivery of the tank, ease of refill from the supplier, and ease of access for filling your sealer applicator equipment. This location at Parking Lot Maintenance (PLM), Lake St. Louis, MO, succeeds in all aspects.

Sealer Storage: Are Yard Tanks for You?

Situational risk analysis begins with due diligence (conduct a site survey, examine the history of incidents in an area) and preparation (lights, camera, company policy etc.)

How to Keep Sweeper Operators Safe at Night

Situational risk analysis begins with due diligence (conduct a site survey, examine the history of incidents in an area) and preparation (lights, camera, company policy etc.)

How to Keep Sweeper Operators Safe at Night

An integrated GPS software can eliminate time and can provide additional information to help sweeping contractors run their business.

More Than Just Tracking Vehicles: GPS Can Drive Profit into Your Business

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How to Keep Sweeper Operators Safe at Night

How to Keep Sweeper Operators Safe at Night

October 1, 2018

Situational risk analysis begins with due diligence (conduct a site survey, examine the history of incidents in an area) and preparation (lights, camera, company policy etc.)

Pavement Maintenance

More Than Just Tracking Vehicles: GPS Can Drive Profit into Your Business

How analyzing real-time GPS data can help you to plan realistically, route efficiently, manage effectively and invoice accurately while expanding your profitable mobile service operations

October 1, 2018

An integrated GPS software can eliminate time and can provide additional information to help sweeping contractors run their business.

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Hot Mix

Rose Paving Expands

October 1, 2018

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How to Avoid the 10 Most-common Infrared Mistakes

How to avoid the 10 most-common infrared mistakes

October 1, 2018

One of the most-common mistakes occurs when luting the repair. The lute person needs to remove the larger aggregate from the top of the repair, which enables a tighter bond. At the same time, “over luting” will cause large aggregate to roll up at the surface. A good lute man will quickly level the repair with one or two passes, minimizing heat loss and minimizing the need to pull stone from the surface.

Pavement Maintenance

Compaction by Rubber “Carpet”?

Roller retrofit challenges long-standing approach to asphalt compaction

October 1, 2018

To date the AMIR has been used successfully on more than eight bridges and on more than six highway test sections.

Pavement Maintenance

How to Save on New Equipment Purchases: Section 179

How Section 179 helps you save when buying new equipment

October 1, 2018

The 2017 tax law provided additional opportunities for contractors to reduce their tax liability when buying new equipment.

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Midwest Striping Recognizing Public Service

Midwest Striping offers free signs reserve parking space for military, first responders

October 1, 2018

Robert Lindsay displays the first version of the sign he installs for free. A recent 'everybody' sign says 'Super Heroes Parking. Reserved for vets, active military, law enforcement, fire, EMS and search & rescue personnel. Thank you for your service.'

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