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Restoring America's First National Recreational Area

VSS International helps the FHWA restore Lake Mead's National Park assets through microsurfacing, chip seals and open grade overlays

Over 65 different crew members played a part to accomplish each step of the project from sweeping, milling, crack sealing, microsurfacing, chip sealing, paving and striping.

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Why is infrared becoming so popular among asphalt contractors? Simple, because it offers a low cost, high profit repair with better quality and reliability than traditional methods.

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LeeBoy 8616D Asphalt Paver

The LeeBoy 8616D Asphalt Paver encompasses many features of a larger highway-class paver yet maintains a sleek footprint to better suit the commercial contractor looking for a heavier unit.

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Recycled Asphalt 101: Scratching the Surface

Asphalt’s ability to make meaningful economic and sustainable impacts makes the material ripe for opportunity and contractors should become familiar with how to properly use the recycled material

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The Importance of Screed Maintenance

A clean, level and well-adjusted screed helps ensure a quality mat

Screed maintenance is just like any other type of maintenance: if you ignore it, you pay in the long run. If the crew takes a little time in the morning to ‘zero’ out the screed adjustments and make a visual inspection of the screed condition, you start out the day giving your crew the best chance for success.

Fine-tuning Driveway Edges

Paving tips to construct the perfect paved edge

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How To Start Up a Pavement Striping Business

What you need to know about your market and the necessary equipment and materials to start up or add a pavement striping business

One-gun, walk-behind units can have a lower initial investment for contractors just starting in the industry.

Three Things the Asphalt Pavement Industry Needs to Watch in Congress

National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA)

Our roads and highways are in desperate need of repair and the industry needs Congress to do something about it. Keep an eye on these thee things happening in Washington this summer.

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Study: Plastic Use in Asphalt Pavements Showing Promising Results

Plastics Industry Association and NCAT study shows that asphalt formulations using recycled polyethylene (rPE) film recovered from retail locations could achieve many of the same benefits of traditional polymer-modified asphalt formulations.

Test projects in India and the United Kingdom of asphalt roads containing recycled plastic have demonstrated better wear resistance when compared to regular asphalt concrete pavement. A project in Texas was the first in the U.S. and Michigan projects were recently the first public asphalt roads.

2020 Pavement Repair 50 from Pavement Maintenance & Reconstruction

2020 Pavement Magazine's repair-only sales grow in Pavement Repair 50 Top Contractor list

Pavement Repair Profit Margins Graph

Construction Employment Rebounds in May

Although job numbers are still below what they were in 2019, new data for the entire construction market shows that overall the sector recovered some of the jobs lost in April.

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Highways Drive America Campaign Launched to Raise Awareness for Infrastructure Funding

The Highway Materials Group launched the initiative which will bring awareness to how investment in our nation’s surface transportation can drive economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.

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Pavement Magazine announces 2020 Striping 50 Top Contractors

Despite a decline in striping-only sales, Striping 50 Top Contractors continue to grow and margins continue to improve.

Striping Profit Margins Graph

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