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Plants
Prepare your Asphalt Plant for Production Season
Proper maintenance before the weather breaks, and after, can help ensure a smooth paving season
January 18, 2017
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Paving
Is It Too Cold to Pave?
Feeling the crunch to get the work done before Winter hits? Keep these things in mind before you lay asphalt during the colder months
January 16, 2017
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Home
Imagine What's Next at CONEXPO 2017
January 11, 2017
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Paving
Best Practices Placing Mix on Asphalt Joints
Location and amount of HMA material affect joint life
January 5, 2017
This is the proper amount of mix overlap from lane 2 to lane 1. In this case, the amount of overlap is in the range of 1 to 1-1/2 inches. Given this amount of overlap, no mix has to be moved off of the top of lane 1. No raking of the mix at the longitudinal joint is needed.
Business
Understanding and Adapting to Market Limitations
How – and why – California’s Prestige Striping Services became Prestige Paving Co.
January 3, 2017
While United Paving Co. was “growing into a monster,” Trujillo says it was creating a problem for Prestige Striping. That’s because other paving companies knew the striping company and the paving company were owned by the same person – and competitors didn’t want to give work – striping or other paving work – to their competition. “They just wouldn’t use Prestige Striping and that was further hurting our potential to grow. It got to the point where we had to change or go under.”
Paving
What Causes Waves in Asphalt?
December 19, 2016
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Plants
What Can Bitumen Do For You?
Bitumen research and technology help our roadways do more and more every day
December 8, 2016
Shell Bitumen provided a lower temperature polymer-modified synthetic clear binder, Shell Mexphalte C LT (low temperature), for a tunnel project in Luxembourg. The light color of the asphalt is designed to help reduce lighting costs, and above all, improve the safety for users.
Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other
New Technology Helps Prepare Roads for a SmoothRide
Topcon Positioning Systems
Topcon develops a solution for faster construction and better quality asphalt roadways
November 1, 2016
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Plants
Walsh & Kelly Creating Its Own Opportunities
Indiana based asphalt company expands their asphalt plant operations to a brand new location in order to meet potential market demand
October 3, 2016
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Paving
Measure of Success
The use of 3D paving helps Park Construction meet demanding NFL specs at Vikings’ new stadium
September 13, 2016
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Paving
Material Transfer Vehicle Ensures Caltrans Pilot Project Goes Smoothly
The combination of the Vogele MT 300-2i material transfer vehicle and Intelligent Compaction delivered average target density of 94% and optimal smoothness on California's S.R. 25.
September 6, 2016
A Vogele MT 3000-2i material transfer vehicle was paired with a new Vision 5200-2i paver with VR 600 screed for the successful pilot project on California's S.R. 25, .
Paving
Why Tack Coats Improve Parking Lots and Driveways
Tack and multiple layers extend pavement life, improve investment return
August 1, 2016
Asphalt emulsion bond coat placed full width with overlapping nozzle pattern will result in more durable parking area overlay.
Paving
Asphalt Alternative Calls for High-density Paver
Conewago Enterprises turns to the Volvo ABG7820C high-density paver to effectively place roller-compacted concrete.
July 26, 2016
The Volvo ABG7820C paver ensures a smooth, high-quality surface at the Liberty Trust distribution center in Shippensburg, PA.
Paving
Gravity-Fed Asphalt Paver is Effective on Highway Jobs
Feeding Roadtec's 32,000-lb SP-100e Stealth Paver with a material transfer vehicle, with gravity flow to the auger, should deliver high-production paving and cut operating costs
June 14, 2016
The SP-100e accepts the hot-mix asphalt (HMA) at the top of the machine, where gravity feeds the material through flow gates directly to the auger from the cone-shaped mass flow hopper.
Milling
How to Add Shingle Grinding to Your Asphalt Business
Wolf Paving adds shingle grinding to their plant operations to save resources and money
June 1, 2016
Through shingle grinding, Wolf Paving has recycled 85,000 tons of shingles in six years, reducing their need for 85,000 barrels of oil and keeping 140 cu. yds. of shingle material out of landfills.
Paving
Three Decades of Paving Innovations
As Asphalt Contractor celebrates its 30th year of serving the asphalt road building industry, we take a look back at how asphalt pavers have evolved over that time
June 1, 2016
Caterpillar’s current F Series features a Mobil-Trac System undercarriage with oscillating bogies and a rubber belt.
Paving
How Geogrids Help Remediate Failures
Geogrids have aided in retrofits by facilitating a reduced thickness of the sub-base; serving as an abridgement; enabling a shorter time of construction, as well as a cost reduction
May 9, 2016
Orange County Public Works relied on Geotextile Apparatus Co.’s Grizzly Cub fabric/grid installation machine, attached to a motor grader, to properly place the geogrid on its projects.
Business
APM Paves Parking Lot Using Mix with Toner Additive
Recycled printer toner passes first U.S. paving test – laydown – in Kentucky
May 9, 2016
APM Asphalt is the first U.S. contractor to construct an asphalt pavement that contains the MTP as an additive in the hot mix asphalt.
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