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Mix Design
How To Make Pavement Cooler Through Reflectivity
BioSpan Technologies Inc.
Conventional dark pavements contribute to urban heat islands as they absorb 80–95% of sunlight and warm the local air. Cool pavements are made with different materials to increase albedo, thereby reducing heat transfer to the surface.
May 6, 2023
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Enhancing the Science of Pavement Preservation
In Minnesota’s most densely populated county, the public works department works hand in hand with the state DOT to expand research on pavement preservation.
January 21, 2023
Asphalt Testing Solutions & Engineering are analyzing both control and treated core samples. Additional core samples will be taken and studied over the next two years.
Business
4 Ways to Grow Your Small Business Utilizing Risk
Entrepreneurs know that the work of managing a business is a constant balancing act between risk and reward.
January 12, 2023
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Expert Columns
How To Build More Sustainable, Greener Roads
Coast Pavement Services
Using bio-based binders and rejuvenators to lessen our dependence on petroleum, lengthen the lifespan of our pavement, and protect our planet.
December 31, 2022
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Mix Design
Asphalt Additives: The Plant-Based Revolution
Colorbiotics Innovations
Out in the farmlands of Iowa, business and science team up to deliver innovative RAP additives derived from the versatile soy bean.
October 3, 2022
A crew on a parking lot project in Indianapolis prepares to lay asphalt that includes Invigorate Additive.
Mix Design
Five Major Benefits of Rubber Modified Asphalt
How can this sustainable product, created from recycled used tires, directly impact your business and your customers? Here are five ways that you can see immediate results.
September 22, 2022
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Mix Design
Best Practices for Storage and Handling Asphalt Emulsions
From storage tanks to temperature regulation, handling emulsions takes mindful calculations to achieve a desired product.
December 3, 2021
Horizontal tanks offer the advantage of being less susceptible to power lines because of their low profile, easier to recirculate and easier to drain completely.
Mix Design
Validating Innovative Pavement Performance
Cargill ANOVA Asphalt Solutions
Major effort underway to unify testing data and criteria validate innovative pavement performance across the 50 states.
May 22, 2020
There is a coordinated effort by Cargill, the National Center for Asphalt Technology at Auburn University and Minnesota’s MnROAD partnership to bring standardization and data equivalency across different pavement performance testing methods employed by individual states.
Mix Design
What are Pavement Rejuvenators & Why are they Important?
The industry is working hard to find ways to reverse the impact of aging on asphalt performance while also increasing sustainability
November 18, 2019
Eventually, pavements breakdown beyond the point in which a surface rejuvenator can be used and the road must be resurfaced or rebuilt. This leads to an oversupply of milled asphalt. Using a rejuvenator in the mix provides an opportunity to utilize the RAP and increases its value to the road builder.
Mix Design
Asphalt Doesn't Always Have to be Black
Asphalt art along plazas and crosswalks can help city residents realize their transportation system can be fun and interactive, but make sure you comply with FHWA regulations
November 8, 2019
Painted street plazas like this piece by Jessie and Katey for Mural Arts Philadelphia will grace 10 more U.S. cities as part of a new initiative by Bloomberg Philanthropies.
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.
Equipment
Recycled Tire Rubber Helps Airport Resist Rutting
Stark Asphalt uses an RTR-modified asphalt at Waukesha County Airport in Wisconsin
December 10, 2013
In addition to the RTR-modified asphalt, the mix design used on the taxiways also included almost 3% recycled asphalt shingles (RAS) and 12% reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP).
Equipment
Asphalt Additive Saves Energy, Costs of Paving
April 3, 2013
Results from the trial showed that, when added in small quantities of 1-3%, the Titan additive significantly reduced the energy, maintenance, and transportation costs normally associated with paving.
Mix Design
Alaskan Asphalt Producer Uses Additive to Eliminate Odors
Denali Materials uses Ecosorb to steamroll asphalt odor gases
February 1, 2012
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Equipment
Class S Mix Improves South Dakota Winter Traffic
Commercial Asphalt handled the sticky mix at higher temperatures
September 7, 2011
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Mix Design
Odor Management
Ecosorb helps Braen Stone Industries eliminate odor headaches.
June 1, 2004
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