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What You Need to Know about Updates to Milling Machines

Experts from Roadtec, Wirtgen America and Terex Roadbuilding discuss the silica issues and how it affects your equipment

December 2, 2012

The basic configuration of the Wirtgen milling machine starts with a cutter drum inside the cutter housing where the asphalt is milled up, and that drum is constructed so the millings are augured to the center of the housing where it is ejected through a window onto a conveyor.

The Right Treatment for the Right Road at the Right Time

A rejuvenating fog seal is applied by Caltrans and Main Street materials on Hwy 395 in California

November 28, 2012

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Laser Line Striping & Sweeping operates on family efforts

November 14, 2012

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Slurry Sealing 3.8 Million Square Yards

November 2, 2012

The City of Las Vegas operates on a pavement preservation plan slurry sealing both business and residential streets every 5-7 years. This project was completed in two phases by American Pavement Preservation's 14-person crew.

Working for Sealcoaters

October 18, 2012

Project Management

How to Sealcoat Asphalt Successfully in Cold Weather

Here's how to adjust your mix design and curing time to suit the temperature, humidity and wind, and stretch your sealcoating business into late Fall and early Spring

October 18, 2012

Low temperature and high humidity are poor cure conditions. A 20º F drop in temperature will double the drying time while a 35º F drop will triple the drying time.

NPE 2013 Back Home in Nashville: Numbers Tell the New Story

October 18, 2012

NPE 2013 will bring back its “Ask the Pro” feature on the exhibit floor the afternoon of Friday, Jan. 25. During this informal session contractors will have an opportunity to get one-one-one consulting from a number of NPE speakers and Pavement Advisory Board members.

Welcome PCTC!

October 18, 2012

How Chip Sealing led to Paving

October 17, 2012

Angie and Glenn Vollmer, owners of Vollmer Tar & Chip, started their company chip sealing driveways in rural Pennsylvania and have expanded their services to offer paving.

KP Asphalt teaches clients proper technique

October 15, 2012

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How to Sweep a Porous Asphalt Pavement Construction Site

Additional steps were required by Algonquin Sweeping & Striping for proper sweeping

October 12, 2012

Algonquin Sweeping & Striping of Walpole,MA, completed construction site sweeping of porous pavement at Wellesley High School. Operators ran the Tymco 210 unit at a fairly low RPM increasing it to about 2200 RPM with each pass.

LL Pelling Encounters Paving in Tight Spaces, Limited Entry Points

Contractor overcomes challenges with paving rural bike path in Iowa

October 11, 2012

LL Pelling, located in North Liberty, IA, paved Linn County Conservation’s 7 mile, 10-foot wide bike path.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow … Please!

Contractors talk about how the tame 2011-2012 season has them on egg shells this fall.

October 3, 2012

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Construction Technology

Midwest Rake Acquires Seymour Mfg.

Midwest Rake buys Seymour Manufacturing

October 3, 2012

2012 PCTC Member Companies

October 3, 2012

All in a Weekend’s Work

Hybrid laser-satellite automated grade control system holds milling and paving grade, as well as cross-slopes, on fast-track South Carolina interstate project

September 27, 2012

The first lifts of new asphalt were staggered and then the Millimeter GPS+ was used for joint-matching. Banks Construction saved an estimated $70,000 on milling and paving by using the automated grade control system on the project.

September Blog of the Month: Wolf Paving

September 11, 2012

NCAT Tests Preservation Techniques

Myriad preservation methods, including slurry, micro surfacing, chip sealing and more, will be researched during the three-year study

August 29, 2012

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