Daniel C. Brown - Wed August 27, 2008
Paving Contractors Offer Warm Welcome to Warm Mix
Warm-mix asphalt is generating more avid interest than any other new or imported technology in this industry in recent memory. From coast to coast, dozens of road agencies and contractors are collaborating to do field demonstrations and test warm-mix performance....
Chuck MacDonald - Thu August 14, 2008
ATS Construction Takes on Asphalt Work in Lexington
There comes a time when you just have to give up on a road. That was the case for the concrete freeway where I-64 and I-75 split north of Lexington, Ky. Numerous patches and diamond grinds had been unsuccessful....
Fri July 18, 2008
Bomag Americas Seeks Oldest Working Roller in Oldies Contest
To celebrate 50 years of innovation, Bomag Americas Inc. is seeking the oldest operating Bomag roller in North America for its “Rollin’ with the Oldies” contest. The owner of the oldest roller will win a trip for two to Bomag’s world headquarters in scenic Boppard, Germany....
Kerry Lynn Kirby - Thu July 17, 2008
Walton Construction Company Widens Hillcrest Road
Crews have been at work for a little more than a year widening a nearly 2-mi. (3.2 km) stretch of Hillcrest Road in Mobile, Ala., to accommodate increased traffic flow in the growing area. Meanwhile, they’ve had to make sure not to exacerbate the problem....
Frank Hartzell - Fri July 11, 2008
Caltrans Pours Concrete Into $45M Ten Mile River Bridge Project in Mendocino
California constructors have built some of the most spectacular projects in human history including the Golden Gate Bridge, Shasta Dam and drilled the transcontinental railroad through the Sierra Nevada....
James A. Merolla - Wed July 09, 2008
A Concrete Solution for Charities: Painting Their Fleet
Its fleet of trucks is not merely filled with concrete. It also is filled with a love of humanity. Over the last several years, Tresca Brothers Sand & Gravel Inc., Millis, Mass., has been sending its trucks around greater Boston with the logos and contact information for charities painted on their drums....
Thu July 03, 2008
RIDOT’s Concrete Review Shows Iway Concrete Safe
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) held a briefing June 6 to review the completion of the Iway Concrete Process Review. Chief among the findings was the fact that the Iway’s concrete, proven through additional supplemental testing, is safe....
Mon June 02, 2008
Sakai Rolls Out Line of Four Small Double Drum Rollers
Sakai America recently introduced four new, small double drum steel and combination steel/pneumatic tire rollers. The new double drums, the SW320-1 and SW330-1, follow a new modular design concept by Sakai engineers....
Mon June 02, 2008
Compactasphalt Can Place Two Layers in Single Pass
Compactasphalt, developed by Dynapac, allows the simultaneous laying of two different layers in a single pass. Both the upper asphalt layers — the wearing and binder courses — are laid and compacted simultaneously “hot-on-hot.”As a result, the new concept provides a better interlocking of the two courses ensuring increased life expectancy, higher deformation resistance and lower maintenance costs, according to the manufacturer....
Mon June 02, 2008
Cat Welcomes New AP655D Asphalt Paver to the Family
Caterpillar Inc.’s AP655D asphalt paver is practical in a wide range of applications, from routine commercial jobs to demanding highway operations. Typical applications for the AP655D include: highways, urban and rural streets, county roads, lane additions, industrial sites, overlays, airport runways and other medium to high production-sized paving jobs....
