Asphalt / Concrete / Paving

Jodi Helmer - Fri August 03, 2007

Paving Crew Acutely Aware of Angles at Darlington Raceway

There are no racecars on the track but there is still a lot of fast-paced action at Darlington Raceway. A $10 million construction project that includes building a new access tunnel and repaving the track is moving full speed ahead this summer....

Will York - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue July 31, 2007

Tenn. College Offers Concrete Education to Student Body

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) Carl Turnbow Jr. started college as a computer science major, before switching to something more solid. Like hundreds of other students at Middle Tennessee State University, Turnbow is now studying for a bachelor’s degree in concrete management....

Fri August 03, 2007

L&M Concrete Paves With GT-3600 at Old Joliet Aresenal

A massive building project is taking place at the old Joliet Arsenal in Elwood, Ill. The arsenal is being converted into the Deer Run Industrial Park, and houses the national distribution facilities for a major department store....

Wed June 06, 2007

BOMAG 12-Ton Rollers Feature Enhanced Ergonomics

BOMAG’s BW211-40 Series single-drum vibratory rollers consist of two models: the BW211D-40 smooth drum roller and the BW211PD-40 padfoot roller. The 12-ton (11 t) class rollers are powered by a four-cylinder, water-cooled Deutz diesel engine that meets EPA Tier III requirements....

Fri July 13, 2007

University of Wisconsin Badgers Become Five-Time Concrete Canoe Champions

In the 1960s, a group of civil engineering students had what everyone else thought was a crazy idea. They would take a building material nearly everyone was familiar with, concrete, and use it in an extraordinary way: they would design, build and race a canoe made of concrete....

Leesha Faulkner - Fri July 06, 2007

Mississippi Claims to Have South’s First Concrete Road

SALTILLO, Miss. (AP) A strip of the past runs not far from the southern corporate limits of this northern Lee County city. The 300 ft. or so left of the first concrete road built in Mississippi stands as a reminder of the work that has pushed Lee County forward in so many ways....

David S. Chartock - Mon June 25, 2007

Union Paving Tackles Second Hyperbuild Job

The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) has introduced a project delivery method called “hyperbuild.”“As defined by NJDOT, hyperbuild is a fast project delivery system for a ready-to-go project with no right of ways or environmental delays,” explained Lou Tomasello Jr., chief engineer of Union Paving & Construction Co....

Maybelle G. Cagle - Mon June 18, 2007

Bristol’s Slopes Call for Dryer Concrete

Construction equipment is temporarily replacing race cars as the main attraction at the Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee. The construction is part of efforts to resurface the “World’s Fastest Half-Mile” along with some other projects....

Pete Fowler -GLENWOOD POST INDEPENDENT - Mon May 14, 2007

CDOT to Repair Concrete Crack in I-70 Tunnel

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) The Colorado Department of Transportation has come up with a plan to repair the 70-ft.-long (21.3 m) crack in the concrete above the Hanging Lake Tunnel: the $2 million sandwich....

Mon April 02, 2007

Terex FD3000 Mixer Features Improved Concrete Discharge

The Terex FD3000 3-axle-front-discharge mixer from Terex Roadbuilding — formerly marketed under the Advance brand name — features improved concrete discharge, operator comfort, reliability, drum control and safety....