Asphalt / Concrete / Paving

Thu December 01, 2005

Saugerties Tests New 6.3 mm Polymer-Modified HMA

On Oct. 4, 2005, Peckham Road Corp. applied a 6.3-mm hot mix asphalt surface treatment to Rivka Road for the Town of Saugerties Highway Department. Saugerties Highway Superintendent Bernie Ellsworth had been looking to do a demonstration project with this product since the spring of 2005....

Jonathan J. Cook - Wed November 30, 2005

Rubblization Paves Way to Smooth Asphalt Concrete Roads

A.L. Blades & Sons Inc. and the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) are cost-effectively transforming western New York’s deteriorated Interstate 86’s concrete sections into the base for a smooth, safe, durable pavement constructed of hot mix asphalt (HMA)....

Tue November 29, 2005

Concrete Strengthens Homeland Security

Mike Poppoff, president of Poppoff Inc., decided in 2001 that he wanted to be more competitive in the construction of dairies. Up to that point, everything the company did was handformed and it just wasn’t staying competitive....

Wed November 16, 2005

U.S. Asphalt Demand to Reach 38.8M Tons in ’09

Demand for asphalt products is forecast to advance 1.2 percent annually to 38.8 million tons in 2009, valued at more than $12 billion. This will generate demand for 215-million barrels of primary asphalt, the vast majority of which is refinery asphalt....

Wed October 26, 2005

B&B Paving Gets Gold Key Treatment From John Deere

When Danny Blackburn, owner of B&B Paving, recently purchased a John Deere 200CLC excavator from the Raleigh, NC-based RW Moore Equipment Company, little did he know that he would be going for the gold as well…or at least for a Gold Key....

Tue October 18, 2005

LSI Lays First Tracks on Texas Corridor

One of the largest construction projects in the United States is currently under way just outside Austin, TX. SH-130 is the largest single highway project the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has ever built....

Wed October 19, 2005

Sutch Joins Asphalt Care Equipment & Supplies Sales Force

Dave Fackler, president of Asphalt Care Equipment & Supplies has announced the appointment of Dave Sutch to new and used equipment sales. Sutch will be responsible for equipment sales in Lehigh, Northampton, Montgomery and Upper Bucks counties....

Jennifer Rupp - Wed October 12, 2005

Concrete Alternative Set to Make Debut in Mid-October

What Flubber was for the Absent Minded Professor, Grancrete will be to contractors in the future. No, it doesn’t have anti-gravity properties, it doesn’t pulsate or bounce, and fortunately, it’s not green....

Thu October 06, 2005

PA’s Asphalt Care Equipment

On Sept. 17, Asphalt Care Equipment & Supplies hosted a conference titled, “Bucks County 2005 and Beyond,” at its Bensalem, PA, facility on Galloway Road. Hosted by local news radio personality, Paul Kurtz of KWY, the conference provided a forum in which several politicians and transportation officials from the local, state and federal levels discussed building, highway and utility projects with Bucks County contractors....

Mary Reed - Wed October 05, 2005

Twin Bridges Will Mark First Time PA Uses Precast Concrete Segmental Method

Twin bridges now under construction across the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, PA, are the first to be built in the Commonwealth using the precast concrete segmental method. The two spans will replace a 55-year-old bridge owned by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC)....