Wed April 21, 2004
Tracey Road Equipment Holds Paving Seminar in Syracuse
On March 25, 2004, Tracey Road Equipment held a paving seminar at its facility in Syracuse, NY. Larry Spring and John Herman, both of Ingersoll-Rand, shared with attendees their wealth of paving experience and answered topical questions....
Wed April 21, 2004
Kerri Grenger Joins Foley Inc. as Its Assistant Controller
George Kattak, controller of Foley Inc., announced that Kerri Grenger has joined the company as assistant controller. Grenger comes to Foley Inc. with more than 10 years of accounting experience in the pharmaceutical and technology industries....
Wed April 21, 2004
Asphalt Care Equipment Holds Annual Trade Show in Philly
On April 2 and 3, Asphalt Care Equipment Inc. held its 2004 Trade Show at the Pennsylvania Army National Reserve in Northeast Philadelphia, near I-95 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The show, now in its fourth year, drew hundreds of contractors to Philadelphia to check out products such as asphalt paving equipment, line striping/marking, seal coating, crackfilling, joint repair, sealing, sweeping, asphalt patch/pothole repair, site preparation and traffic control....
Pete Sigmund - Tue April 20, 2004
Asphalt Carries Weight of Burgeoning Roads in U.S.
What material carries most of the nation’s cars and trucks, is a multi-million-dollar equipment market, is America’s most recycled product, and can be “hot-mixed” in hundreds of combinations for smoother rides and longer-lasting highways?The answer, of course, is asphalt, which covers 94 percent of the nation’s highways, according to some estimates....
Fri April 16, 2004
I-64 to Get Richmond-to-Newport News Repaving
RICHMOND, VA (AP) Commuters and beachgoers are facing a three-year driving nightmare: Interstate 64 from Newport News to suburban Richmond is being repaved. With the existing I-64 widening project in Hampton and planned bridge repairs in the Richmond area, the newly announced work means that at least four major construction and maintenance projects will be under way this summer on sections of Virginia’s main east-west interstate....
Wed March 31, 2004
World of Asphalt Paves Way Through Nashville, TN, With 2004 Lineup of Equipment, Demonstrations
World of Asphalt’s 2004 show brought crowds from throughout the United States and beyond to the Nashville Convention Center in Nashville, TN, March 15 to 18. This year’s show and conference featured expanded exhibits of the latest asphalt products and services along with a number of industry-specific educational conferences, a warm mix asphalt paving demonstration and quarry tour, and a session on aggregates for asphalt....
Pete Sigmund - Fri March 26, 2004
Growing Use of Concrete Becomes Too Big for This Planet
(Editor’s note: “CEG” will provide a similar in-depth article on asphalt in an upcoming issue.)It’s being considered as the main material for the first structures on the moon. Several million tons of it have gone into the construction of New York City’s Third Water Tunnel, the largest public works project in the city’s history....
Wed December 17, 2003
Asphalt Care Equipment Inc. Takes on IR’s Utility Products
Asphalt Care Equipment Inc., an Ingersoll-Rand (IR) roadbuilding products dealer in eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware, has expanded its dealership offering with the addition of the IR Utility product line, providing more IR solutions to customers in the area....
Sat December 13, 2003
Arizona Company Plans to Recycle Glass Into Asphalt
TUCSON, AZ (AP) A local supplier of construction materials says it plans to take all of the city’s recycled glass and use it to make asphalt.
City recycling officials are optimistic the plan will work and say it could save Tucson $300,000 a year....
Tue December 02, 2003
County Officials in TN Want to Operate Asphalt Plants
NASHVILLE, TN (AP) Several county highway superintendents are so determined to save taxpayers money on road construction that they’re trying to get into the asphalt business. At least 20 counties passed a resolution asking state legislators to repeal a 1976 law that prohibits them from operating asphalt plants....
