Asphalt / Concrete / Paving

Sheila Irvine - Wed July 26, 2000

DOT Packs on Projects During Summer Season

Resurfacing, reconstructing and widening highways in Tennessee are keeping several contractors busy this summer. Dement Construction Company, headquartered in Jackson, TN, has tackled the four-laning and reconstruction of State Road 22 in Henderson County, which will include the widening and rebuilding of the bridge over Interstate 40, according to Corbin Hamil, vice president in charge of asphalt operations....

Carmen Shirkey - Wed May 31, 2000

Burch-Lowe Paving Seminar Gives Hands-On Experience

Most people will agree that technology changes faster than most of us can keep up. Burch-Lowe, a Georgia equipment dealership, has developed a solution to keep its customers on the cutting edge of the paving industry by hosting paving seminars each year at the company’s headquarters in Mableton, GA....

Cindy Riley - Wed March 08, 2000

Crumbling Concrete Concerns Prompt Night-Time Repairs

With more than 140,000 cars and trucks zooming past each day, road crews in Jefferson County, AL, are working after hours to improve conditions on a portion of Interstate 59 in Birmingham. Repairs on the 3.22-kilometer (2 mi.) stretch of I-59 from the Civic Center Bridge to the Railroad Bridge just north of Tallapoosa Street began last summer and will continue for at least the next few months....