Fri July 22, 2011
Astec Concrete Equipment in Hawaii
Bonded Materials Company of Kapolei, Hawaii, needed a new facility for producing packaged concrete products. As the sole supplier of packaged concrete in the entire state of Hawaii, the company could not afford to have its existing plant out of commission while a new plant was being erected in its place....
Eric Nicholson - Fri July 08, 2011
Texarkana Asphalt Plant to Make Cameo on Science Channel Show
TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) The city of Texarkana, Ark., will make a cameo on the Science Channel later this year. A two-man production crew with British production company Wag TV was in town recently filming a segment on making asphalt roads for the show “How Do They Do It?” The team, comprised of director Paul Haines and cameraman Peter Torch, began the morning with a shoot at RK Hall Construction’s asphalt plant....
Cindy Riley - Thu June 23, 2011
Crews Replace 30-Year-Old Concrete on I-65 in Alabama
In an effort to improve driving conditions, crews in Jefferson County, Ala., are rebuilding the original, 30-year-old concrete roadbed on a more than 2-mi. (3.2 km) segment of Interstate 65. The project is scheduled to be completed by the end of the year....
Wed June 08, 2011
Bergkamp Mobile Stockpile Allows Maximizing Paving Time
Bergkamp Inc., based in Salina, Kan., offers the new mobile stockpile, a fully mobile material transfer and storage trailer that increases paving time, reduces costs, simplifies job management and minimizes overweight truck citation risks....
Jennifer Rupp - Thu June 02, 2011
Paving Operation Under Way on I-10
A 17-mi. (27 km) section of I-10 in Cochise County, Ariz., is undergoing a 9-month repaving project. In the center of the project is the town of Bowie, famous for the historical site, Fort Bowie. For more than 30 years, Fort Bowie and Apache Pass were the focal point of military operations eventually culminating in the surrender of Geronimo in 1886 and the banishment of the Chiricahuas to Florida and Alabama....
Fri May 27, 2011
Kelly Tractor Co. Presents Paving Workshop for Contractors
Kelly Tractor Co., a provider of building construction and industrial equipment throughout Florida, recently held a workshop on “Paving and Troubleshooting Techniques” at its corporate headquarters in Miami....
Fri May 06, 2011
W.I. Clark Company Holds 15th Annual Paving Seminar
W.I. Clark hosted its 15th annual paving seminar on April 8. More than 120 industry professionals listened to presentations on paving principals, compaction/oscillation technology and an engineer’s perspective on asphalt placement....
Fri April 22, 2011
JESCO Hosts LeeBoy, Paving Products Open House
JESCO held an open house April 7 at its headquarters in South Plainfield, N.J., showcasing LeeBoy pavers. LeeBoy also provided seminars on paver operation and maintenance throughout the event. “We are very proud of our roadbuilding and maintenance product line and felt that an open house was the best way to show our customers first hand the range of LeeBoy pavers and other roadbuilding and maintenance equipment we offer,” said Emilio Pescatore, sales manager of JESCO....
Del Williams - Fri April 22, 2011
From Operator to Owner: an Asphalt Success Story
Not long ago Paul Gustafson operated traditional asphalt repair equipment and was living paycheck to paycheck like many working Americans. Now he owns CT Infrared, a Woodbury, Conn.-based asphalt repair company that's tripled its business and profit with half the labor in two years, and is on track for $1 million in sales this year....
Thu April 21, 2011
Edge Concrete Placing Buckets Work in Small Spots
CEAttachments Inc.’s Edge concrete placing bucket is designed to accurately, quickly and neatly carry and place concrete in tight areas or locations that cannot support a cement truck. This specialty bucket precisely places concrete without the mess and is ideal for pouring concrete for backyard patios, pools or into formed columns or walls, according to the manufacturer....
