Fri October 29, 2010
Dynapac Adds CC234HF to Tandem Asphalt Roller Line
Dynapac’s new CC234HF tandem asphalt roller is one of four new models in the 7 to 9-ton (6.3 to 8 t) class. Designed with performance, efficiency and operator comfort in mind, the CC234HF combines the best features of the CC line and is available in a Combi version, the CC234CHF, according to the manufacturer....
Fri October 22, 2010
Ace Named Bagela Asphalt Recycling Equipment Dealer
Bagela asphalt recycling equipment has a new dealer for northern Connecticut, central/western Massachusetts and Vermont — Ace Equipment Sales Inc. of Willington, Conn. Asphalt recyclers make use of old asphalt or millings removed from roads by re-heating it to an operating temperature for re-application....
Fri September 17, 2010
Trekker Tractor to Carry Dynapac Paving Equipment
Trekker Tractor, a Case dealership in Florida, will now carry Dynapac rollers, pavers and planers as well as light compaction equipment. Dynapac Southeast Regional Manager Rick Perez said, “We are happy to welcome Trekker Tractor to the Dynapac family, as a dealer that will rent, sell and support our line....
Fri September 10, 2010
Association Signs Major Cooperative Agreement to Further Asphalt Recycling
The leader of the trade associations that represent 150 million tons a year of asphalt recycling signed a cooperative agreement aimed at doubling the rate of reuse/recycling of asphalt pavements within five years....
Fri September 10, 2010
Pa.’s Pottsville Materials’ New Astec Asphalt Plant Opens for Business
Pottsville Materials has opened its new asphalt plant at the company’s Darkwater Road quarry facility. Start up of this plant at Pottsville Materials brings the addition of both hot and warm mix asphalt products to the existing array of construction aggregate products offered at this facility....
Thu August 05, 2010
Caterpillar Talks Paving, Challenges During Media Day
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., recently held a media day to offer attendees a tour of its plant in Brooklyn Park, Minn. The day also served as an opportunity to address the challenges general contractors are facing without a six-year federal highway and transportation program....
Fri July 16, 2010
Foundation Releases Self-Consolidating Concrete Formwork Pressure Study
The RMC Research & Education Foundation has released its self-consolidating concrete (SCC) formwork pressure study, titled “Evaluation of SCC Formwork Pressure.” The project was conducted by the Université De Sherbrooke, Purdue University, Northwestern University and the CTL Group with co-funding from the American Concrete Institute’s Strategic Development Council (ACI-SDC)....
Mary Reed - Fri July 09, 2010
N.M. Spaceport Set to Be ’8th Man-Made Wonder’
It was only fitting that when ground was broken for Spaceport America, the world’s first commercial spaceport under construction about 45 mi. north of Las Cruces, N.M., a small but symbolic quantity of Mother Earth was sent aloft in an amateur rocket to an altitude of a couple of thousand feet....
Asphalt Zipper - Wed June 30, 2010
Asphalt Zipper Introduces Largest Portable Reclaimer
Asphalt Zipper’s 6-ft. (1.8 m) wide portable reclaimer has been engineered to harness the power and productivity of much larger, more expensive, self-powered machines into an affordable attachment, according to the manufacturer....
Sat May 29, 2010
Hunyady Holds Liquidation Auction for John Mack Paving
Hunyady Auction Company held an auction June 10 in Bensalem, Pa. The liquidation sale for John Mack Paving of Bensalem, Pa., featured a nice selection of paving equipment and crawler and rubber-tired loaders, skid steers, crawler tractors and backhoes and dump and utility trucks....
