Mon December 12, 2005
Kawasaki Makes Lasting Impression on Barrett Paving
Kawasaki has made a lasting impression on Barrett Paving Materials’ Litchfield, NY, facility. Barrett Paving owns a year 2000 Kawasaki 95ZIV, a 6.5- yd. (5.9 m) machine and has put a startling number of hours on it....
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....
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....
Mon November 28, 2005
Precast Concrete Plants Report Sales of $18.5 Billion in 2004
The precast concrete industry outpaced the overall construction industry’s growth in 2004, according to a report recently issued by the National Precast Concrete Association (NPCA). The international trade association develops its annual Operating Performance Report to offer an industry-wide financial assessment of the precast concrete industry segmented by geographic region....
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....
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....
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 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....