Sat July 15, 2000
Texas Contractor Learns New Tricks With Rosco Machine
Whoever coined the phrase, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks,” obviously never encountered the Dean Word Company. Since its inception in the early 1890s, the company, based in New Braunfels, TX, has been an innovator in the road and highway construction business.
Founded by Walter Lewis Word, the original direction of the company was dirt contracting for both county road and railroad construction....
Wed May 31, 2000
Dodd Asphalt, DOT Give $69M Face Lift to I-475
Construction continues along a major section of I-475 through Central Georgia’s Monroe and Bibb counties to widen the route from two lanes in each direction to three lanes, said Todd Handley, a project engineer with the Georgia Department of Transportation.
The $69-million project began mid-1999 and has an estimated completion date of October 2001....
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....
Wed April 26, 2000
Elliott & Frantz Fulfills Full-Line Hot-Mix Asphalt Dream
Call it something of a vision – Jim Elliott, owner of Elliott & Frantz Inc., King of Prussia, PA, was looking to add a market-leader in the asphalt paving business to his existing product offerings....
Wed April 26, 2000
NAPA Recognizes Top Northeast Paving Projects
The National Asphalt Paving Association (NAPA) has announced the winners of its Quality in Construction Award for excellence in construction of an asphalt pavement. The presentations were made at a special ceremony at the association’s 45th Annual Convention on the Big Island of Hawaii....
Sat April 08, 2000
Long-Life Asphalt to Alleviate Colorado Traffic Delays
The use of new long-life asphalt materials and speedy paving techniques could help alleviate much of Colorado’s construction-related traffic delays.
The Colorado asphalt paving industry is kicking off an “Orange Cone Initiative,” promoting construction strategies that can help reduce delays and minimize traffic problems caused by upcoming road work.
“The goal in road construction should be to get in, get out and stay out,” said Ken Coulson, president of the Colorado Asphalt Pavement Association, and of Loveland-based Coulson Excavating....
Wed March 22, 2000
Polk Parkway Paving Slips on Mining Slime
Road building contractors are all too familiar with the problems encountered in Florida — shallow, sandy soil, igneous limestone, environmental restrictions and water, water everywhere. But problems facing the state Department of Transportation in constructing the recently completed Polk Parkway were different.
Before they could begin construction of the 40.2-kilometer (25 mi.) toll road circling the city of Lakeland, engineers had to figure out how to overcome soil conditions resulting from decades of phosphate mining.
“It was a very special challenge,” said Turnpike District Construction Engineer Charles Wegman....
Wed March 22, 2000
Barnhill Gets Rough on Roads, Improves Safety
The highway project well under way along Interstate 40 in eastern North Carolina was not undertaken to move traffic faster or to lessen highway congestion. The goal was simpler than that — and more important....
Wed March 15, 2000
Genesis DemoPro’s Cutting Forces Treat Concrete Like Warm Butter
Combining powerful cutting forces, low maintenance and ease of use, the DemoPro concrete and steel processor has been widely embraced by demolition professionals, according to Genesis Equipment & Manufacturing Inc....
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....