Items Tagged with 'Asphalt Paving'

What are Job Mix Formulas—and why did alleged falsified asphalt tests cost two companies $30 million?

International Road Federation speakers outline innovations from artificial intelligence for work zone management to cutting-edge asphalt mixes.

Paving company Anderson Brothers agreed to pay nearly $1.3 million to resolve allegations it knowingly falsified asphalt test results on state and federal projects. 

With ramps, rubblization and double roundabouts, the $2.5-billion Transform 66 project is living up to its name.

After seven-week walkout, northeastern Illnois quarry workers approved a new contract with materials producers.

A s a result of a partnership with Kansas Asphalt Inc., and the big-box retailer Target, Granite Construction has developed a recycled asphalt pavement mix incorporating materials equivalent to 1.8 million plastic bags.

Darrin Carroll was running a little late for work. At about 7:20 a.m. on a cold January morning in 2019, the sun had not yet shown its face in northern Kentucky. Carroll, who had just reassured his employer that he was on his way, steered his red 2003 Chevrolet flatbed truck east along Richwood Road, a typical two-lane ribbon of black top. That's when everything went wrong.

Researchers in Missouri are deploying an additive derived from plastic straws, bags and bottles into a test road in hopes of increasing asphalt pavement life and environmental benefits. 

Asphalt additives called rejuvenators show potential for facilitating higher proportions of recycled asphalt pavement in road mixes.