June 2012

Maintenance

WINTER MAINTENANCE: Load of help

June 7, 2012
One of the largest challenges for departments of transportation (DOTs) is the wear and tear that industrial traffic imposes on the roadway pavement.Road infrastructure must endure...
Asphalt

RACETRACK PAVING: Reconstructed ground

June 7, 2012
Drop a cone penetrometer on the soil beneath a typical highway pavement, and it won’t dig very deep. It might take 75 blows to go 36 in. down. Drop a penetrometer on the soil ...
Asphalt

ASPHALT PAVING: No longer

June 7, 2012
New emerging technologies in asphalt production and placement with the promise of saving fuel, reducing plant emissions and extending the paving season into colder weather have...
Asphalt

RACETRACK PAVING: A winner’s oval

June 7, 2012
Numbers circling above the Kansas Speedway are a little bit easier to track, but none of them have a need to pit.For the last 12 years, the constant threat of a 44 overtaking ...
Equipment

EQUIPMENT FOCUS: Small but mighty

June 7, 2012
The secret to doing any job is having the right tools available. Construction equipment attachments and other pieces of light equipment give operators many of those tools that...