Superpave

Superpave

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June 5, 2008
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is actively pursuing the use of long-life pavement, otherwise known as perpetual pavement, when designing new pavement structures...
Asphalt

Compacting for Superpave Success

Dec. 28, 2000
A number of state highway departments have begun using the Superpave method to design their hot-mix asphalt (HMA) mixtures. In most cases, these mixtures have been able to be ...
Asphalt

Passing the Torch

Dec. 28, 2000
When Cortez landed his ships in the jungle of Mexico in the 1500s, what he found had little resemblance to the expectations of streets lined with gold. In order to avoid a mutiny...
Asphalt

Superpave Goes to School

Dec. 28, 2000
The Superpave system is increasingly seen around the country as the mix design system that will take roads into the 21st century. But to the engineering students at the nation...
Asphalt

A HMA Plant Milestone

Dec. 28, 2000
As the number of road building contracts awarded to the Milestone Co., Jacksonville, Fla., has grown over the last several years, so has the company’s need for quality hot-mix...
Asphalt

Fast, Fast, Fast . . . Fast Vibrations

Dec. 28, 2000
The faster you play the drums, the smoother the roll sounds. The faster you work the drums, the smoother the roll feels. It’s the new challenge of the compaction industry: making...