Jim Smith Contracting marked a milestone by running Evotherm warm mix on all their jobs last Thrusday. After meetings on Wednesday with their customers to share the benefits and advantages of Evotherm, the next day Jim Smith ran Evotherm in all mixtures out of their Grand Rivers, KY plant. Ambient temperatures were 58 F with […]
Last Tuesday I attended another very successful project with Chester Bross Construction in on Route 50 in Lee's Summit, MO. This project was a first in several ways for Chester Bross. Not only were they using Evotherm for the first time but this year they purchased a ground tire rubber machine for blending into their […]
Mike O'Leary and I traveled to Auburn, AL to attend the NCAT Test Track Sponsor Meeting on Wednesday, May 11, 2011. The purpose of this meeting was to get an update of how the test sections are performing as they approach the end of the fourth research cycle. To summarize for those who are not […]
The team here at MWV Asphalt Innovations has been getting out and about lately. Two weeks ago the ladies helped out with Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build 2011. Underwritten by Lowe’s, Women Build brings together women from all walks of life to address the housing crisis facing millions of women and children worldwide. Women Build […]
Last week the Evotherm team was honored to become a small part of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot on Parris Island here in South Carolina. Walton Construction is building new barracks and a parade ground for the 3rd Recruit Training Battalion. As part of the storm water design, the 3.9 acre drill field was paved […]
Last week Utah legislators demonstrated that taxpayers value high-quality transportation. As reported by Loretta Park at the Standard Examiner, Utah can now take up to 30% of the growth of certain sales tax money and earmark it for transportation. The fund can be used for road and bridge maintenance as well as new construction. It […]
The Colorado I-70 report is now available on the NCAT website. If you’ve had trouble finding the report, it now resides on their Technical Reports & Publications page here.
Sometimes your own parking lots needs a little attention and our DeRidder, Louisiana, facility needed some Evotherm WMA on all lifts of the parking lot. Prairie Contractors produced the PG64-22 intermediate coarse. Conditions were ideal for paving with a high temperature of 85 F and a haul time of only 10 minutes. The mix was […]
I was able to attend the Argus Americas Asphalt Summit held in The Woodlands, TX at the end of March. Here are a few highlights from the meeting: For the first time in recorded history, asphalt demand in both the US and Canada fell below production. Increased production came about as a result of a […]
The Jiaozhou Bay Tunnel paving trials with Evotherm WMA were completed last month. Evotherm exhibited good performance during road paving and minimized fumes during the tunnel application. The trial section is a 7 kilometers of polymer modified asphalt. The owner plans to pave the whole tunnel using Evotherm WMA. The tunnel project in Jiaozhou Bay […]