The City of Portland is being bold and using WMA on all Transportation Capital Improvement Projects in 2011. Brian Oberding, City of Portland Construction Inspection and Pavement Management Engineer, presented the efforts at the Asphalt Paving Association of Oregeon (APAO) Spring Conference in Eugene, OR this month. Evotherm lowered the mat temperature 29 degrees while […]
I know, I know… after last week’s Phantom Menace reference, you were expecting Attack of the Clones. Instead tune in to this week’s episode to learn what surfactant chemistry has to do with Evotherm warm mix asphalt. You’ll learn about surfactant structure and the role of micelles. Does anyone from the last seminar hear Dr. […]
New air quality standards introduced by the EPA in 2010 were reviewed by David S. Knollhoff, certified consulting meteorologist, in the Spring 2011 edition of Texas Asphalt Magazine. The focus was on Texas but the national issues apply to every other state as well. First, the EPA has made the particulate matter and the NOx […]
Produced by our awesome team at IVS video, today we bring you the first in a 4-part series to help demonstrate the warm mix mechanism behind Evotherm. The series does a great job of explaining how Evotherm achieves category-leading warm mix performance. Over the next few posts, we’ll share the videos with you. They are also available […]
MWV recently funded a study through Clemson University to evaluate the effects of OGFC mixes made using Evotherm warm mix technology. OGFCs save lives. Their ability to drain water off the roadway has been shown to reduce fatalities in rain prone areas by double digits. Like most good things, it comes with some challenges. Raveling […]
Amidst all the booths at ConExpo last week, I stopped by iSqFt. The company is a database hub for numerous sources of construction plans, bids, project specs, and other data regarding a wide variety of construction projects (building, utility, transportation, etc.). Contract plans, project info, and bid info are accessible via their software and are […]
The Colorado APA has just announced that “a 3 year evaluation of the use of warm mix asphalt (WMA) on I-70 near Eisenhower Tunnel is complete and the results are very favorable”. The study conducted by the National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) in cooperation with Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and the FHWA, concluded […]
In early March, BP Short Company made Evotherm warm mix out of their Lawrenceville, VA plant. The purpose of this project was to use Evotherm warm mix to allow BP Short to pave in cold weather conditions. The high temperature for the day was 44°F. The mix being produced was a recycled 19.0-mm base layer […]
The 2nd Edition of Warm-Mix Asphalt: Best Practices is here! Commercial usage and knowledge of warm-mix asphalt have grown dramatically in the three years since the first edition was published. Thirty U.S. states now have specifications for warm-mix asphalt. Available from NAPA’s web site, the expanded, 60-page second edition includes information on 22 WMA technologies/processes […]
This week the Evotherm team is hosting over 30 customers in beautiful Cabin Bluff for an information-packed program on Maximizing Value with Evotherm. The session covers how Evotherm's ease of use, lowest temperatures and proven performance are helping contractors make money through lower energy costs, increased production, recycled materials and low capital investment.