One comment in the survey has been “more job profiles!”. So here’s one from northern California about some emergency digouts and paving. The jobsite in Modoc National Forest required traversing a mountain pass with low temperatures in the 20s. As the trucks reached the pass, they were required to chain up and then remove the […]
Apparently Mike Rowe has tried his hand at asphalt paving on Dirty Jobs. Who knew? Carrie at LL Pelling knew! Mike paves Highway 2 east of Alliance and west of Antioch in Nebraska. Werner Construction Co. takes him from driving a 40-year old CAT to scrape up old road then the broom tracker then spraying […]
The NAPA Annual Meeting is coming up next week in Orlando, Florida. For those of you getting ready to dig out from a mound of snow and ice that has got to sound good. There will be several members of the MWV Asphalt Innovations team at the meeting. Drop a line to mailto://[email protected] if you’d […]
It’s that time again in Colorado where the chain law season has officially begun. According to the Colorado DOT, “All commercial vehicles traveling on I-70 between milepost 133 (Edwards exit) and milepost 259 (Morrison exit) must carry sufficient chains to be in compliance with the Colorado chain law. The law requires commercial vehicles to carry […]
At face value, MoDOT’s 2011 outlook is dismal. At the Missouri Asphalt Pavement Association conference, Dave Nichols, Mo DOT Director of Program Delivery, reported that the DOT budget is under-funded. In fact Dave stated, “Last year we drove of a cliff, this year we are in the valley.” As a result, Don Hillis, Mo DOT […]
Stop by and say hello if you are at the Missouri Asphalt Pavement Annual Conference today. Look for John Christensen and Don Moors at the MWV booth where “Saving Money has Never Been So Cool”. After the sessions, get ready for the live auction….listen up for the MWV one…you’ll like it!
New for the February 8th session, Cindy Lafleur, will be covering Warm Mix Asphalt technologies. Nearing their fifth decade of training activities, the Road Institute provides asphalt training, paving training and compactor training. They give paving contractors, operators, agency and industry personnel the “important link” between equipment technology and industry applications. The Paver and Compactor […]
With things slowing down here, Behind the Screed thought you may be interested in a couple of examples of how roadbuilders in China are using Evotherm. Evotherm was needed on State Road 217 as it entered into a mountainous, 2800m-altitude area to improve road compaction. After paving the trial section, the compaction density results were […]
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Steve Jackson with NB West gave an excellent overview of RAP and RAS usage with Evotherm during the Rocky Mountain Asphalt User Producer Group meeting in October. He reviewed multiple projects on state routes and interstates. Some of the conclusions and recommendations he highlighted: Fine grind on shingles and RAP gives the best results. Use […]