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WMA Follow-up Meeting @ UMASS
Oct 28, 2010
Professor Walaa Mogawer at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Advanced Technology and Manufacturing Center will be hosting a NEAUPG follow-up meeting on Warm Mix Asphalt on November 3rd. Attendees are encouraged to come and spend the day learning about all warm mix asphalt technology has to offer. Cindy LaFleur, Evotherm Technical Marketing Manager for the […]
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Beware of Dog
Oct 19, 2010
I recently took a trip back to my home state to work with Curran Contracting in Dekalb, IL. It was nice to see the farmers in the fields again. One of the largest headaches and dangers in the field is the traffic. We should always be aware and cautious on the job site, paying special […]
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NCAT says early WMA performance is favorable
Oct 19, 2010
In the Asphalt Technology e-News for Fall 2010, NCAT publishes some initial findings of their warm mix evaluations. These field trials are alleviating some concerns about rutting and moisture susceptibility by not showing any practical difference between WMA and HMA control sections. There is a case study that used Evotherm in Missouri that exhibits no […]
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Winning at the Track
Oct 12, 2010
Jim Tartak, General Manager of Carolina Motorsports, recently took us on a tour of his kart track and spoke about the nuances of kart racing and why consistency on the track is so important to driver safety and to performance. “The racing karts do not have suspensions, making it very physically demanding on the driver […]
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Congratulations to KBDJ & Industrial Asphalt
Oct 12, 2010
This year’s Greater Austin Business Award for Take On Traffic went to Industrial Asphalt’s KBDJ Quarry. The quarry provides raw materials to TxDOT for the maintenance and construction of roadways. KBDJ’s sister company, Industrial Asphalt, built the region’s first “green” highway, a three mile stretch of SH 71 near the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Evotherm was […]
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Show Me State shows how it’s done!
Oct 07, 2010
"NB West Mixes the Recycle Options for Missouri" was the headline of a story in Asphalt Pro this month by Sandy Lender editor of AsphaltPro magazine. For Earth Day 2010, Missouri DOT (MoDOT) officials teamed up with NB West to film two educational videos about the recycled content of asphalt. A project this summer on […]
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Mexico City Says Adios to Hot-Mix Asphalt
Sep 09, 2010
After using warm-mix asphalt on larger projects in 2008, the city’s engineers determined a complete conversion to warm-mix asphalt was necessary for all paving projects in 2009. Because the elevation of Mexico City is over 7,300 feet above sea level, cool nights are common with an average nighttime low of 50° F (10° C). Because […]
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About Us
Sep 07, 2010
Behind the Screed is dedicated to communicating new advances in Evotherm® warm-mix asphalt – a technology that is revolutionizing the world of road paving. Warm-mix asphalt has many documented benefits to the environment, to paving contractors and to construction professionals who work in the asphalt industry on a daily basis. Behind the Screed will highlight […]
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One magic drop
Sep 02, 2010
With Evotherm, aggregate is easily coated with asphalt.
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Win an iPad!
Sep 02, 2010
Want a chance to win an Apple iPad? Subscribe by November 10! A drawing will be held at NAPA's Paving Greener with Asphalt conference. Not going to the conference? No worries, you do not need to be present to win.
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