NAPA announced the Operational Excellence Awards In the July-August 2016 edition of Asphalt Pavement magazine. View here for more information. Ingevity would like to highlight three customers who were honored as winners in the Ecological Awards category. Ajax Paving in North Venice, FL, won the Existing Plant Award, being recognized for supporting the ecological development […]
If the word “trailblazer” is defined as “pioneer or innovator,” then the City of Casselberry, Florida, certainly fits the bill. For several years, Casselberry has had a goal of being a truly “green” city. In this vein, the city developed a city-wide road improvement program that would allow roads to be paved at the lowest […]
Atlantic Coast Asphalt in Jacksonville, FL, utilized Evotherm to combine workability and performance with a high-RAP asphalt mix. Axeon supplied PG 58-22 asphalt terminally blended with Evotherm that was mixed with 40% RAP. Beginning at 7 AM, Atlantic Coast Asphalt loaded the first of 19 trucks. Production temperatures began at 330F and were reduced in stages […]
FHWA released a new video highlighting innovations in transportation. A century ago, research and technology (R&T) played a primary role and led to the conversion of unpaved to paved roads with asphalt and concrete pavement materials, an innovation that led to greater and safer mobility on our Nation’s highways. Today, as in the past, researchers and […]
Fiberless SMA hits the mainline in Maryland
Trap Rock Industries is helping the New York City DOT evaluate rubberized asphalts that incorporate Evotherm warm mix technology. "There a plenty of positives to rubberized asphalt," Galileo Orlando, DOT deputy commissioner for Roadway Repair and Maintenance, said according to Staten Island Advance. The rubberized asphalt should be more durable, quieter and offer environmental benefits. […]
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New Mexico DOT issued the 2014 edition of The Standard Specifications for Highway and Bridge Construction. In it they define warm mix temperature as asphalt mix produced at 275F or less. When utilizing warm mix asphalt, ambient paving temperatures can be dropped 20F for open graded friction courses (OGFC) and 15F for dense graded mixes. New Mexico DOT specifies […]