Oct 24, 2017
When it comes to airport paving projects, accuracy in grade and slope is the great equalizer. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) specifications dictate the tolerances to which runways and taxiways must […]
Jul 25, 2017
Granite Construction prepares for the new norm, hitting 100 percent bonus along the way Currently, 23 states have written intelligent compaction (IC) specifications for asphalt paving jobs, and that number […]
Apr 27, 2017
While they tackled placing large Tier 4 engines, after-treatment systems and diesel exhaust fluid tanks in machines for the January 2017 deadline, asphalt industry OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) saw problems with […]
Jul 26, 2016
As stated by R. Bruce Noel at the 1977 annual meeting of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists (AAPT), “The single most important construction control that will provide for long-term […]
Jun 28, 2016
As mentioned earlier in this issue, it feels as though World of Asphalt 2016 (WOA) took place ages ago. Yet we have continued uses, of course, for the innovations that […]
Dec 07, 2015
On a rural highway in central California, a new-design material transfer vehicle was instrumental in providing a smooth asphalt pavement. The Caltrans pilot project in October 2015 demonstrated an MTV […]
Jun 07, 2015
OEMs hope new IC technology can replace assurance testing in the construction of asphalt pavements More than mere lines on a touchscreen, intelligent compaction (IC) systems have evolved during the […]