AsphaltPro: The Blog

Not every company is lucky enough to have an experienced mechanic on staff. You may need to take a couple of your equipment operators and train them for the job. And that makes sense in this age of worker shortages. You want to think of the mechanic as a traveling equipment doctor. When a machine on the […]

Acquisition of Ararat Rock Products adds quarry locations in Mount Airy & Eden Luck Stone, the nation’s largest family-owned and operated producer of crushed stone, sand and gravel, announced the acquisition of North Carolina-based Ararat Rock Products, which operated quarries in Mount Airy and Eden. The purchase marks one of the largest acquisitions in the […]

Bloomberg Philanthropies has awarded grants to 26 U.S. cities as part of its 2022 Asphalt Art Initiative. The Asphalt Art Initiative grant program is designed to fund visual art interventions on roadways, pedestrian spaces, and public infrastructure in U.S. cities with the goal of improving street and pedestrian safety, revitalizing and activating underutilized public space, […]

The Center for Construction and Research Training (CPWR) often reminds employers to train proper use of fall-arrest gear and fall protection equipment. Asphalt contractors probably consider this great information for use around the asphalt plant or during plant maintenance, and that’s right. But don’t forget the dangers of falling when climbing on or off paving equipment. According to […]

Volvo Construction Equipment has unveiled its CX01 single-drum asphalt compactor concept at The Utility Expo in Louisville, Kentucky. The CX01 concept utilizes one vibratory asphalt compactor drum that’s actually two independent halves (called a split-drum) kept upright by a self-balancing control system. Capable of being operated either by remote-control or entirely autonomously, the machine is […]

Of the cracking tests gaining popularity for their correlation to field results, the Indirect Tensile Asphalt Cracking Test (IDEAL-CT) scores near the top of the class. If your department of transportation (DOT) requires you perform this test on your balanced mix designs (BMD) or other mixes, here’s how to do it. First, create in the […]