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We’ve all heard the saying, put your money where your mouth is. We get the implication to step up and invest in what we “say” we believe in and work toward. I want to challenge you with this month’s note to think about what actions you’ve taken toward advancing the future of your asphalt industry. […]

Although the logical next step to setting up a plant might be to establish financing, completing the loan application required knowing what plant they’d be buying (and what it would cost), as well as where it would go (and what that property would cost). One of the first things Texas Cordia’s CEO Yara Corbitt and […]

Texas Cordia Asphalt Plant Permitting Case Study Part 1: The Decision Over the next few months, we’ll be sharing the story of Texas Cordia, a heavy highway civil contractor currently working to establish their first asphalt plant. In our first blog post, we get to know the company and how their hopes for an asphalt […]

Have you noticed the drum marching ever-so-slowly downhill at your asphalt plant? The weight of the drum and the weight of the aggregates you’re drying inside it will cause a downward axial thrust. It’s physics. One of the many reasons you want to counteract this downward creep is to stop the wear on equipment. Counteracting […]

Over the past month, we’ve seen a lot of folks checking out our new blog, our yield calculator and our Asphalt Paving 101 online course–and you might be one of them! Whether you’ve been here on theasphaltpro.com recently or not, the hottest posts of May might make for some good recommended reading as we roll into June. Quality, Smoothness […]

While preparing an article to outline how maritime regulations will affect liquid asphalt binder supply and cost next year, I noticed my opinion seeping in. It was time to bring the discussion to the editorial column where such things are allowed. Are we doing more harm than good when promoting thin overlays for existing pavements? […]