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Perpetual Pavement Awards expand to three categories to recognize long-life asphalt roads The Asphalt Pavement Alliance (APA) is accepting nominations for Perpetual Pavement Awards through December 1. Road owners may apply at www.driveasphalt.org/awards. Each year since 2001, the APA has recognized state DOTs and local agency road owners for asphalt pavements that meet stringent PPA […]

There are some temperatures you will want to attain, and some you will want to avoid, to get a bonus-worthy mat. They depend on a host of variables. In the old days, contractors were advised to lay asphalt when ambient temperatures were 48 degrees Fahrenheit and rising. With the advent of warm-mix asphalt (WMA) designs, cooler ambient […]

The Asphalt Institute Foundation (AIF) announced the newest recipients of the Bill and Shireen Kirk Scholarship Fund. The scholarships are awarded annually to third- or fourth-year undergraduate, master’s or doctoral students studying business, chemistry, civil engineering, construction management, marketing or sales. Scholarship funds totaling $25,500 were awarded to this group for the 2021-22 school year. […]

O&G Industries recently hosted high school students from Meriden Public Schools at their Southbury Quarry.  The onsite visit and tour, which included students from Maloney High School and Platt High School, is a part of the Meriden Public School’s career outreach program. Fifty students visited the quarry over a two-day span to learn about careers […]

For this issue of AsphaltPro, we’re focusing on the largest portion by weight of the asphalt mix: aggregates. You’ll see there’s the requisite mention of stockpiles in the training department. Let me expand on the stockpile discussion here by reminding readers of the importance of keeping the stockpile as dry as possible. Anyone in the […]

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), Tulsa Rig Iron, and Vacuworx hosted United States Congressman Kevin Hern (R-Oklahoma) for two special I Make America events in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The events highlighted the importance of American equipment manufacturing and celebrated the men and women who work hard every day to build a better and brighter future […]