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CONEXPO-CON/AGG is already the largest trade show in North America. That means it can be a little overwhelming if you’re attending for the first time. To prepare for the show that is set to break records, veteran attendees share their best advice for first timers coming to the show. Here are twenty things everyone should […]

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) Foundation is accepting nominations for the 2023 Transportation Development Hall of Fame class. Launched in 2010, the Hall “honors individuals or families from the public and private sectors who have made extraordinary contributions to U.S. transportation development during their careers.” There are two categories: Transportation Design & […]

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) Foundation is seeking qualified students for its 2023-2024 Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship program. Applications are due by Friday, April 14 and are available at www.artbafoundation.org. Established in 1999, the program provides post-high school financial assistance to the children of highway workers killed or permanently disabled on the […]

Back in June 2022, the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) released a 34-page document titled “GHG Emissions Inventory for Asphalt Mix Production in the United States: Current Industry Practices and Opportunities to Reduce Future Emissions.” Within this report, authors Joseph Shacat, J. Richard Willis and Ben Ciavola shared data that confirms the asphalt pavement production […]

Because the Clean Air Act mandates that all permitted emission sources must be stack tested within 180 days of startup, asphalt plants undergo initial tests pretty early on in their lifetimes. But stack testing happens throughout your facility’s life depending on your state’s requirement. Annual testing may mean you want to stay on top of cleaning […]

While this may sound elementary to some producers, others may be surprised to learn that you can capture the smoke and/or dust particles emitted around the transfer conveyor atop the silo and feed those elements back into your process. Producers successfully pull smoke from “problem areas” and filter it across or through different media—depending on the […]