When you share asphalt industry news every day, every day is Asphalt Day!
In anticipation of this year’s Asphalt Day on May 15, 2025, AsphaltPro Magazine reflects on the workers who make this product amazing.
Whether you pave new roadway systems or maintain existing parking lots, you’re the person who puts the industry’s product out there via sweat, hard work and a certain set of skills. Let’s take a look at a handful of the stories that have highlighted great workers executing exemplary projects over the years.
Some of the projects win state awards, which means they’re in the public eye in a big way. That makes asphalt front and center, and the workers of vital importance! Check out this Colorado dual-award story for APC Companies or this Florida award story with new tech for P&S Paving. There are many more under the search term “award” around the site.
Some of the projects are quietly making waves with their demonstration of new technologies, which means the public might not understand how important they are until further down the road. Your average driver doesn’t know yet how vital the workers were to improving their lives and local economy. Check out this fiberless SMA project story from 2022 as merely one example.
Some of the stories we’ve shared over the years have centered around people, rather than projects or pavement, and those are a great way to see Asphalt Day as a recruitment effort. Our people have skills we should boast about at every career fair to attract similar workers to the industry. Check out the entire Women of Asphalt page, starting with the recent feature of Emily Talbert.
Here at AsphaltPro, we hope you enjoy Asphalt Day every day and use its resources to not only share our industry’s great story, but also to encourage the existing workforce and attract new workers to our ranks!