Training

Paving contractors can’t afford to assume everything will go right on every job. Here are a few common tasks that slip through the cracks.

Local 158 now has a virtual training yard available 365 days a year. Let’s take a look at the Vortex simulator from CM Labs Simulations.

Over 95 percent of the dryers and drum mixers on hot-mix asphalt (HMA) plants no longer have the flights installed as built from the factory. Here’s how to change those flights correctly.

Editor’s Note: In this training column, AsphaltPro helps asphalt companies teach new workers back-to-basics techniques for best success in the field, at the plant and in the lab. Even veteran employees will be reminded of best practices with these refreshers throughout the year, but the goal is to help readers who are bringing in new […]

The Myers Mobile Training Center is a fundamental tool to train Allan Myers’ 2,000 employees at its 20 locations in the mid-Atlantic.

Teach personnel best practices to keep screens from plugging with material during production. The new operator needs to know what a plugged screen means for production and how to fix it.

The liquid asphalt cement (AC) binder only constitutes about five percent of the total material in asphalt mix. But all too often, this binder can harden during storage, clogging the asphalt silo and creating clusters of mix no softer than the roads we drive on. Here’s how to unclog the asphalt silo safely.

Precise specimen preparation is a key step in performing reliable performance testing, regardless of the material tested or the sophistication of your testing systems. Let’s explore some basic steps for achieving the appropriate range of specimen preparation.