Asphalt milling, paving & compaction

Achieving a smooth road surface

September 28, 2015

Achieving a smooth road surface has helped a US contractor gain a bonus payment of US$605,000 on a paving job in Montana. A recently renovated 16km section of I-90, starting in Alberton, Mont., which is located on the Western part of the state near the Idaho border, and stretching East, received sterling commendations, beat target IRI scores, and earned the general contractor quality bonuses. The project also won the 2014 MCA Excellence Award for Best Paving Smoothness from the Montana Contractors Associat

Welsh contractor enlists a ‘road warrior’ for stabilisation work in England

September 28, 2015

Groundworks contractor DCM Roadways, based in the southeast Wales town of Monmouth, has brought in an FAE MTM to ensure the best result possible for an access road project. DCM, which specialises in soil stabilisation and road recycling, is working on a solar project in the Forest of Dean area of Gloucestershire county, just across the border in England. The job is for the construction of around 1.2km of stabilised highway access roads.

Vögele sets paving record in German capital

September 16, 2015

Material transfer vehicles and remixing systems are crucial to delivering quality paving. Using material transfer vehicles (MTVs) can play a major role in delivering high quality road surfaces. These units can help boost quality by minimising the risk of material or thermal segregation. A major road paving project has been carried out in Germany using innovative paving methods. For the first time ever, binder and surface courses were paved over a width of 15.5m. This paving job was carried out on a 4.2km st

Dubai auction by Ritchie Bros. sets records for bidders

September 11, 2015

A two-day unreserved public auction in Dubai set a record for number of bidders, according to the auction organisers by Ritchie Brothers. More than US$42 million worth of construction equipment including trucks went under the hammer on September 8 and 9 in the United Arab Emirate member state. Eduard Faig, regional sales manager for Ritchie Brothers, said the event set new Dubai records for the total number of on-site bidders, reaching just over 920, and for the number of online bidders, more than 400

US road smoothness report on best practice

August 26, 2015

The Louisiana Transportation Research Center (LTRC) has released a report summarising current US asphalt and concrete pavement smoothness requirements. The report, Best Practices for Achieving and Measuring Pavement Smoothness, A Synthesis of State-of-Practice, is important at a time when the US is undergoing a change in the way smoothness specifications are written. A growing number of states are moving away from profilograph-based smoothness specifications in favor of specifications based on a more widely

Dynapac pavers essential for Essen B68 bypass

August 21, 2015

A brand new Dynapac SD2500CS tracked paver is building a bypass road around the town of Essen (Oldenburg) in northwest Germany. Traffic has to pass through the town centre, leading to traffic jams and unsafe situations. A bypass road will relieve the town centre of this traffic and will increase the comfort of living in the city centre. The old B68 highway is a narrow two-lane street, where, according to residents, two trucks struggle to pass each other. The SD2500CS is being run with a V6000TVH v

Golden opportunity at AAPA 2015 International Flexible Pavements Conference

August 19, 2015

In just under four weeks, on Australia’s Gold Coast, the best minds in the global flexible pavement industry will gather for the Australian Asphalt Pavement Association’s 2015 International Flexible Pavements Conference. Experts will be presenting the most up-to-date technical information as well as real life examples of applied technology to projects, whether they be roads, tunnels, ports or airports. “This is a must-attend event for all in road construction and maintenance,” said Michael Caltabiano,

PPRA Niagara Falls: getting better value for road maintenance budgets

August 19, 2015

Larger road budgets would go a long way towards maintaining in top shape highway infrastructure across the United States and Canada. But even considering what is being spent now, are road owners and highway contractors getting the biggest bang for their buck? That’s what delegates to this year’s Pavement Preservation Recycling Alliance conference in the beautiful Canadian resort city of Niagara Falls will find out from October 13-15. “One of the things that I learned in Paris at the first Pavement Preser

Dual layer, hot to hot paving at German airport

August 18, 2015

An airport in Germany has seen the use of very innovative asphalt paving techniques, with the use of dual-layer, hot-to-hot working. The method was used to meet a very tight schedule for the runway rebuilding work, while also delivering the high quality required. Two InLine Pave trains from Vögele were used at Rostock-Laage Airport to lay a new surface and binder course. The operation was innovative as the process used both hot-to-hot, echelon paving as well as dual layer, hot-on-hot working. Using this

PPRA – Pavement Preservation & Recycling event, Niagara Falls, Canada

August 18, 2015

The preliminary agenda has just been published for the 2015 Pavement Preservation and Recycling Association conference in Niagara Falls, Canada. The event promises to give delegates a practical insight into the latest research and innovative applications that are driving the industry forward. PPRA 2015 will build upon the momentum of the Pavement Preservation & Recycling Summit held in Paris, France, this past February. It will be an excellent opportunity to learn what other companies, agencies, US state