Urban paving in cold weather

UK Contractor Elm Surfacing recently carried out a milling and repaving job in Brixton in London. The job was carried out on Brixton Water Lane, with the firm using Wirtgen milling machines to remove the top layers of asphalt from the road surface. Repaving was then carried out using a Vögele asphalt paver, with a large twin drum roller then being used to compact the surface. Asphalt paving was carried out in two layers, replacing the binder course and wearing course, although the original base course was l
February 23, 2018 Read time: 2 mins
UK Contractor Elm Surfacing recently carried out a milling and repaving job in Brixton in London. The job was carried out on Brixton Water Lane, with the firm using Wirtgen milling machines to remove the top layers of asphalt from the road surface. Repaving was then carried out using a Vögele asphalt paver, with a large twin drum roller then being used to compact the surface. Asphalt paving was carried out in two layers, replacing the binder course and wearing course, although the original base course was left untouched.


The work was carried out overnight over a weekend in February 2018. With the road being closed temporarily for the work to continues. A steady flow of trucks was used to remove the milled asphalt from the site, as well as to bring fresh asphalt for use in the resurfacing work. Of note was the fact that the milling and repaving job was carried out in cold temperatures, with the compaction work having to be carried out very quickly to ensure the surface could meet the required specification.

Asphalt milling, paving & compaction

Related Content

  • Oklahoma highway surface upgrade
    February 2, 2017
    A milling and paving project has provided a necessary surface upgrade for a busy stretch of highway in Oklahoma US Route 62 is an important route and runs 3,597km from the Mexico-US border at El Paso, Texas, to Niagara Falls, New York, on the Canada–US border. A 12km section of the road where it runs through in Oklahoma recently received a rehab. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) project started in Blanchard, Oklahoma, and headed west. This stretch was built in 2000 when ODOT was switc
    Read More
  • 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
    Read More
  • Podium finish for Indonesia’s new racetrack paver
    November 23, 2021
    The first machines to complete a circuit of Indonesia’s new Mandalika International motorsport track were a series of Bomag pavers and rollers. They can claim a best-in-class finish when it comes to creating the ultimate surface for a competitive racing track.
    Read More
  • Powerful reclaimer/stabiliser aids road upgrade
    March 15, 2012
    A US contractor is upgrading rural Pennsylvania roads with the aid of a powerful new reclaimer/stabiliser Much of the United States highway infrastructure continues to deteriorate due to lack of a comprehensive road bill and eroding investment in the nation’s roads. However, some of the country’s secondary and rural roads are being upgraded, and funding is coming from unlikely private sources. Energy companies with stakes in the Marcellus and Utica deep shale gas reserve development are working with local
    Read More

Highlighted Content