Applications & Innovations

Better Roads Staff - Jan 09, 2013

Concrete Repair 8 techniques for restoring concrete roads By Lauren Heartsill Dowdle Whether it’s patching a hairline crack or completely rebuilding an area with a crater-sized pothole, repairing concrete roads early on can minimize future damage and the time required for the job. The ...

Getting Smoothness and Density Just Right

Better Roads Staff - Nov 12, 2012

By Daniel C. Brown, Contributing Editor An Iowa-based contractor has won 80 percent of the available bonus payments on a successful 18-mile, two-lane asphalt paving project near Grinnell, Iowa. Manatts ran this paver at about 28 feet per minute, which helped ...

Superthin Concrete Overlays

Better Roads Staff - Oct 09, 2012

Spurred forward by some brave new thinking, the concrete pavement industry is working toward thinner concrete overlays these days – down to 3 inches, even 2 inches. “D” Construction crews finish a freshly placed section of bonded concrete overlay on ...

Presentation: Here’s The Keys, Call If You Need Anything, See You In 12 Hours

Tina Grady Barbaccia - May 14, 2012

Matt Dolan and Nathan Geil, both seasoned, Level 3 equipment operators with the City of West Des Moines, Iowa, presented, "Here’s The Keys, Call If You Need Anything, See You In 12 Hours" at the 2012 American Public Works Association ...