Wirtgen AutoPilot Field Rover eliminates stringlines

Amanda Bayhi - Apr 25, 2013

Wirtgen’s AutoPilot Field Rover, which won an innovation award at Bauma 2013, eliminates stringlines, using a GPS to guide paving machines instead, our sister site, Equipment World, reported. The device uses a computer integrated into the machine, GPS receivers mounted on ...

Paving a parking lot: The Rollers

Amanda Bayhi - Apr 02, 2013

Our sister publication, Equipment World, is featuring a story about rollers used for paving parking lots. It’s the second of a two-part series entitled “What it takes to pave a parking lot.” The article uses the same hypothetical parking lot and ...

Paving a parking lot: The Pavers

Amanda Bayhi - Apr 01, 2013

Our sister publication, Equipment World, is featuring a story about pavers used for paving parking lots. It’s the first of a two-part series entitled “What it takes to pave a parking lot.” The article uses a hypothetical scenario in which the ...

Commercial class pavers: Smaller and lighter but more sophisticated than ever

Brooke Wisdom - Mar 01, 2010

Commercial class pavers Smaller and lighter than their big brothers in the highway business, pavers less than 25,000 pounds are more sophisticated than ever. By Tom Jackson Asphalt paving contractors who specialize in parking lots, paths and driveways don’t measure success by the ...

Judge rules for North Dakota firm in Las Vegas road project

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Jan 20, 2010

A federal judge in Nevada has ruled that a disputed Las Vegas highway project should be awarded to a North Dakota company, despite a county commission vote to start the bidding process over again. U.S. District Court Judge Clive Jones issued ...

Association of Modified Asphalt Producers annual conference planned for Feb. 1-3 in Savannah, Ga.

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Jan 15, 2010

The Association of Modified Asphalt Producers (AMAP), a St. Louis-based international association dedicated to the development, production and use of modified asphalts has announced that it will host its 11th annual conference, Feb. 1-3, in Savannah, Ga., at the Hyatt ...

Mississippi DOT awards Granite Construction $22.4 million bridge demolition project

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Jan 13, 2010

WATSONVILLE, Calif.--Granite Construction Company has been awarded a $22.4 million contract by the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) for the demolition of the U.S. 82 Greenville Bridge located approximately 100 miles northwest of Jackson, Mississippi. The scope of the project includes ...

U.S. demand for asphalt to approach 31 million tons in 2013

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Nov 09, 2009

U.S. consumption of asphalt products is projected to increase 1.7 percent annually to 30.8 million tons in 2013, according to the report, Asphalt, recently released by The Freedonia Group. This is equivalent to 169 million barrels of primary asphalt, the vast ...