Perpetual Pavement an Inch at a Time

Better Roads Staff - Dec 01, 2012

NATIONAL ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION NAPA SPECIAL FEATURE Perpetual pavement is a concept that was developed and has traditionally been marketed for high-volume applications like freeways and interstates. There is no reason, however, that this life-extending design approach can’t be applied to lower-volume ...

Highway Contractor

Better Roads Staff - Dec 04, 2011

The Greening of America's Highways Words like sustainability, carbon footprint and environmental stewardship have dominated the construction industry for the past half-decade, driving some highway engineers to protest the buzz and beg their information sources to go back to covering advances ...

White paper: ‘Carbon Footprint: How Does Asphalt Stack Up?’

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Nov 10, 2010

A new white paper from the Asphalt Pavement Alliance -- Carbon Footprint: How Does Asphalt Stack Up? -- addresses how business and government agencies can measure "greennes" of a pavement. The white is available as a free download from the APA’s ...

Asphalt Pavement Alliance launches www.asphaltroads.org

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Apr 26, 2010

APA Launches New Web Site The Asphalt Pavement Alliance (APA) has launched a new Web site (http://www.asphaltroads.org/) with the tagline, "America Rides on Us. Asphalt." The site is targeted to a wide range of audiences, from DOT engineers to policy makers, elected officials, ...

Asphalt Pavement Alliance announces new campaign, industry unity at World of Asphalt

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Feb 23, 2010

The Asphalt Pavement Alliance announced at the World of Asphalt (WOA) Show and Conference, held Feb. 15-19 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the launch of its new campaign in support of asphalt pavements. “This is a great partnership between the State Asphalt Pavement ...