Articles by Dr. Mark Buncher, Ph.D., P.E., Asphalt Institute Director of Engineering

Balanced mix design, recycled binder availability and how they fit

Collective critical thinking from Asphalt Institute engineers By Dr. Mark…

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Asphalt Sustainability: Material EPDs – What they tell us and what they do not

Our industry is starting to see “Buy Clean” legislation at…

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Asphalt Sustainability: Does a green material lead to a green pavement?

A pavement engineer’s perspective I’ve worked in the field of…

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Repaving Blue Grass Airport runway in 72 hours

Located among world-renowned horse farms and situated directly across from…

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Learning more about recycled plastics in asphalt pavements

A joint Asphalt Institute (AI) and National Asphalt Pavement Association…

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Ten things you want to know about Delta Tc

The Asphalt Institute (AI) recently released “IS-240 State-of-the-Knowledge: Use of…

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AI completes LCA study on asphalt binder

In March 2019, the Asphalt Institute (AI) released its industry…

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What percentage of our roads are asphalt?

A systematic and objective way to measure Since I started…

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Building parking lots to last

The Heritage Group opened their new Innovation Center and Research…

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FHWA and AI release longitudinal joints best practices

A long-standing challenge in keeping an asphalt pavement from reaching…

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