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

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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PPA modification and performance testing

Polyphosphoric acid, otherwise known as PPA in our industry, is…

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