Moisture damage, or stripping, of asphalt pavements is a serious problem. A Colorado Department of Transportation (DOT) survey determined that 82 percent of the nation’s…
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The word “innovative” is often tossed around loosely in today’s asphalt industry. Sometimes, what manufacturers describe as an innovative design is nothing more than a…
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March 22, 2007Dr. Mark Buncher, Ph.D., P.E., Asphalt Institute Director of Engineering
A number of new technologies have been developed that allow asphalt mixtures to be produced and placed at significantly lower temperatures. These technologies are called…
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On a warm summer afternoon in Seattle, with exhausted construction crews looking on, the pilots of a Boeing 737-800 eased the throttles forward and started…
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Intelligent paving, GPS systems, and the placement of more asphalt in less time are some of the changes foreseen. More performance-based specifications and more design-build…
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The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) and the Associated General Contractors (AGC) jointly hosted the Idaho Superpave Forum in Boise on November 30, 2006. As ITD…
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