Carolina Sunrock’s Excellence Shines with Latest Commendation
Since 2003, Carolina Sunrock LLC, a family-owned construction and materials supplier and highway contractor, with headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina, has been accumulating Diamond Achievement...
View ArticleBlackstone Construction Recycles School Assets
In 2016, the Russellville School District in Arkansas awarded a large contract to reroof its middle school facility. As part of the project, the general contractor took 120 tons of shingles off the...
View ArticleHow to Roll for Bonus, Part 2—Ideas for Perfect Compaction
If misalignment of the screed sections leaves a line in the mat, the roller operator is called on to smooth it out. Mat imperfections, divots, cool spots, anything that isn’t perfect gets left to the...
View ArticleAsphalt industry increases its environmentally friendly use of materials
Let me begin this exposition on the asphalt industry’s use of asphalt cement (AC) and additives in environmentally positive configurations with a diversion. This diversion is toward the fantastic....
View ArticleHow to Find New Workers for Your Company
Results of an industry-wide survey of 1,600 respondents conducted by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and Autodesk this summer showed 70 percent of construction firms reporting...
View ArticleHow to Perform Winter Maintenance on a Porous Pavement
Contractors performing winter pavement maintenance should be clamoring for the jobs that service porous asphalt pavements. It would be irresponsible to say merely “you get to leave it alone,” but the...
View ArticleMake Time for Fall Protection During Seasonal Plant Maintenance
As morbid as this will sound, it will be easy to remember: If you will be working or walking on a surface that is more than six feet above a lower surface, you must have fall arrest protection to...
View ArticleVary Your Energy Use, Increase Your Utility Savings
If the lights in the control house dim when your plant manager presses the button to start production, you can bet you’re pulling a full load of amps. Whether he runs at full production or half the...
View ArticleTrain How to Maintain, Use Sweeper Right
For the 10-Year Anniversary of AsphaltPro magazine, we will help asphalt companies teach new workers some back-to-basics techniques for best success in the field, at the plant and in the lab. Even...
View ArticleWOAC Encourages Women to Join Industry
For the asphalt industry, bringing new workers on board could be as simple as encouraging the women of the construction world to stand up and get noticed. Of course, asking women to stand up and get...
View ArticleBeware of Bauxite Long-term
In the January 2018 issue, Courtney Jones and Mike Heitzman from the National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) at Auburn, shared “Michigan Tests Friction Aggregates” from their contribution to the...
View ArticleHere’s What “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” Means for Asphalt Companies
At press time, both houses of Congress had passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1). Given the level of emotion that can be stirred when discussing tax reform, this article will present facts and...
View ArticleTexas Tests Plant-Based Rejuvenators
Finding the right materials for statewide use is a monumental task when you have an area as big as Texas. State materials engineers for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) are charged with...
View ArticleSolve Lift Problems During Plant Maintenance
Is your ground man stuck at the top of a nonfunctioning scissor lift? There are safety protocols to get him back to earth and some common maintenance practices to prevent scissor lift failure. This is...
View ArticleWorld of Asphalt/AGG1 2018 Brings Industry Innovation, Education to Houston
Retain What You Pay for During Training At this year’s World of Asphalt/AGG1 conference and expo at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, attendees have three days of courses from which to...
View ArticleMitigate Operator Fatigue with a Wristband
Switching from nighttime to daytime paving, working long hours in one cab or any number of off-the-job factors can result in worker fatigue during the job. When project activities require operation of...
View ArticleAt the Closing of the Year
“Now all the winter bells are ringing Hear them echo through the snow And the children’s voices singing On the streets so far below” I’m one of those people who will randomly play Christmas carols in...
View ArticleIt’s in the Production
At an industry meeting in 2018, a contractor bemoaned the high cost of aggregate materials. He especially hated it when incoming rock was watered down to increase its weight, thus the price of actual...
View ArticleMake WMA Relatively Hot
I tend to enjoy the high temperatures in Florida. Sure, it gets hot and humid here, but my definition of hot may not be the same as someone who lives closer to the equator or in Arizona. When the...
View ArticleLabel Asphalt Sustainable
Numbers tell a story. They provide clarity, something measurable and something objective. This article from long-time plant manager Ken Monlux drives this point home for assessing, monitoring and...
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