Fri August 03, 2007
L&M Concrete Paves With GT-3600 at Old Joliet Aresenal
A massive building project is taking place at the old Joliet Arsenal in Elwood, Ill. The arsenal is being converted into the Deer Run Industrial Park, and houses the national distribution facilities for a major department store....
Wed June 06, 2007
BOMAG 12-Ton Rollers Feature Enhanced Ergonomics
BOMAG’s BW211-40 Series single-drum vibratory rollers consist of two models: the BW211D-40 smooth drum roller and the BW211PD-40 padfoot roller. The 12-ton (11 t) class rollers are powered by a four-cylinder, water-cooled Deutz diesel engine that meets EPA Tier III requirements....
Fri July 13, 2007
University of Wisconsin Badgers Become Five-Time Concrete Canoe Champions
In the 1960s, a group of civil engineering students had what everyone else thought was a crazy idea. They would take a building material nearly everyone was familiar with, concrete, and use it in an extraordinary way: they would design, build and race a canoe made of concrete....
Leesha Faulkner - Fri July 06, 2007
Mississippi Claims to Have South’s First Concrete Road
SALTILLO, Miss. (AP) A strip of the past runs not far from the southern corporate limits of this northern Lee County city. The 300 ft. or so left of the first concrete road built in Mississippi stands as a reminder of the work that has pushed Lee County forward in so many ways....
David S. Chartock - Mon June 25, 2007
Union Paving Tackles Second Hyperbuild Job
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) has introduced a project delivery method called “hyperbuild.”“As defined by NJDOT, hyperbuild is a fast project delivery system for a ready-to-go project with no right of ways or environmental delays,” explained Lou Tomasello Jr., chief engineer of Union Paving & Construction Co....
Maybelle G. Cagle - Mon June 18, 2007
Bristol’s Slopes Call for Dryer Concrete
Construction equipment is temporarily replacing race cars as the main attraction at the Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee. The construction is part of efforts to resurface the “World’s Fastest Half-Mile” along with some other projects....
Pete Fowler -GLENWOOD POST INDEPENDENT - Mon May 14, 2007
CDOT to Repair Concrete Crack in I-70 Tunnel
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) The Colorado Department of Transportation has come up with a plan to repair the 70-ft.-long (21.3 m) crack in the concrete above the Hanging Lake Tunnel: the $2 million sandwich....
Mon April 02, 2007
Terex FD3000 Mixer Features Improved Concrete Discharge
The Terex FD3000 3-axle-front-discharge mixer from Terex Roadbuilding — formerly marketed under the Advance brand name — features improved concrete discharge, operator comfort, reliability, drum control and safety....
Dale Decker - Wed April 25, 2007
Hot-Mix Asphalt Industry Has Been Recycling For Four Decades
Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the past 20 years, you know that the United States has a major solid waste disposal problem. Every community, no matter how large or small, is concerned about landfill space and the scarcity of it....
Fri March 16, 2007
Wirtgen W 120 F Removes Asphalt Courses to Full Depth
Wirtgen America Inc. introduced the midsized Wirtgen W 120 F cold milling machine at World of Asphalt 2007 in Atlanta. The W 120 F is a high-performance cold milling machine with a milling width of 3.9 ft....
