FP2 Inc. - Wed February 24, 2021
Tim Harrawood Named New President of FP2
Tim Harrawood, manager of pavement preservation contractor Vance Brothers Inc. 's Southern Contracting Division, is the new president of FP2 Inc. "I'll be proud to serve the pavement preservation industry during my two-year term," Harrawood said....
Road Widener LLC - Tue February 16, 2021
Road Widener Brings Heightened Safety to Road Crews With Offset Vibratory Roller Attachment
Road Widener LLC. , a manufacturer of road construction equipment, offers an offset vibratory roller attachment. The attachment's offset design allows the host machine to drive safely on flat ground while compacting sloping shoulders, ditches and other hard-to-reach areas alongside the road, a task that has traditionally put road crews in danger of rollover accidents, increased workers' comp costs and led to poor safety ratings, according to the manufacturer....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu February 11, 2021
Tunnel Paving Project Finishes in Record Time in Virginia
Virginia's Hampton Roads metro area consists of Newport News, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach and surrounding areas, with a metro population of 1.6 million people. The region embraces significant water access to the Atlantic Ocean and straddles the James, Nansemond and Elizabeth rivers....
Dynapac - Tue February 09, 2021
Dynapac CC1300VI, CC1400VI Rollers Born to Lead Their Segment
Dynapac North America has added two new rollers CC1300VI (4.3 ton) and CC1400VI (4.75 ton) to its VI generation compact asphalt roller range. Adding newly developed double drum and combi versions of CC1300VI and CC1400VI to the already released CC1100VI and CC1200VI makes the compact asphalt roller range of 2.46 to 4.75 ton a highly demanded roller range from the North American asphalt paving community, according to the manufacturer....
Trimble - Thu February 04, 2021
Trimble Introduces Next Generation of 3D Paving Control for Asphalt Pavers
Trimble introduced the Roadworks 3D paving control platform for asphalt pavers, the next-generation platform for 3D asphalt paving control systems. Trimble Roadworks is a highly accurate, automatic 3D screed control system that can significantly improve paving productivity and rideability by directly referencing the design rather than a surface or stringline to minimize asphalt usage, reduce waste and overruns and finish projects on time and under budget, according to the manufacturer....
Bituminous Roadways Inc. - Wed February 03, 2021
Minnesota's Bituminous Roadways Inc. Celebrates 75 Years in Business
Bituminous Roadways Inc. (BR), a Minnesota asphalt contractor, will celebrate 75 years in business this year. The company, which began with a three-man crew in 1946 and has grown to more than 200 employees during the 2020 paving season, has much to celebrate....
Daily Mountain Eagle - Tue January 26, 2021
Alabama City Hopes Work on State Highway Will Be Done in Mid-February
Jasper, Ala., city leaders provided an update Jan. 22 on the paving project along Alabama Highway 118. Officials from the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) advised the city that the contractor, Dunn Construction, was scheduled to be back working that night....
GSSI - Mon January 25, 2021
GSSI Announces Distribution Agreement with InstroTek on PaveScan RDM Continuous Asphalt Density Gauge
GSSI, a manufacturer of ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment, announced that InstroTek Inc. will serve as national and international distributor of GSSI's PaveScan RDM continuous asphalt density gauge....
MB Crusher - Thu January 21, 2021
Rebuilding Roads: When Reclaimed Asphalt Makes the Difference
Anyone with an ongoing road construction project knows the industry's hurdles on any job scale, from the reconstruction of a main road to a small side road. The industry faces many challenges with high hauling and material disposal costs while also protecting the environment....
ACPA - Wed January 20, 2021
ACPA Announces Leadership Transition, Search for New Chief Executive
The American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) announced that President and CEO Gerald F. Voigt has decided to transition toward retirement, prompting ACPA leadership to begin a search for a new chief executive....
