Caltrans - Tue August 25, 2020
First-of-Its-Kind Paving Project in Oroville Uses All Recycled Materials
Lamon Construction Company Inc. of Yuba City recently partnered with Caltrans for a unique paving project in The Golden State. A section of Highway 162 in Oroville, Calif. was repaved using recycled asphalt pavement and liquid plastic made with single-use, plastic bottles — the first time the department has paved a road using 100 percent recycled materials....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu August 20, 2020
Speed Vital to Completion of Louisiana's French Branch Project
For years, the confluence of I-10, I-12 and I-59, the French Branch Bridge and West Pearl River Bridge has enabled drivers to get where they needed to go in the New Orleans metro area. Motorists and residents alike were wary about the announcement of extensive reconstruction coming on these essential roads....
HCEA - Tue August 18, 2020
Looking Back: Paving
Construction Equipment Guide takes a look back at some of the earliest paving equipment. ...
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu August 06, 2020
Lynches River Contracting Helps S.C. Racetrack to Re-Open
A raceway park is set to re-open in Kershaw, S.C., that promises to give people of all ages the opportunity to get behind the wheel to enjoy the speed and action that comes from driving on a road course....
World of Asphalt - Wed August 05, 2020
World of Asphalt to Honor 20 Asphalt Companies in Celebrating 20th Anniversary of the Show
World of Asphalt, an asphalt trade show and conference coming to Atlanta from March 9 to 11, 2021, is celebrating 20 years of bringing the asphalt industry together by honoring 20 asphalt companies with $500 toward attending the show....
Shelby County Reporter - Wed August 05, 2020
Lane Expansion on Alabama's I-65 Happening South of Birmingham
An Interstate 65 expansion project that involves planning, overlay and re-striping from the Shelby County Route 52 overpass to the south end of the Cahaba River Bridge in Alabama began in early July, with a completion target set for the late fall of 2020....
Volvo Construction Equipment - Mon August 03, 2020
Volvo CE to Divest Blaw-Knox Paver Business to Gencor Industries
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has signed an agreement to divest the North American Blaw-Knox paver business and associated assets to asphalt equipment manufacturer Gencor Industries (Gencor)....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu July 23, 2020
Paving in the Extremes
Across the country, road builders confront tight deadlines for completing their projects. Often construction teams face the end of the paving season knowing that challenging weather lies ahead. This scenario was especially true for projects in two contrasting environments, one completed at the "North Pole" and the second in the California desert....
John Deere - Wed July 15, 2020
John Deere Introduces New E-Series Cold Planer Attachments to Lineup
Expanding on its established lineup of attachments, John Deere unveiled its new CP18E, CP24E and CP30E cold planers. These new attachments offerings help operators who work on street repairs, leveling uneven pavement, texturing pavement and cleaning around larger milling machines....
TxDOT - Tue July 14, 2020
Victoria's Brannan Paving Co. Works on 90 Mi. of Highway
Nearly 90 mi. of roads in five counties will be worked on throughout the rest of this month. A second district seal coat project is under way across the Odessa District of the Texas Department of Transportation....
