Mon October 14, 2013
Miller Bradford & Risberg Now Offers Bomag Asphalt Pavers, RS Series
Miller Bradford & Risberg now offers Bomag asphalt pavers and the RS Series of reclaimers and stabilizers at all of its locations in Wisconsin and Michigan. The company will no longer carry the line of Volvo and Blaw-Knox asphalt paving equipment....
Verena Dobnik - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thu October 10, 2013
Concrete Weight Dangles From Crane Over NYC Street
NEW YORK (AP) - A concrete weight dangled for hours from a crane 40 floors above a street on Monday, leading officials to close a long swath of a major thoroughfare near Carnegie Hall as a precaution until workers finally guided it safely to the ground before the evening rush hour started....
Fri September 27, 2013
Midland Makes Shoulder/Berm Work Easier
The Midland Model SPD-8 road widener is designed to place shoulder materials out 8 ft. (2.4 m) wide next to main line pavements. The SPD-8 has been up-graded to accept the John Deere Tier IV version of the 4.5 L engine and controls allow conveyor belt speed and on/off and spreader blade functions from the operator’s control panel....
Fri September 27, 2013
Rudd Holds Paving Open House
Rudd Equipment Company held a Paving Open House on Sept. 12 at its recently opened Columbus, Ohio, branch location. The open house was conducted as a way to showcase Volvo’s lineup of premier paving equipment, said Cleveland and Columbus Sales Manager Martin McCutcheon....
Tue September 24, 2013
Sen. Boxer Earns Asphalt Legislator of the Year Award
The National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) presented Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) with the Asphalt Legislator of the Year Award for her bipartisan leadership in crafting the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21)....
Wed September 18, 2013
Spray Injection Pothole Patchers Offer Quick, Safe, Economical Solutions
With the introduction of a new spray injection patcher product family, Bergkamp Inc., based in Salina, Kan., offers government agencies and contractors a complete suite of pothole patching solutions. Three new spray injection patchers join Bergkamp’s all-in-one FP5 flameless pothole patcher and will correspondingly leverage Bergkamp’s optional intelligent InPave pothole patching management system to provide users with supported pothole patching equipment....
Wed September 18, 2013
CIM Program Seeks Donations for World of Concrete Auction
The Concrete Industry Management (CIM) program — a business intensive program that awards students with a four-year Bachelor of Science degree in Concrete Industry Management — is seeking donations for its ninth annual auction to be held at the World of Concrete....
Sun September 15, 2013
McLean Delivers Wirtgen W210i, W150i to Ronyak Paving
In terms of work volume, 2013 is shaping up to be a record year for Ronyak Paving. As a result the company recently decided to add two new cold milling machines to its fleet to assist them in meeting workload demands....
Thu September 12, 2013
Bobcat Reveals Asphalt Preservation Tool at Demo Event
Farm-Rite Equipment of Dassel, Minn., hosted the Bobcat product demo event at the Hutchinson Mall Parking lot, Hutchinson, Minn., on August 21. The demo event highlighted the new Bobcat attachment, the Asphalt Preservation tool....
Mon August 26, 2013
Pennsylvania Paving Company Uses Compact Excavator for Site Prep and Demolition
Full-sized excavators are among the most powerful types of heavy equipment available. With its massive size, long boom, rugged construction and big attachments, an excavator is the machine to have when you need to demolish a large structure, dig sizeable holes or move considerable amounts of dirt or other materials....
