Tag: pavement preservation

Roadbuilding

Longitudinal grooving touted as an economical means of improving traction

Departments of Transportation across the United States are always exploring new ways of improving traction to enhance wet-weather safety while trying to contain rising costs – and longitudinal diamond grooving is one way to do it, according to a nonprofit trade group. The group, the International Grooving and Grinding Association (IGGA), says longitudinal diamond grooving is […]

April 10, 2018

Roadbuilding

Bergkamp celebrates 40 years providing pavement preservation equipment

Pavement preservation equipment manufacturer Bergkamp Incorporated, based in Salina, Kansas, is celebrating 40 years in business this year. The company was started by Melvin and Marjorie Bergkamp in 1977 and originally offered metal fabrication in Salina, Wichita and Kansas City. Three years later the company began making pavement preservation equipment when Melvin Berkamp was asked […]

June 14, 2017

Roadbuilding

Diamond grinding and grooving get boost from changing ride specs, increased preservation needs

Pavement preservation techniques, such as diamond grinding and grooving, have taken on larger roadbuilding roles, in part because state and local governments needed to make the most of their existing roadways. But even with a five-year federal highway bill now in place, the need for this type of work is still strong, says Scott Elkin, owner […]

October 24, 2016

Roadbuilding

Crafco purchases manufacturing facility and land in Naples, Texas

Pavement preservation equipment manufacturer Crafco has signed an agreement to purchase a 100,000-square-foot manufacturing facility and 50 acres in Naples, Texas. The company will use the location to produce its highway maintenance and preservation equipment in addition to its specialty roofing and waterproofing products. Crafco chose the location, it says, because it is “strategically located” in […]

September 12, 2016

Roadbuilding

Pavement preservation takes aim at Interstates

Interest is expanding from preservation of low- and medium-volume roads to that of high-volume, interstate-type pavements. “Preservation of high-traffic volume roadways is just as important as for low traffic volume roadways,” says Jim Moulthrop, executive director of FP2, formerly the Foundation for Pavement Preservation.  “States have limited resources, and preservation makes those resources go farther.” […]

July 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

Optimizing pavement levels of service

A pavement’s level of service is a measure that combines a pavement’s design criteria – such as freeway, primary arterial, collector and local street or road—with traffic conditions such as speed, travel time, freedom to maneuver, user comfort and convenience, traffic interruptions and safety. As pavement performance and durability impacts a highway’s level of service […]

October 9, 2015

Roadbuilding

The when, how and benefits of using thinlays for pavement preservation

Dwindling budgets and the uncertainty about the Highway Trust Fund have caused departments of transportation and municipalities to take longer looks at pavement preservation techniques. In light of this, more transportation entities are looking at thin overlays—commonly called thinlays—as a way to rehabilitate roads rather than replace them. Asphalt thinlays, which range from 3/4-inch to […]

August 12, 2015

Roadbuilding

Charleston County (S.C.) named top pavement preservation program in U.S.

Charleston County in South Carolina was recognized as having the top pavement preservation system in the country for 2014. FP2 (For Pavement Preservation) awarded Charleston County with the 2014 James B. Sorenson Award June 8 at a recent meeting of the Southeast pavement Preservation Partnership in Charleston. Judges for the award looked at the county’s pavement […]

June 10, 2015

Roadbuilding

Webinar to cover rigid pavement preservation research results

The Transportation Research Board will hold a webinar April 8 to present recent research on rigid pavement preservation techniques. The 90-minute presentation begins at 11 a.m. EDT. Presenters include: Larry Scofield, International Grinding and Grooving Association; Susan Tighe, University of Waterloo; and Dominique Pittinger, University of Oklahoma. The webinar will cover: SPS2 Preservation Pooled Fund […]

April 1, 2015

Roadbuilding

Maintaining America’s most historic tourist routes

Americans love to explore the countryside in their cars, and many regions have obliged by designating special scenic travel routes. But few roads have been as deliberately designed to appeal to the sensibilities of travelers as Iron Mountain Road in South Dakota. Iron Mountain Road is the north-south leg of the historic route 16A, which […]

December 18, 2014

Roadbuilding

PAVEMENT PRESERVATION: Highlight on high-volume

The Federal Highway Administration and its allies among the state Departments of Transportation (DOTs) are leading a new emphasis on pavement preservation for high-volume, high-level highways like dual-lane federal routes and interstates. With a goal of extending service life of high-traffic volume highways, and identifying suitable techniques and methods – buttressed by active research from […]

December 7, 2014

Roadbuilding

ADA Angst over pavement preservation

Pavement preservation stakeholders in the United States are concerned that a reinterpretation of the Americans with Disabilities Act last year by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will lead to disruption of low-cost pavement preservation programs in this country. The technical advisory requires that curb ramps and other upgrades […]

October 9, 2014