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Tag: recycled asphalt
Roadbuilding
150,000 plastic bottles used to repave California highway section
The $3.2 million pilot project will occur on 1,000 feet of Highway 162 in Oroville using liquid plastic from 150,000 bottles in a recycled-asphalt mix.
August 13, 2020
Roadbuilding
Jay Winford becomes new NAPA chairman; vows to preach value of asphalt
Jay Winford, president of Prairie Contractors in Louisiana, is the new chairman of the National Asphalt Pavement Association. Winford was sworn in to a one-year term February 2 at NAPA’s annual conference, succeeding 2019 chairman John Harper, senior vice president of Construction Partners Inc. in Dothan, Alabama. In accepting the new role, Winford said he […]
February 5, 2020
Roadbuilding
NAPA: Use of recycled asphalt in paving reaches record high
More than 85 million tons of recycled materials were used in new asphalt mixtures in 2018, most of that being recycled asphalt pavement (RAP). Details here.
October 7, 2019
Roadbuilding
Cold-asphalt RAP mix used in PennDOT’s pilot to pave rural roads fails
PennDOT's pilot program that planned to pave rural roads with recycled asphalt has failed. The asphalt formula is what caused the fail leading to potholes.
May 20, 2019
Roadbuilding
Survey: 39% of asphalt pavement produced with energy-saving warm mix–nearly 79M tons of recycled materials used
Asphalt mix producers continue to make significant use of energy-saving warm-mix asphalt technologies, with more than 99 % of reclaimed asphalt pavement recycled.
July 19, 2018
Roadbuilding
NAPA survey: 77.2 million tons of recycled materials used in asphalt pavements
The National Asphalt Pavement Association’s (NAPA) most recent sustainability survey shows 77.2 million tons of recycled materials were used in new asphalt pavement mixtures during the 2015 construction season. “Asphalt pavements are already recycled at a greater rate than any other material, but we are not content with that,” says Dan Gallagher, 2017 NAPA chairman […]
April 4, 2017
Roadbuilding
Indiana DOT investigating potential asphalt failures due to contractor errors
The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is looking at 188 road projects completed recently for potential early failure due to asphalt mix mistakes made by contractors, according to a report by the Indianapolis Star. The projects, which only include those active last year, represent $71 million in work, INDOT says, and the expectation is that […]
September 23, 2015
Roadbuilding
Reclaimed and recycled asphalt : Where is the payoff?
End users of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) and recycled asphalt shingles (RAS) in asphalt mixes – both contractors and government agencies – are benefiting from the lower raw material prices that the bituminous and mineral reclaimed products bring to the table. Those components – which are 100 percent recyclable – replace virgin materials used in […]
September 21, 2015
Roadbuilding
Kirk Landers, Editor Emeritus
Imagine then the freedom I feel in the 21st century when I can proclaim to my tree-hugging friends that our pavements are among the greenest man-made structures in our civilization.
November 11, 2011
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