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Contractor of the Year

How one 3rd-generation paver expanded the family business into concrete, sealcoating

Operating the business started by his late father Dale, third-generation contractor Chris Fink knows a thing or two about paving. Performing a mix of public and private work; residential and commercial, Chris is known throughout the Shreveport area as being a leader and a go-getter. With the help of his wife, Tracey, who handles much […]

December 30, 2013

Business

North Carolina paving contractor indicted for government contract fraud by using “disadvantaged business” as a pass through

Last week, a grand jury handed down a criminal indictment charging Boggs Paving Inc., based out of Monroe, North Carolina, with government contract fraud. The 29-count indictment charges the company and six co-conspirators with the following crimes: conspiracy to defraud the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT); conspiracy to commit wire fraud; conspiracy to commit mail […]

July 29, 2013

Gear

Wirtgen’s plug-and-play AutoPilot Field Rover eliminates stringlines

Last week, we told you about Wirtgen receiving an innovation award at the latest Bauma construction equipment show in Munich. We wrote in that post about why Bauma chose to give Wirtgen that award, but today we’ve got a bit more information about the product itself. Stringlines have been guiding paving machines for a long […]

April 25, 2013

Business

Dynapac equipment to show off new Atlas Copco colors, branding at Bauma

Dynapac equipment will soon drop its familiar yellow and red color scheme for yellow and gray. Atlas Copco announced today that it has decided to change the color scheme and badge branding on its Dynapac range of rollers, planers and pavers in order to match the visual identity used by other divisions in the company’s […]

April 3, 2013

Construction Equipment

What it takes to pave a parking lot, Part 2: Rollers

Editor’s Note: If you haven’t already, be sure to check out Part 1 of this series on pavers by clicking here. If we do some math, we can calculate that the hypothetical Walmart parking lot we began paving in Part 1 of this pieces, should take two days if everything works right, says Chris Connolly, […]

April 2, 2013

Roadbuilding

Paving a parking lot: The Pavers

Our sister publication, Equipment World, is featuring a story about pavers used for paving parking lots. It’s the first of a two-part series entitled “What it takes to pave a parking lot.” The article uses a hypothetical scenario in which the parking lot is 250,000 square feet in size, with some islands, landscaping and decorative […]

April 1, 2013

Construction Equipment

What it takes to pave a parking lot, Part 1: The Pavers

Just imagine that it’s a sunny spring morning in suburban America, and that our job is to pave and compact the asphalt for a large Walmart parking lot. We posed just that task to seven equipment manufacturers and asked them what pavers and rollers they would choose, and the reasons for their selections. Today, we’ll […]

April 1, 2013

Gear

Volvo gives sneak peek of new P7110 paver, DD110B compactor at World of Asphalt

Though neither product is yet shipping (one hasn’t even gone into production yet) Volvo Construction Equipment gave attendees at World of Asphalt 2013 a sneak peek at its P7110 paver and the DD110B compactor. The P7110 pavers replaces the PF6000 series, according to our sister publication Better Roads. A Volvo spokesperson said the company’s focus […]

March 22, 2013

Gear

Volvo launches two new tracked pavers

Volvo Construction Equipment’s new tracked pavers provide power and precision for delivering a perfectly smooth mat in demanding conditions. The P8820C ABG can pave widths up to 42.7 feet and place up to 992 tons per hour, and the P7820C ABG can pave widths up to 36 feet and place up to 992 tons per […]

February 25, 2013

Business

Contractor voices @ World of Concrete: Paul Kemper

We’re here in Las Vegas, Nevada for World of Concrete 2013. From time to time, we’ll be checking in with contractors attending the show for a quick chat. We’ll be offering up their observations about the industry and whatever else they’d like to share. First up is Paul Kemper of Kemper Kemper Trucking & Asphalt in […]

February 4, 2013

Construction Equipment

Contractor finds niche success with roller-compacted concrete

If you were to ask Robert Smith, he’d tell you – he’s glad he found a new niche. After four decades in the asphalt paving business in and around Chattanooga, Tennessee, Smith has seen the highs and lows of a trade entwined with a fluctuating economy and volatile commodity prices. It’s a brutally competitive […]

February 1, 2013

Gear

Dynapac brings Tier 4 F1000 paver series to North America

Dynapac has released its next generation series of F1000 pavers, the F1000T and the F1000W, in North America. These pavers meet the interim Tier 4 emission regulations and are available in track or wheeled options. A Cummins QSB 6.7 liter engine is delivers 220 horsepower at 2000 rpm or 230 horsepower at 1,800 rpm to […]

December 14, 2012