Tag: subgrade

Roadbuilding
A Base Stacked for Strength
Highway Contractor takes a look at four big projects — an airport runway, a highway widening, a 10-mile highway section paving, removal and paving of highway lanes.
April 3, 2013
The engineering fabric shown here forms a bond breaker between the cement-treated base and the concrete pavement.
Success Stories
Jon Fye, Fye Excavating, follows his passion for construction
By Lauren Heartsill Dowdle   Jon Fye Sperry, Iowa Fye Excavating Year started: 1995 Number of employees: 45 Annual volume: $6.3 million Markets served: Commercial site work, utilities, demolition, sewer, storm water, heavy equipment hauling and trucking Jon Fye left the security of a long-time job to follow his passion for construction. A go-getter spirit, […]
May 24, 2012
“I went out on my own and cut my path,” says Jon Fye, owner of Fye Excavating.
Roadbuilding
Road Science Tutorial
A strong foundation is the key to a strong pavement structure.
May 9, 2011
For new alignments, stabilize the subgrade prior to work on subbase, base and pavement layers.
Roadbuilding
Applications and Innovations: Spreading gravel
Prototypes by Myron Mullett led to AggreScreed, an attachment he is marketing through his fledgling company, TerraTec Industries.
February 1, 2010
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