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New Trimble Roadworks 2D Paving delivers automatic asphalt thickness
Trimble’s new Roadworks 2D Paving Control Platform provides automatic screed control for asphalt pavers. The company says the system can be mounted to new and existing pavers of any manufacturer. The system is designed to improve paving accuracy and speed. The Android-system software is easy to use for operators of all skill levels, the company […]
October 16, 2020
Roadbuilding
Our picks for the Top Roadbuilding Equipment for 2019
This has been a solid year for new roadbuilding equipment, with introductions from Cat, Wirtgen, Roadtec and most of the major manufacturers. We compiled a roundup of product rollouts that have appeared on equipment world.com in 2019 to date, to provide a quick overview of some of the new equipment on the market.  PAVERS […]
December 30, 2019
Roadbuilding
APAC-Kansas donates Roadtec paver to spur interest in diesel technician careers
APAC-Kansas Inc., an Oldcastle company, donated a 2003 Roadtec asphalt paver valued at $20,000 to Salina Area Technical College and treated students students and faculty to a BBQ lunch, ksal.com reports. Mike Warren, equipment manager for APAC-Kansas in Salina, and area manager Jason Heis told the news agency that the company wanted to donate the paver […]
October 7, 2016
Roadbuilding
Full-width paving project orchestrates dozens of machines, lays 8,000 tons of asphalt in one day
A video by Dmitry Chistoprudov shows a heavily orchestrated performance of paving recently on a section of Tverskaya Street in Moscow near the Kremlin/Red Square area, with the entire width of the roadway being paved at roughly the same time. Chistoprudov says in the video description that over the course of a day 8,000 tons […]
July 29, 2016
Roadbuilding
Atlas Copco updates F1000 pavers with center auger drive option, tunnel extension
Atlas Copco has updated is Dynapac F1000 series pavers launching the F1000W wheeled model and F1000T tracked model, with a center auger drive system option and a hydraulic tunnel extension system. The wheeled model was on display at the 2016 World of Asphalt in Nashville. The center auger drive offers a 6-inch-wide chain box and 17-inch diameter flights, […]
March 30, 2016
Roadbuilding
Integrated generator on new Cat AP1000F asphalt paver cuts screed heat time in half
[imagebrowser id=21] Number one on the “paving by the numbers” handout Caterpillar gives to contractors is “heat the screed.” That start-up process just got faster with the integrated generator and screed heating system on Cat’s new AP1000F asphalt paver. “With this generator, which runs directly off the engine, you can heat up a standard screed […]
November 6, 2014
Roadbuilding
The ABCs of RCC
Roller-compacted concrete advances its invasion of pavements.
December 4, 2013
Roadbuilding
Loss of Cover
Decoding the secrets of asphalt stripping and raveling.
July 5, 2013
Roadbuilding
Dynapac upgrades SAD2500CS high-density asphalt paver
Dynapac’s upgraded SD2500CS high-density asphalt paver is powered by an interim Tier 4 certified Cummins QSB 6.7 water-cooled turbo-diesel engine rated for 200 horsepower at 2,200 rpm.
November 14, 2012
Roadbuilding
Getting Smoothness and Density Just Right
An Iowa-based contractor has won 80 percent of the available bonus payments on a successful 18-mile, two-lane asphalt paving project near Grinnell, Iowa.
November 12, 2012
Roadbuilding
Mike Anderson’s American Iron
The U.S. market alone was on target to finance close to 1,200 tracked and rubber-tired asphalt pavers in 2010. That’s essentially the same as 2009.
February 1, 2011
Roadbuilding
Featured Article: The 2009 Top Rollouts
Throughout the year the editors of Better Roads review products new to the highway and bridge industries. We ask questions about their significance and whether they may change the way work gets done or bring new standards to an industry. Here is our list of the Top 20 Rollouts of the year.
December 1, 2009
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