Tag: highway contractor

Roadbuilding

Heavy duty pavements the topic of NAPA’s free webinar Aug. 16

The National Asphalt and Pavement Association is hosting webinar on heavy-duty pavements. Get all the details on the upcoming webinar here on Equipment World.

July 31, 2018

Roadbuilding

Work Zones Get Smart: Mobile, cheaper technologies making safety easier to achieve

A plethora of affordable intelligent traffic systems are making smart work-zone systems achievable for DOTs, which increases work-zone safety and more.

May 22, 2018

Roadbuilding

Pothole Blitz: Reporting, tracking and repair of this ubiquitous problem are evolving

Potholes are the universal bane of motorists across the country. They’re also among the top complaints public works and transportation agencies receive from the public. Their presence is so ubiquitous that officials are using a variety of methods to manage pothole reporting and tracking. They’re also extending their repair efforts beyond the old “two guys […]

July 31, 2017

Roadbuilding

High-volume pavement preservation: Untapped potential for contractors

Asphalt pavement preservation is a tactic used primarily in the realm of low-volume roadways. It has helped municipalities expand road life, keep overall highway maintenance costs down, and keep residents relatively happy during their commutes to and from work and home. The success of these programs, along with interest from the Federal Highway Administration, is […]

February 15, 2016

Roadbuilding

Concrete overlays: Price parity and growing DOT/municipality use lead industry

Today’s roadbuilding environment requires more results from fewer resources, so extending pavement life is critical. One way to do this is with concrete overlays. Conventional thinking has concrete overlays most suited for high volume, heavy truckload pavements, such as intersections and interchanges. In fact, it’s been joked that intersection projects are the “gateway drug” for […]

January 19, 2016

Roadbuilding

Allan Myers expands with purchase of new assets, including 2 asphalt plants

Heavy civil construction and materials company Allan Myers has expanded their presence in the Northeast with the purchase of new assets in the region. Allan Myers announced in a press release that the company had purchased major assets from Daisy Construction and Edgemoor Materials, including two new hot-mix asphalt plants in Elkton, Maryland, and Wilmington, Delaware. […]

September 11, 2015

Roadbuilding

How to grow your paving business

Project referrals are like gold to a contractor. Who better than a satisfied customer to sell your capabilities to a new client? While no one can argue the benefit of word-of-mouth business, a paving company can only increase sales so far using this method before growth tapers off. “Businesses stop growing because contractors don’t master […]

September 3, 2015

Roadbuilding

Sustainable pavement methods mature, but the future calls for more measurable results

Discussing sustainability in most industries usually elicits one of a couple of responses: either groans, rolling eyes and shuffling feet; or zombie-like stares off in the distance that clearly signify the listener is tuning out. But in the pavement sector, people are more attentive to the issue. Paving contractors, whether they be involved in asphalt […]

May 6, 2015

Roadbuilding

Equipment World Contractor of the Year, 2012

Steve Cosper got his love of construction as a teenager working summer jobs. But it was his keen appreciation for financial management and an aggressive use of digital technology that helped his company survive the recession.

June 7, 2012