Tag: road paving

Roadbuilding

Ohio paving crew receives thanks for simple act of kindness, respect

As a funeral procession passed a paving crew from The Shelly Company, each member stopped and took off their helmets in an act of respect for the deceased.

August 10, 2018

Roadbuilding

Cold or hot: recycling for pavement preservation conserves materials

In-place recycling for pavement preservation conserves materials Cousins to full-depth reclamation, hot in-place recycling (HIPR) or cold in-place recycling (CIPR) methods are small but modestly growing segments of pavement preservation. Both methods can help conserve materials and resources and create a smaller carbon footprint. Using these processes, the existing pavement is milled, then mixed with […]

January 30, 2017

Roadbuilding

Optimizing pavement levels of service

A pavement’s level of service is a measure that combines a pavement’s design criteria – such as freeway, primary arterial, collector and local street or road—with traffic conditions such as speed, travel time, freedom to maneuver, user comfort and convenience, traffic interruptions and safety. As pavement performance and durability impacts a highway’s level of service […]

October 9, 2015

Roadbuilding

Lafarge announces rural road solution as a low-cost alternative to asphalt

Lafarge announced recently a new concrete solution to reduce the costs of rural roads up to 55 percent over a 20-year life cycle. Lafarge Malaysia announced the new rural roads solution recently and pilot projects are expected to get underway soon, Malaysian state news agency Bernama reported. “Rural concrete roads are more durable, especially in […]

May 22, 2015

Business

Texas contractor to pay for repairs resulting from tar covered tires from recently paved road

It always feels nice to drive on newly-paved roads. Typically, that doesn’t include taking the road with you. Victoria, Texas contractor Brannan Paving has agreed to pay for all the repairs resulting from a botched paving job that for several days closed down a 2.5-mile stretch of road near Corpus Christi, according to KRISTV.com. Officials […]

July 24, 2013