Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Mon January 13, 2020
Recycled Pavement Find New Home in Highways, County Roads and City Streets
The future of asphalt pavements in America could be decided in the rolling hills of eastern Alabama at the National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT). There, on a closed 1.7-mile track, five heavily laden semi-trucks rumble around the road to simulate the stresses placed on today's interstate highways....
Joe Trinacria – CEG Associate Editor - Mon January 13, 2020
Yates Prefers Using GOMACO for Charting Smoother Path
The city of Greensboro is currently in the midst of executing an ambitious plan to construct a circular walkway around North Carolina's third-most populous municipality that pedestrians can use with ease....
Michigan Department of Transportation - Wed January 08, 2020
Construction on Northbound I-475 in Michigan Resumes in Spring 2020
Due to a number of factors, and in order to protect a critical state investment, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will not complete construction on northbound I-475 in Genesee County until approximately mid-summer 2020....
TXAPA - Mon December 30, 2019
TXAPA Holds Third Annual Asphalt Road-eo in Buda
The Texas Asphalt Pavement Association (TXAPA) held its 2019 Asphalt Road-eo Dec. 6 and 7, in Buda, Texas. The Asphalt Road-eo is a student competition created to generate interest in asphalt pavements and the asphalt pavement industry among students considering career options....
MAPA, CEG - Mon December 23, 2019
MAPA, MAAPT Team Up for Annual Asphalt Conference
This year's Annual Asphalt Conference surpassed expectations with more than 450 attendees throughout the event, which was held Dec. 4 to 5 at the Marriott Northwest in Brooklyn Park, Minn. For the first time ever, the conference was a combined event of the Minnesota Asphalt Pavement Association (MAPA) and the Minnesota Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists (MAAPT) conferences....
National Asphalt Pavement Association - Tue December 10, 2019
Steve Shivak Joins National Asphalt Pavement Association
The National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) welcomed Steven Shivak as director of membership. Shivak brings more than 15 years of experience implementing strategies that have increased member satisfaction, acquisition, and retention....
CEG - Thu December 05, 2019
Boutin & Sons Construction, W.I. Clark Continue Special Long-Time Relationship
The third generation of the Boutin family recently took the helm of Boutin & Sons Construction. But this time around, it's a daughter who is running the show, following the death in January 2019 of Ray Boutin, second-generation president and father of Corrine Boutin....
Road Machinery & Supplies Co. - Mon November 25, 2019
Road Machinery & Supplies Co. Expands Product Offering
Road Machinery & Supplies Co. announces the company has been named the Bomag dealer for soil, asphalt and landfill compaction products for the state of Minnesota, with the exception of six counties in southwest Minnesota....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed November 20, 2019
Rubblization Gives New Life to Dying Roads Nationwide
Industry outsiders might think that a man breaking up a concrete pavement with a sledgehammer is destroying public property; however, if industry insiders were to see this act or a machine rhythmically crashing huge hammers onto a roadway, they would instantly recognize this process as rubblization....
Power Curbers - Thu November 07, 2019
Power Curbers Introduces Next Generation: The 5700-D
Power Curbers, makers of the 5700 Series, introduced the next generation of the 5700. In January 2020 the 5700-D replaces the 5700-C as the "one machine solution" for concrete slipform applications. The 5700-D excels in curbing, sidewalk, barrier, ditches, paving, tunnel, agricultural and specialized applications, according to the manufacturer....
