Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu January 14, 2021
Wiregrass Uses Spray Paver to Expedite Freeway Work
Have you ever wondered where the water goes when you are driving in the rain on the freeway? When driving on a similar rainy day on city streets and county roads, drivers often experience considerable splash, spray and sometimes hydroplaning....
Roadtec - Wed January 13, 2021
Astec Announces Expanded Distribution With Road Machinery & Supplies Co.
Astec Industries announced that Road Machinery & Supplies Co. (RMS) has expanded its distribution to include Astec brands Roadtec and Peterson in increased territories and regions. RMS is a dealer of Astec brands KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens....
Katherine Devlin – CEG Editorial Assistant - Wed September 02, 2020
Geneva Takes Delivery of New Roadtec Milling Machine
Geneva Construction Company, a heavy highway contractor in Aurora, Ill., specializes in asphalt paving and concrete. In business since 1926, many of its projects are for the Illinois Department of Transportation, the Illinois Tollway and a variety of municipal jobs....
Romona Paden – CEG Correspondent - Tue August 27, 2019
Efficiency, Technology, Craftsmanship Mark Phase II of CalTran's I-5 Project
Interstate 5 in northern California's Siskiyou County busily hums, clanks, bangs and whirrs as work crews run big equipment and off-road vehicles in Phase II of a $57 million rehab project that runs from Mount Shasta to Dunsmuir....
Eric Olson –CEG Correspondent - Thu October 04, 2018
Motorists Revel in Early Finish to Huntsville Highway
When they first heard the news in late 2015, motorists in Huntsville, Ala., dreaded what was ahead for them. One of the city's lifelines, U.S. Highway 231, known locally as the South Memorial Parkway, was on the verge of getting a $54 million upgrade....
Tue March 13, 2018
Roadtec Guardian Telematics Uses Data to Lower Downtime
Roadtec's Guardian Telematics allows live two-way wireless communication between paving machines and remote devices. No matter where you are or where the job site is, you have real time access to machine data with your smart phone, tablet, or computer, according to the manufacturer....
Roadtec - Tue March 13, 2018
Roadtec's RP-170 Paver is Designed for Success
Roadtec's RP-170 highway class paver is designed with the goal of quality product and simple operation. It has a 174-hp Cummins QSB 6.7 Tier IV engine, a minimum paving width of 8 ft. (2.4 m) and a maximum paving width of 15 ft....
Roadtec - Tue March 13, 2018
Roadtec's Auto Cut Makes Easy Work of Obstacles
Roadtec debuted its auto cut technology at World of Asphalt. Auto cut comes standard on the company's RX-600 cold planer. Auto cut allows milling machine operators to easily raise the mill, walk over obstacles, walk back into the cut, and resume milling at same depth, without reprogramming or delay, according to the manufacturer....
Wed February 14, 2018
Closner Equipment Receives 2017 Roadtec Eagle Award
Texas-based Closner Equipment Company was recently honored with the Roadtec “Eagle” Award for Top Dealer of the Year 2017. The award was presented by John Irvine, president of Roadtec, to Bennet Closner, president of Closner Equipment, in Las Vegas at the AED Summit in January....
Wed September 13, 2017
Goodfellow Family Finds Success in Las Vegas Desert
Goodfellow Crushers has been on a business roll. In fact, the Boulder City, Nev.-based company recently opened new branches in California, Arizona and northern Nevada. That brings the company's branch count up to five....
