Asphalt market continues to grow amid the effect of Covid19. The lockdowns may have slowed down many industries across the globe but because of asphalt’s versatility, it remained to be on-demand and will continue to manifest market growth in the ...
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Extending the Life of Concrete
A company in Japan is developing a new concrete that will extend the life of concrete to more than 200 years. That is more than double the current lifespan of concrete today. According to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle, the heavy ...
2020 Pavement Budget
It looks like roads in the United States will be getting a facelift in 2020. In December, the House of Representatives approved a 1.29 billion increase in highway and core transit program investment. Should this pass in the Senate as well, ...
Using Labs to Create the Best Asphalt
Unless you work in the pavement industry, asphalt and concrete are just ways to get to where you need to go. Many people don’t ever think about the process behind the roads they drive on every day. By creating the best asphalt possible, it ...
Are Autonomous Rollers the Solution?
An international technology company named Semcon has recently developed a system for autonomous compactor operation. The compactor was designed to increase efficiency and quality during road construction. The Norwegian company hopes to elimate ...
The Biggest Pavement Maintenance Trends from 2019
It is hard to believe that we are in the final weeks of 2019 and 2020 is quickly approaching. With the year coming to a close, we take a look back at one of the biggest pavement maintenance trend that we noticed this past year. One key ...