Greg Udelhofen

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Oregon Mainline Paving, LLC achieves ride smoothness bonus on new U.S. 97 realignment project in Redmond, OR

While Oregon Mainline Paving's typical bread-and-butter work is tied to mill and fill projects, the McMinnville, OR-based contractor recently completed a $25 million four-mile bypass around the City of Redmond and the traffic-free work zone proved beneficial in meeting project smoothness specifications.

Boston Logan’s warm mix - a first!

Aggregate Industries’ Northeast Region places 25,952 tons of warm mix asphalt on Runway 4R/22L at Boston Logan International Airport, the first airport in the nation to use the environmentally friendly asphalt on a runway repaving project, according to the Massachusetts Port Authority

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Economic stimulus — Yes!

A stimulus plan is sorely needed to jump-start our recessionary economy, but it needs to be a plan that creates jobs and benefits our overall economy now and in the future.

Recycling tear-off shingles

Can ?used? shingles successfully be used in HMA pavements?

The time has come for tear-off asphalt shingles to be accepted as another standard recycled material into hot mix asphalt, says Robert Kuehborn, Commercial Asphalt Co.

High FRAP content generates savings

Illinois Tollway uses a high fractionated reclaimed asphalt pavement and ground tire rubber on 16-mile section of Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) rebuild and widening project.

The Illinois Tollway designed this project to use a high percentage of fractionated reclaimed asphalt pavement (FRAP) in its HMA and SMA (stone matrix asphalt) mixes.

A sustainable solution

Editor's Perspective

Smooth asphalt placement is essential

Granite Contracting uses Volvo PF6110 track paver to build only four-lane drag strip in United States

From start to finish, the racing surface is 4,000 feet long, just over three-quarters of a mile.

DelDOT tests high-RAP content on major I-95 expansion

Increasing reclaimed asphalt pavement percentage provides cost-savings and paves the way for future projects in Delaware.

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Warm mix project yields valuable research

Long haul posed little challenge for warm mix placement on Nebraska warm mix highway project for Knife River's Midwest Division.

The project consisted of 6,000 tons of conventional hot mix and 5,570 tons of warm mix. The temperature of the mix was monitored to determine the rolling pattern required to achieve density for both hot and warm mixes.

Think 'green' and lean

Shingles — a green idea

Asphalt Contractors Editor's Perspective

Nevada Pequop I-80 CIR

Nevada?s second Interstate 80 cold in-place recycling (CIR) east of Elko exhibits the road agency?s confidence in using the rehabilitation approach on a heavily-traveled corridor.

After completing the inside lanes of the two project sections, Valentine's CIR crew began work on the 12-foot outside travel lanes and the 10-foot outside shoulders.

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