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Volvo Earthmovers are Hard at Work Enlarging a Small Singapore Island

Twenty-two Volvo articulated haulers and excavators are moving sand to the small Pulau Tekong Island helping grow its size in a massive redevelopment project

The machines are running tirelessly, loading earth and sand that arrives at the island by barge before being transferred to the fleet of Volvo haulers for delivery to the required deposit points. The trucks travel along an uneven haul road approximately 0.6 miles long, and then unload at the jobsite.

Exclusive Interactive Excavator Spec Guide Lets You Customize Your Equipment Search

Find the right excavator to meet your jobsite needs in this customizable interactive online spec guide.

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Gravity-Fed Asphalt Paver is Effective on Highway Jobs

Feeding Roadtec's 32,000-lb SP-100e Stealth Paver with a material transfer vehicle, with gravity flow to the auger, should deliver high-production paving and cut operating costs

The SP-100e accepts the hot-mix asphalt (HMA) at the top of the machine, where gravity feeds the material through flow gates directly to the auger from the cone-shaped mass flow hopper.

John Deere 850K and 1050K Dozers Win Red Dot Design Award

Products selected from among a record number of approximately 5,200 innovations in the Red Dot Award Product Design category in 2016

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Three Decades of Paving Innovations

As Asphalt Contractor celebrates its 30th year of serving the asphalt road building industry, we take a look back at how asphalt pavers have evolved over that time

Caterpillar’s current F Series features a Mobil-Trac System undercarriage with oscillating bogies and a rubber belt.

With Asphalt Emulsions, High Float = High Performer

Unlike conventional asphalt emulsions, after the water evaporates, high floats leave more than just asphalt behind.

Charles E. Watts Inc.’s E.D. Etnyre & Co. distributor sprays high-float emulsion at rate of 0.395 gal per sq. yd. on Route 29 surface following reclamation by Cherokee County, AL, forces.

How to Avoid Bumps in Asphalt Overlays

Following crack sealing “best practices” assures smooth, bump-free finished pavement

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How to Compact Asphalt Pavements

Temperature of the mat, pattern of rollers, impact mat density – and the success (or failure) of a pavement

Given that the best time to achieve the greatest density is when the mat is hottest, it makes sense to get as much compaction at the higher temperatures as possible. Scherocman says the best way to do that is to operate two rollers in echelon – side by side – down the mat. This enables the full width of the mat to be compacted while that mat is hottest.

APM Paves Parking Lot Using Mix with Toner Additive

Recycled printer toner passes first U.S. paving test – laydown – in Kentucky

APM Asphalt is the first U.S. contractor to construct an asphalt pavement that contains the MTP as an additive in the hot mix asphalt.

Summit Materials Enters Las Vegas Market with an Integrated Aggregates and Ready Mix Concrete Acquisition

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The acquisition provides Summit with premier, well-located assets in an expanding market.

Reviving Recycled Asphalt

There is a solution to help minimize the damaging effects of RAP

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2017 THUD Bill Provides $17 Billion for DOT Spending

Senate Appropriations Committee approved a $56.6 billion THUD bill including $16.9 billion for US DOT and $44 billion from the Highway Trust Fund for Federal-aid highway programs

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