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Equipment Showcase Helps Improve Your Business - Time for Marginal Improvements

How to Apply Tack Coat

Improper application of tack coats, like this tack that was applied by hand using a pour bucket, eliminates any benefits that can result from using tack coats to improve paving.

US Secretary of Transportation Outlines DOT's Steps to Manage Insolvency of Highway Trust Fund

Associated Equipment Distributors (AED)

The DOT will be forced to institute cash management procedures for highways if the Highway Trust Fund reaches a shortfall in just a few weeks

Paving 75 tops $620 million

Parking lot work dominates but versatility is widespread

Plant Maintenance

Small Patching Machines Help Solve Growing Pothole Problem

Having smaller equipment on hand can improve response time and profitability on pothole repairs.

The DuraHook is a hook lift style, self-contained module that allows the contractor, when done patching for the season, to simply offload the DuraHook, switch to a dump bed or sander box and have one truck to do multiple tasks

Foamed Asphalt Helps Recycle, Reduce & Reuse

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Laurel Asphalt Expands with Environmentally Conscious Plant

With input from the local community, this asphalt producer successfully expands its facilities in Maryland

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Free Webcast: DOT Compliance for Class 3-8 Vehicles

J. J. Keller & Associates

Webcast Tuesday, May 13, 2014, 1 pm (Central) designed to help small and mid-sized truck fleets comply with DOT safety requirements

Threats to Pavement Quality… and A Solution

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MultiCool Aids Compaction Calculations in the Field

National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA)

MultiCool software updated and expanded with mobile web version and Android app

AEMA Announces 2014 Past President's Award for Emulsion Excellence

Asphalt Emulsion Manufacturers Association (AEMA)

The award recognizes the highest quality of workmanship and compliance with the best standards of practice when using asphalt emulsions.

How Tack Coat Improves Your Asphalt Paving

Inexpensive tack coat can significantly improve the bond between pavement layers, improving pavement strength, reducing surface-course sliding and reducing top-down cracking

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