Pavement Maintenance & Reconstruction

Rental Snapshot: Live in Texas & Give in Texas

Buffalo Equipment Rental

Zack Smith has grown Buffalo Equipment Rental from just an idea to a successful family-operated rental business. He shares with us his biggest challenges, his ideal dinner guests, and more.

Rental Snapshot Zack Smith of Buffalo Equipment Rental

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3 Reasons Eagle Crusher Takes It To The Max

Eagle Crusher Co. Inc.

The MaxRap 25 Portable Plant allows operators to make RAP at multiple different specs—and at multiple different facilities.

Eagle

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Astec Introduces ReMix CCPR System at World of Asphalt

Astec Industries Inc.

By reusing RAP materials and mixing them at ambient temperatures, the CCPR significantly reduces the need for both virgin aggregate and energy for heating the mix.

Astec

Wirtgen Demonstrates New Milling Machine at World of Asphalt

Wirtgen Group, a John Deere Co.

This machine is particularly suitable for large construction sites with limited space due to its milling width of up to a maximum of 1.80 m.

Wirtgen 150

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Hands On With Caterpillar's Next Generation 3D Screed

Caterpillar - Cat

John Anderson, senior sales consultant for Caterpillar, breaks down how the 3D screed works and what sets it apart at World of Asphalt 2024. Stop by booth 2049 to check it out and learn more.

Cat Screed

IIJA/BABA Purchasing Guidelines Explained in Webinar

The on-demand webinar delves into the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Build America, Buy America Act of 2021 (BABA).

This webinar addresses purchasing guidelines crucial for Made-in-America purchasing in the construction and distribution sectors.

Designing Safety Into Surface Preparation

National Flooring Equipment

Contractors and operators are clearly at risk working in the construction sector - but they can also be influential in on-site safety improvements. How can equipment manufacturers learn from them to create a safer industry?

Designing Safety Into Surface Preparation

Trimble and Radiodetection Collaborate on Utility Mapping Solution

The software and hardware integration support utility-locating workflows to provide measurement capabilities for the creation of underground utilities maps in a single field operation.

The software and hardware integration support utility-locating workflows to provide measurement capabilities for the creation of underground utilities maps in a single field operation.

Rationalizing the Standard Hook in a Residential Footing

Concrete Foundations Association (CFA)

This column deals with a comparison of the minimum requirements set forth by the International Residential Code (IRC) and the referenced standard document, ACI 332-14 Requirements for Residential Concrete.

Figure 1: Complicated footing reinforcement showing standard hooks for vertical dowels.

Cold Planer Attachment Maintenance for Best Performance

Paladin Construction Group

Manufacturers design cold planer attachments to require minimal maintenance. Unfortunately, this has led to many operators completely ignoring most maintenance functions with their picks.

Cold planers, such as this Bradco unit, are used for asphalt and concrete pothole and frost heave repair, curb cutting, pavement texturing and the removal of traffic lane stripes and roadway around manholes.

Reduce Random Cracking with Plate Dowels

KB Engineering LLC

Use plate dowels at construction joints to reduce the risk of random cracking.

Steel plate dowels carry loads across a construction joint, maintain vertical alignment between adjacent slabs and allow concrete shrinkage both perpendicular and parallel to the joint.

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Weiler Unveils New Innovations at World of Asphalt

Nigel McKay, Sales Manager at Weiler, talks about the latest technologies on the showfloor at World of Asphalt. Stop by booth 2349 this week to learn more.

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