Some pavement defects are more uncommon than others, and what faced Pavement Advisory Board member Don Rooney, Pioneer Paving & Grading, when he served as a consultant on a job was a bit of a puzzle.

Having a solid base is essential to paving a driveway. For Bel Rock Asphalt Paving Inc., Belvidere, IL, it's essential for both its business and the driveways it paves. To build a solid base for the ...

CADT is Commercial Average Daily Traffic. RMA is Rubber Modified Asphalt. EL, EML, and EMH refer to mix design. The mixture number (2–5) corresponds to gradation, where 2 is the base mix and 5 is the ...

Mansour Solaimanian receives funding from Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. In the past has received research funding from Federal Highway Administration and Wisconsin Department of ...

Understanding Cape Coral’s Asphalt Environment Cape Coral’s climate is both an asset and a challenge. Warm temperatures allow ...

Roads are subject to heavy wear from traffic and environmental factors. Over the long term, these things add up to cracks and other defects in the asphalt. Micro-cracks and damage to deeper layers ...