It's an age old question: Is bigger better? For rollers and meeting your compaction needs, the answer to this question is as nuanced as it is in every other instance. Rollers come in all kinds of ...

A good paving job will have a smooth, dense appearance that looks flat and tight, without any gaps between the aggregates at the surface. We all know that appearance doesn't just happen, there are a ...

To illustrate the intelligent-compaction (IC) roller’s potential to increase production, Kevin Garcia—road and paving construction segment manager for Trimble Navigation—relates an experiment Trimble ...

Although the intelligent-compaction (IC) concept as applied to asphalt rollers has its critics, Bomag has a number of its BW190AD-4 HF models operating in North America with the company's Asphalt ...

March 27, 2015 – COMMERCE CITY, Colo. – Atlas Copco’s new, easy-to-use intelligent compaction system gives contractors real-time material stiffness readings to ensure superior soil and asphalt ...

How often have you run over a nasty pothole or gotten a headache from driving on the bumpy pavement? No matter where you live, everyone claims to have the worst roads — and everyone’s rights to a ...

Roadbuilding and compaction equipment suppliers are gathering speed in meeting productivity demands, while also keeping low emissions in sight, writes Belinda Smart . Concerns about carbon emissions ...

Proper asphalt compaction is the key to ensuring the life of roads, and finding new ways to measure that compaction is seen as the key to improving infrastructure construction. To extend the life of ...

Thought LeadersDave Cist, Roger Roberts & Rob SommerfeldtCTO, Senior Software Engineer & Business Development ManagerGeophysical Survey Systems Inc. In this interview, AZoM talks to Dave Cist, Roger ...