Gazpromneft-Bitumen Materials has completed the installation of the main equipment of the complex for the production of high-tech binder components in the city of Salsk (Rostov region). The new ...

The widespread use of petroleum-based asphalt binders in the construction industry is accompanied by high material costs due to the volatility of the petroleum market and negative environmental ...

For failed pavements, full-depth reclamation (FDR) reclaims and treats an entire road structure – including underlying materials – to produce a stabilized base course ready for overlay. With FDR, an ...

The "poker chip" method, created by TxDOT and the University of Austin, has been adopted by AASHTO as a new national binder testing standard.

It can be termed as the building block of the pavements without which all the pavement materials would behave independently and thus will be deemed useless. Almost ninety percent of bitumen is used in ...

Systematic, well-designed, and implementable research is the most effective way to solve many problems facing state departments of transportation (DOTs) administrators and engineers. Often, highway ...

Asphalt’s ability to make meaningful economic and sustainable impacts makes the material ripe for opportunity and contractors should become familiar with how to properly use the recycled material Of ...