There are three significant factors that influence the ability of a paving train to achieve specified or target density air void content on any paving project. The first is mix design, especially with ...

The moniker aptly describes the machine: combination roller. Take a double drum vibratory compactor, swap out the rear drum for an axle carrying four tires, and a manufacturer can field a machine that ...

Many paving projects employ a common practice that contractors should avoid. That practice is rolling too fast with the breakdown compactor, especially when using a vibratory compactor. Many operators ...

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 ...

Vibratory soil compactors are usually the least conspicuous machines on road-building projects. Either they're long gone before the more glamorous paving train arrives, or they're working so far ahead ...

Compacting asphalt pavement sufficiently is crucial to extending the life of roadways. Intelligent compaction technologies offer methods of evaluating the state of pavement compaction in real time, ...