Category: Application
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World of Asphalt 2025: Full Recap And Highlights
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in Application, Asphalt, Asphalt Pavers, Asphalt Plants, Asphalt Recycling, Asphalt Tack Distributors, Blacktop, Business, Conexpo, Construction News, Construction Technology, Equipment, events, Featured, Infrastructure, Maintenance, Pavement Maintenance, Pavement Marking & Striping, Pavement Preservation & Maintenance, Plant Components, Production, Sustainability, SweepersHere we are folks! This is the main event for the asphalt industry and it will be a full two years before we see the next World of Asphalt! It’s an exciting week, and we will be bringing all the latest news, products, events, and so much more every day.This will be your LIVE portal…
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Modernizing A Vital Stretch of I-95 in North Carolina
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As a key transportation corridor for the East Coast, I-95 plays a critical role in moving goods and travelers to their destinations. However, one particularly congested segment between Dunn and Fayetteville, North Carolina, had endured over 50 years without substantial upgrades, resulting in bottlenecks and outdated infrastructure. In late 2019, work began on a transformative…
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Attentive.ai Partners With Asphalt Kingdom On AI Pavement Push
Attentive.ai has already been a forward thinking leader of AI-based takeoff software in the construction space, and now they are looking to expand their influence and reach by partnering with Asphalt Kingdom. The two companies are looking to transform the way that contractors and other pavement pros look at new technology like AI (artificial intelligence). …
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The EPA Answers Your Questions About Asphalt EPDs
Over the last few years, the genesis of the environmental product declaration (EPD) within the asphalt industry, as well as its continued rise in importance for producer and pavers who work on Federal and State infrastructure projects. However, outside of the meetups organized by the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA), there are still a lot…
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Road Builders Upgrade Hurricane Evacuation Route
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It’s become increasingly apparent over the last handful of years that certain parts of the country are getting hit with increasingly severe weather events which takes added toll on critical infrastructure. For parts of the southeastern United States like Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas, the hurricanes that struck in 2023 and 2024 accumulated billions in…
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World Of Asphalt Preview Guide 2025
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in Aggregates, Application, Asphalt, Asphalt Pavers, Asphalt Plants, Asphalt Recycling, Asphalt Tack Distributors, Automation Systems, Blacktop, Compaction, Construction News, Construction Technology, Dirt Work, Equipment, events, Featured, Maintenance, Mastics, Material Transfer Vehicles, Milling, Mix Design, Patching, Pavement Maintenance, Pavement Marking & Striping, Pavement Preservation & Maintenance, Paving, Plant Components, Plants, Preservation, Production, Rejuvenators, Sealcoating, Striping, Sweepers, Sweeping, TechnologyContractors, manufacturers, and all the biggest brands from the asphalt industry will be in attendance for the 2025 World of Asphalt show and conference (WOA) during the week of March 25-27 in St. Louis, MO. The best way to get the most from your time at the expo is to have a good plan. Whether…
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Why This New Republican Bill Won’t Save The Highway Trust Fund
Discussions about the insolvency of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) have been happening since the early 2000s, and I wrote in 2023 how the booming EV market was going to make matters worse. While several committee hearings were held during the Biden administration, neither the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) nor the Inflation Reduction…
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Massive Asphalt And Concrete Equipment Auction By Maynards, March 6 2025
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One of the, if not the biggest, hurdles to starting an asphalt pavement business, is the high cost of entry. Purchasing the pavers, rollers, milling machines, and all the other various tools used for maintenance don’t come cheap. Even if you’ve already started your business, the opportunity to purchase quality equipment, even pre-owned, at a…
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PAVE/X 2025 Delivered on “Bigger and Better” In Chattanooga, TN
…It lived up to the hype! During the lead-up to the first PAVE/X trade show in 2024, there was a distinct air of cautious optimism. The pavement industry was going through a transition several years in the making, a passing of the torch, or a changing of the guard, and everyone was holding their breath…
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Arizona Congressman Sponsors Bill To Abolish OSHA
On January 3, 2025, Andy Biggs (R – AR – 5) introduced a new, if exceedingly brief, piece of legislation that would result in the abolition of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Its formation was the result of the Occupation Safety and Health Act, signed into being by former Republican President Richard Nixon on…