In late August 2012, a pair of Super 2100-2 pavers from Vögele was attaining astonishingly smooth placements of hot-mix asphalt on segments 5 and...

Structural insulated panels used for Manhattan fire stations. Mike Gibson of Murray & Sons Construction was the contractor on the Manhattan, Kansas, fire stations 3...

Full-depth reclamation strengthens rural roads for heavy-truck traffic. Drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus shale region of northern Pennsylvania has increased traffic of heavy...

If the saying goes, “The whole is more than the sum of its parts,” then all those parts must absolutely be important in creating...

A recent retrofit of a parking lot on the West Virginia University campus in Morgantown, West Virginia, was anything but ordinary. To do the...

PART 2: Lessons learned using insulating concrete form construction In the previous issue, a contractor began their first Insulating Concrete Forms (ICF) construction project, and...

Restoring beauty to the tallest high-rise condominium Located in Marco Island, Florida, the Veracruz of Cape Marco is the tallest high-rise condominium complex in the...

Arkansas highway project shows potential for automated grade control throughout entire pavement cross-section Starting in late summer 2012, Weaver-Bailey Contractors, El Paso, Arkansas, began constructing...

Part 1: Lessons learned using insulating concrete form construction Samer Chaya recently constructed his first building using ICF’s (insulating concrete forms). It’s a medium-size (10,000...

For a whole host of reasons, Mike Viehdorfer really likes the stringless control system on his new GOMACO GHP-2800 concrete paver. He works for...