A 2009 issue of Asphalt Pro Magazine included an article on Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures (SPCC) and how the EPA mandate might or might not affect your asphalt or terminal operation. The rule requires that certain facilities prepare and implement a written document (an SPCC Plan) outlining how they will prevent “oil” from reaching [...] more » AsphaltPro Magazine is known for its how-to editorial content. Readers spend time in our pages to learn. They also peruse our Equipment Gallery and Here’s How It Works (HHIW) departments, where we showcase the newest iron, equipment and technology for complete product education. More than a regurgitation of OEMs’ product releases, these popular columns give [...] more » This SPL110 mobile drum plant from Asphalt Drum Mixers, Huntertown, Ind., is set up to produce EZ Street® cold asphalt in Yellowknife, NWT, Canada, by Det’on Cho Nuna Asphalt Producers, Ltd., for Nuna Logistics, Ltd., on the Ndilo Community surfacing project. The project separated production from installation, which took place regardless of time and weather [...] more » Contractors seeking enhanced tractive effort and wide paving footprints in their remix pavers can check out the new Terex® CR652RX Remix Anti-Segregation system mainline paver from Terex Roadbuilding, Oklahoma City. It features the largest rubber tire drive in the industry, according to the manufacturer, and allows paving widths reaching up to 30 feet (9.1 meters). [...] more » Editor’s Note: One of the best places to test and prove the benefits of warm-mix asphalt (WMA) should be a few miles south of the Arctic Circle. Although WMA has proved its merits time and again for most pavement engineers in the United States, the researchers at NCC Roads AB and NCC Roads Sweden North [...] more » I wish it wasn’t a true story, but tragedy once struck a plant team at the end of a long day, in a month of long days. Their Astec portable drum mix plant had produced nearly 5,000 tons of asphalt since daylight and the operator—we’ll call him John—had shut the plant down and loaded out [...] more » Australia/Oceania Construction machinery exports from the United State to Australia/Oceania led the way in 2011 with a 73-percent gain as the region took delivery of $2.8 billion of U.S.-made construction equipment. Source: Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) China Asia’s bitumen freight rates went unchanged for a few weeks in February, which Vietnam can be thankful [...] more » In the Saitama Prefecture, Japan, the Nippo Corporation paved the access roads to a car maker’s new research and development plant. The crew used the Sakai GW750 and TZ701 to achieve compaction, even on a challenging base layer. Also notice the double-drum, walk-behind roller the Nippo worker uses to get precision compaction alongside curbs, drains [...] more » In time to help plan the National Center for Asphalt and Technology’s (NCAT) 25th anniversary celebration in the fall, Dr. Ray Brown returned to the center as director emeritus. He served as director for 20 years, leading the center to a number of major accomplishments and developments within the asphalt paving industry. After working as [...] more » While the newest report from the Transportation Research Board (TRB), titled “NCHRP Report 714: Special Mixture Design Considerations and Methods for Warm Mix Asphalt” is a draft recommended appendix to AASHTO R 35, Standard Practice for Superpave Volumetric Design for Hot-Mix Asphalt (HMA), it is chock full of mix design guidance asphalt professionals have been [...] more »