Inexpensive tack coat can significantly improve the bond between pavement layers, improving pavement strength, reducing surface-course sliding and reducing top-down cracking Application of tack coat ...

The placing of hot mix asphalt (HMA) overlays thinner than the usual 1.5-in. minimum often raises eyebrows. But it’s commonly being done nationwide, and many agencies are totally sold on the concept. ...

January 20, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - Big Easy Asphalt has established an asphalt repair division addressing multiple ...

Asphalt pavers have grown more sophisticated with the latest technologies, but one of the most basic components on the paver is still one of—if not the—most important: the screed. The screed plates on ...

Q: How about an update on Highway 17 in Santa Clara County? Some work has been done, which looks like the final layer, and in other areas it looks like patchwork. … You mentioned that Highway 12 in ...