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• The Deterioration of Asphalt Pavement and its Causes

  • July 21st, 2011 |
  • Posted in General Asphalt Advice
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  Even the most durable paved surfaces, like asphalt pavement, are susceptible to deterioration, distress, and cracking. However, knowing what causes these problems can help you prolong the life of your asphalt. This article from PaveManPro.com can help. It outlines the major causes of pavement deterioration. Overtime, the materials that make up asphalt begin to break […]

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• The Benefits of Warm-mix Asphalt

  • April 6th, 2011 |
  • Posted in General Asphalt Advice
  • Tags: asphalt, Benefits, Better Working Condition, Characteristics, Climate, Conditions, Cracking, cut emissions, Cut greenhouse gasses, Degrees, King of the Road, Longer Pavement Season, Materials, Mixed, My Pavement Guy, New Tecnology, pavement, Pavement Season, PTG Enterprises, Reduce emissions, Reduce greenhouse gasses, Revolutionary, Revolutionary New technology, Road, Techniques, Temperature, Temperature reduction, The Benefits of Warm-mix Asphalt, Traffic, Warm-mix asphalt, Wave of the future

  Warm-mix asphalt has been called the wave of the future, but what is it? Well, it is actually a generic term for several techniques used to reduce the temperature, by as much as 50 to 100 degrees, at which materials are mixed and placed on the road. This article from WarmMixAsphalt.com seeks to better explain […]

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