1. BF6615 Press Release
(Product Press Releases/Pavers PR)

... stops and pauses. At the same time, an exclusive load-sensing hydraulic system lowers fuel costs by delivering power only when needed. The new design, UNIMAT 2 full-width floating screed has a standard ...

2. BW278AD-4 AM Press Release
(Product Press Releases/Intelligent Compaction PR)

... or decreases the compaction force where needed. The real time BOP display lets the operator constantly monitor the asphalt surface temperature, material stiffness, roller speed and amplitude. Proof rolling ...

3. Fast, Dependable Cost Cutters - BOMAG Planers at Frankfurt/Hahn Airport
(Products/Milling Machines)

... of material and requiring another 28 truck loads. Altogether, a total of 7,220 tons of material were removed from the project area, either selectively or en masse.   Time a key factor Another ...

4. New Jersey County Chooses BOMAG to Help Lengthen Landfill Life
(Products/Refuse Compactors)

... BOMAG," says Robert Norton, a SCIA Machine Operator. "It's a huge benefit to know where you've compacted. I can also pack twice as much in less time compared to the other compactors we have." ...

5. Four-Cycle Tampers Earn High Marks on School Site
(Products/Light Equipment)

Q &D Construction has come a long way in 39 years. Founded by Norman Dianda in 1964, the Sparks, Nevada-based construction firm has been named Reno's Contractor of the Year five times and is currently ...

6. Compaction: The First and Last Step to Patio Block Success
(Products/Light Equipment)

... over the surface three to four times with a plate compactor before introducing the sub-base material. Once the surface of the excavated area is sufficiently compacted, sub-base material may be added.  ...

7. Multifunction Soil Compactors Help South Carolina Rental Company
(Products/Single Drum Rollers)

... you offer him the correct amount of service to go along with it.  This includes making your store and its personnel available to your customer with timely rental, sales, information and instruction when ...

8. Rolling Hot Mix on Route 66
(Products/Asphalt Rollers)

Cyrus Avery had a plan. In the early 1920s, public pressure in the U.S. was high to create a national highway system. People were tired of the confused network of unmapped and sometimes impassable county ...

9. Strong Work Ethic, Investment in Milling Machine Keep Posen Construction Successful
(Products/Milling Machines)

... While on vacation in Florida, Norm Zapczynski, who owns the company with his brother Kenneth, observed a need for more construction contractors. At that time, the housing market was booming, and the ...

10. How Milling Machines Can Positively Transform Any Paving Contractor's Business
(Products/Milling Machines)

... spend three times as much to invest in a piece of equipment that addresses a need outside of their primary paving function. When objectively looking at the initial purchase price of a mill, contractors ...

11. The Right Mix
(Products/Recyclers)

... the Interstate could handle. Knowing that the roadway was already operating above capacity and that these traffic levels were expected to increase greatly with time, the Florida Department of Transportation ...

12. Recycler Rental and Rewards
(Products/Recyclers)

... district three maintains 333 miles. "Though we each have our own equipment fleets, we do share equipment and manpower from time to time," said Henson. "We all work well together - that's ...

13. Reasons to Recycle
(Products/Recyclers)

... not only a new piece of equipment, it was the introduction of a new concept. The idea was intriguing enough. Instead of investing time, effort and materials in totally reconstructing an asphalt road ...

14. Contractor Adds Cold Planer Milling Machine to Paving Prep Repertoire
(Products/Milling Machines)

... in Alleva’s and Bureski’s minds, but likewise in many of the employees such as Pommerer. Pommerer will at times do a little extra to ensure a quality milling job. He says that most third party ...

15. Breaking Down The Facts
(Products/Refuse Compactors)

... these compactors only need to be cleaned about once a week. Consequently, the machine spends far more time being productive. MAINTENANCE TIP #1 When performing maintenance work on a refuse compactor ...

16. JoB Construction finds multiple benefits with intelligent asphalt roller
(Products/Intelligent Compaction)

... issues with the road at a later time." That reference point comes in the form of documentation provided by the Asphalt Manager system, which includes an onboard printer to produce a paper record ...

17. Taking the Guesswork Out of Compaction
(Products/Intelligent Compaction)

... and get the job done better or faster the first time? To find out, the editors here at Better Roads talked to some of the first users of one specific technology, BOMAG’s intelligent compaction ...

18. Wide Open Tryouts - Asphalt Manager Technology
(Products/Intelligent Compaction)

... production time and labor costs associated with it, yet experience no under- or over compaction results. Simply, the optimized density is easier achieved using the new BOMAG technology than if a conventional ...

19. Hitting the Soil on the Head
(Products/Intelligent Compaction)

... in November of 2005, the new toll system allows users of a special I-PASS to avoid the wasted time of stopping at toll plazas to drop loose change, but instead have their tolls electronically recorded ...

20. Paving with the Big Boys
(Products/Pavers)

... sales over time, followed by expanded service offerings, such as asphalt patching and seal coating. The most extraordinary step in company history occurred in 1981 when the local operations were sold and ...