Pavement performance depends on many factors. Mix designs, ambient and mix temperatures, rolling methods, joints, and types of equipment used can all be analyzed and tweaked to deliver a better ...

Often, one of the last and most critical steps in building roads is when compactors roll down that last mile. Accurate compaction can be overlooked in the rush to finish that last pass before the ...

The Cat Paving Products Guide to Soil Compaction was released earlier in 2013. It joined the Cat Paving Products Guide to Asphalt Compaction, published in 2012. Both books are available on Amazon.com ...

BOMAG's Terrameter technology in a roller cab. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) defines intelligent compaction (IC) as “the compaction of road materials, such as soils, aggregate ...

Liquefied stabilized soil (LSS) is made with construction waste and used for filling and backfilling long, confined spaces where traditional compaction is difficult. Using LSS helps speed up ...

Photo provided by Wacker Neuson. Compaction has always had a little black magic in it. You make a pass. Then another. Then maybe one more. You know, just to be safe. Luckily, compaction technology has ...

Regardless of what you’re growing, spring is an exciting time of year. But it doesn’t come without challenges. Compaction can lead to wet soil that makes it difficult to get in your fields on time for ...

MORTON, Minn. -- An Ohio State University Extension agricultural engineer says crop producers need to consider how tillage methods, soil compaction and fuel use are interrelated. Randall Reeder ...