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RoadsPaving
For contractors involved in full depth reclamation, there are a number of high capacity machines available on today’s mobile equipment market. Powered by engines developing several hundred horsepower, manufacturers offer high capacity reclaimers and soil stabilisers
Island Asphalt is a well-established roadbuilder on Vancouver Island and part of OK Industries Ltd. Brad Hoey, Island Asphalt’s general superintendent,
explains that the company was recently awarded a contract to repair a section of Devonshire Road in Esquimalt, some two kilometres west of downtown Victoria.
Milemaker Series plants offer flexible mix designs; Astec Double Barrel goes green; Terex’s newest super portable asphalt plant unveiled
The sought after 2007 Paver of the Year Award was won by Miller Northwest Ltd. for outstanding work on MTO contract 2006-6049, located on Highway 17 at English River.
With fewer new roads being built, today’s roadbuilders are often involved in projects to upgrade and widen existing highways for additional passing lanes, clear zones and improved lines of sight. Where road widening involves rock removal, the challenge is deciding how best to make relatively narrow cuts in rock that is frequently steep sided, uneven and inaccessible. This roadbuilder’s solution is an excavator mounted custom drill that is delivering good productivity, good reach and safer one-man operation.
New Global Positioning System-based technology recently helped a paving contractor meet challenging elevation and smoothness specifications on a runway rehabilitation project.
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Miller Group scores twice by Andy Bateman | 07/01 Rock drilling solution delivers safety and productivity by Andy Bateman | 07/01 GPS elevation control system in first paving application by Andy Bateman | 01/01 Focus on asphalt by | 08/13 Quality road repair in record time by Andy Bateman | 11/04 |
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