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The article provides information on a selection of industries that will get first priorities assistance to speed reconversion by the U.S. War Production Board (WPB) in May 1945. It mentions that passenger automobile manufacturers will get tools amounting to 50,000,000 U.S. dollars and construction priorities of 35,000,000 U.S. dollars. The industries chosen by the board include the sugar processing machinery and equipment, bituminous equipment as well as tractor equipment.

The article focuses on plans of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's National Airport Pavement Test Facility to probe the effect of heavy airplanes like Russia's Antonov AN-124 landing on runway strips. It suggests that before laying new pavement for testing, engineers must rework the underlying ground material. Then 50 inches of concrete laced with up to 1,000 sensors will be layered. If trials show that airplanes damage runways, airports will be required to rebuild runways.

The article reports on a new test to measure lime in asphalt, to insure the proper mix for roadway longevity. Researchers at the Federal Highway Administration developed the test, with help from several state departments of transportation. The article includes extensive description of test development and methods.

The article describes research relating to increasing the elasticity and durability of roadways by using polymer-modified binders in the asphalt mix. Research by the Federal Highway Administration indicates that a test called the repeated creep and recovery test (RCRT) can help pavement designers and highway agencies to predict the binder's performance. The article offers background on testing and details the testing protocol.

Reports on the development of an asphalt-cement additive by Asphalt Solutions Inc. in Arizona. Mixture with he liquid asphalt cement; Neutralization of the bitumen smell; Chemical processes of the compounds.

The article provides information on a variety of new paving materials and methods in asphalt and concrete, available to meet the demand for new road construction in the U.S. The Federal Highway Administration has recommended increasing highway capacity as well as widening local arterial roads. Two relatively new forms of asphalt, Stone Matrix asphalt and rubberized, are becoming more widespread.

This article reports that the rising prices of several different classes of materials slowed down but failed to eradicate overall yearly increases that have made some project cost estimates obsolete. Asphalt paving, Portland cement, ready-mix concrete and concrete block all leveled off, showing no or negligible increases. Portland cement's increase in the previous month was 0.4%. The overall material price increases for the year, however, remain significant. Near record-level oil prices kept the yearly price increase of asphalt paving at 12.7%.

Focuses on Lawrenceburg, Kentucky-based Hanson Aggregates' Tyrone Quarry's installation of an air separator to improve the quality of manufactured sand for bituminous products. Features of a dry processing air separator from Fisher Industries; Gradation of the feed material and the separated material; Benefits of the technology.

The article focuses on warm mix asphalt (WMA) which offered Caltrans an alternative that captured the attention of the Department of Transportation (DOT) of California in 2008. A warm mix workshop and demonstration project on Route 1 in Morro Bay, California included MeadWestvaco's Evotherm product and two other warm mix additives. Among the advantages of WMA technologies are reduced viscosity and reduced compaction challenges associated with cooled mixes or cold weather.

The article features ArrMaz Custom Chemicals, the largest manufacturer of phosphate processing and asphalt chemicals in North America as of January 2008. Based in Winter Haven, Florida, the firm has manufacturing facilities across the U.S. ArrMaz offers a full line of liquid products intended for the improvement of adhesion and cohesion between asphalt and aggregate, and improve the performance of asphalt pavements in terms of reduced pavement rutting and moisture-induced damage. Cited are some of its products.

The article reports that in the U.S. materials price escalation switched gears in 2005 as petroleum-based products took the lead from steel prices, which fueled inflation in 2004. The latest round of double-digit price increases for copper, plastic, gypsum and asphalt products are not driving inflation as hard as steel prices did in 2004. The annual inflation rate for 11 general building and valuation cost indexes fell from 8.5% a year ago to 5.5%. But this is still well above the average annual increases posted before 2004.

The article discusses the impact of high prices of oil and other raw materials on the cost incurred by asphalt paving contractors in the United States. Asphalt paving contractors appear to have dodged the full impact of the recent spike in crude oil prices. The impact on bituminous concrete prices has been even more muted. Prices for gasoline and diesel, the cream of refined crude, track with rising demand on U.S. highways. Asphalt suppliers say liquid asphalt prices have remained high after the big jump they took in 2003 during the oil strike in Venezuela.

The article informs that the Hamm HD 0120V, a larger asphalt compactor that incorporates exclusive L oscillation technology, will be introduced to North America this month. The new roller has an operating weight of 26,345 lb, a drum width of 78 in. with an offset working width of 81.5 in. and a working speed of 3.9 miles per hour. The rear drum features oscillation compaction with oscillation force of 46,125 to 62,775 lb. The front drum will feature conventional vibration at a top frequency of 3,000 vpm.

This article presents information regarding ABG Titan 525, world's largest asphalt paver. It was manufactured by Allgemeine Baumaschinen-Gesellschaft MBH at Hameln, Germany in the year 2002. It has hopper capacity of 17.5 tons.