It could impact an entirely different industry. Scientists discover incredible way to make use of old cigarette butts — here are the details first appeared on The Cool Down.

Texas drivers could soon have smoother commutes thanks to a surprising ingredient — plastic bags. Engineers at the University of Texas at Arlington have developed a method to blend shredded plastic ...

After five years of feasibility studies with the Texas Department of Transportation and other tests, a team of civil engineering students and their professor from the University of Texas at Arlington ...

Question: Why can’t you asphalt pave at night or during the winter months? Fall weather, with the cooler temperatures it brings, poses a challenge for hot mix asphalt paving on the Grand Avenue bridge ...

The history of asphalt mix design has changed significantly over the years with the goal always to create stable and durable pavements. Today, asphalt mixtures are primarily designed under the ...

Rubber modified asphalt has emerged as one of the most promising avenues for end-of-life tires, but there remains a lot of ...

Asphalt mix design equipment: Includes Superpave gyratory, Hveem and Marshall Compactors. Stabilometers and Marshall Press. Asphalt mixture performance tester (AMPT): Measures mechanical properties of ...

If you have ever attended an asphalt conference, or signed up for any webinars as part of your state’s asphalt pavement association, or you’ve ever heard of environmental product declarations (EPD), ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The city Department of Transportation (DOT) may soon use an innovative asphalt mixture believed to create longer-lasting roads -- first tested here a few years ago -- to pave ...

Workers from Capital Paving Materials and Construction monitor the application of the new plastic waste pavement mixture on a section of Stadium Boulevard in Columbia, Missouri, while guiding the ...