Continental Materials has sold “substantially all the assets” of Transit Mix Concrete to Aggregate Industries–WCR, a subsidiary of LafargeHolcim. A flurry of concrete trucks go in and out of the ...

Safer roads begin with safer materials. For paving projects using asphalt chip seal, lightweight aggregate made from expanded shale, clay or slate (ESCS) has a greater bond strength and skid ...

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Wet aggregates increase asphalt plant fuel costs and create extra time and labor in order to stay on track with deadlines It’s a Monday morning, you’re headed to your construction aggregate plant ...

Drexel University engineers have shown that a concrete mix designed to gently warm itself in cold weather can cut damaging freeze-thaw cycles outdoors, pointing to longer-lasting pavements for cold ...