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ADDITIVES
Asphalt additive arrives to shrink carbon footprints
Ringway
20 - Spring 2007
Ringway's answer to bond coats, Gripclean, offers strength, 'non pick-up' and controlled break - and has been applied to the M11 in its largest UK use so far.
AGGREGATES
Rail ballast rethink
14 - Spring 2004
Hanson
Huge volumes of spent railway ballast are being reprocessed for use in asphalt by Hanson Aggregates in Oxfordshire.
Materials on demand
13 - Autumn 2003
Hanson
A new urban distribution centre has been opened by Hanson Aggregates near Gloucester to quickly supply contractors and builders with small quantities of construction materials.
Simplifying surface selection
12 - Spring 2003
Hanson
Gaining a competitive advantage in the modern asphalt sector is relying increasingly on the supplier's ability to respond to client's needs.
Managing the demand for safety
11 - Winter 2002
Hanson
Excellent skid resistance is achieved by specifying high PSV aggregate and providing adequate texture. But use of the premium material needs to be managed to ensure supplies well into the future.
Quality the key to thin surfacings
10 - Spring 2002
RMC
Careful aggregate selection plus rigorous quality assurance are crucial for thin surfacing systems, say RMC Aggregates' Divisional Technical Manager Gordon Lemon in the second part of his thin layer review.
Key stone in short supply
4 - Summer 1999
RMC
New roads technology is generating a huge demand for high specification aggregates whose consented supply is strictly limited. Gordon Lemon sounds a warning.
New company on the block
4 - Summer 1999
Hanson
Hanson Construction Projects has been launched to exploit the resources and expertise of its parent company.
Super Show
4 - Summer 1999
Bardon
Bardon Aggregates with its reputation for innovation now has a high profile showcase for company products and techniques: Super Agency Area 7.
Asphalt's family firm
3 - Winter 1998
Foster Yeoman
Privately owned Foster Yeoman is an unsung innovator in the asphalt sector, taking the lead in many areas and providing customers with an 'asphalt supermarket'.
AIRPORTS
Surface texture restored
24 - Spring 2009
Ringway
Skid resistance is being restored to racetracks, runways and roads using TrackJet - Ringway's newly upgraded high water pressure surface retexturing machine.
Principal runway gets first class treatment
24 - Spring 2009
Lafarge Aggregates
Edinburgh Airport's main runway has been successfully resurfaced with no disruption to flights and through careful planning.
Upping surfacing outputs with Shell S Grades
21 - Autumn 2007
Shell
Shell Bitumen has answered demand for greated volumes of surfacing in limited windows of working opportunity - with addition of S Grade to its bitumen binders.
Alternatives emerge to traditional airport surfacing
Nynas
20 - Spring 2007
Nynas is developing products for the airports sector that can offer savings in time and money on maintenance.
European runways cleared for UK take off
19 - Autumn 2006
Colas
Colas has exported tried and trusted asphalt technology from France for resurfacing and extending - in rapid fashion - Sumburgh Airport's main runway on the Shetland Islands.
Airport authorities warm to hightech runway materials
18 - Spring 2006
Nynas
Clients and contractors working in the airports sector are beginning to recognise the benefits of specifying asphalt containing polymer modified bitumen binders.
New airport surfacing prepares for take off
10 - Spring 2002
Test results for high performing asphalt surfacing - Super AirMat - laid for the first time on a taxiway last September, confirm the material's exceptional suitability for airport applications.
ANTI SKID OVERLAYS
SuperHitex to the rescue
12 - Spring 2003
Aggregate Industries
High skid resistance at approaches to junctions is a top priority and Aggregate Industries has developed a long term alternative to specialist overlays which is soon to have HAPAS approval.
Conducting business with care
4 - Summer 1999
Tarmac
Specialism is on the increase and so is the number of specialist divisions of major companies. One such newcomer is Tarmac Johnston Material Services.
ASPHALT INDUSTRY ALLIANCE
New alliance calls for a better deal for roads
11 - Winter 2002
News
ASPHALT PLANTS
Odour reduced by newly launched bitumen
25 - Autumn 2009
Shell Bitumen
Shell bitumen has developed a way of minimising odour from bitumen manufacturing and asphalt laying operations - removing a nuisance for neighbours and improving working conditions for operatives and staff.
Offset feeder delivers faster and better surfacing
CEMEX
20 - Spring 2007
CEMEX has achieved a 25% RAP content in the UK's first major contract to recycle surface course.
New technology fosters European growth
6 - Spring 2000
Foster Yeoman
Trials of an innovative asphalt plant in Germany are providing a vital link in Foster Yeoman's ambitions for expansion into added value markets in Northern Europe.
Asphalt's family firm
3 - Winter 1998
Foster Yeoman
Privately owned Foster Yeoman is an unsung innovator in the asphalt sector, taking the lead in many areas and providing customers with an 'asphalt supermarket'.
ASSET MANAGEMENT
Vital move promised fiscal progress
Client Side
21 - Autumn 2007
Further important progress has been made towards reloving the stalemate that is preventing sufficient funding for UK highway maintenance.
Delivering real road improvement
Client Side
20 - Spring 2007
We report on the progress of the UK Roads Board.
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