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.

New surfacing filler represents road defect panacea
Velocity
20 - Spring 2007
Substantial benefits including speed of repair, durability and cost savings are promised by 'Joint Filler', a new cold applied road remediation product.

Road repairs pre packed
19 - Autumn 2006
Velocity
Repairs to potholes and problem ironwork can now be carried out more quickly using pre packed kits developed by Velocity.

Ingenuity solves surfacing problem
18 - Spring 2006
CEMEX
Use of a special additive has allowed CEMEX to reconstruct a full depth of asphalt pavement during night time posessions of a busy motorway.

A safer future through designing for maintenance
18 - Spring 2006
Comment - John Jackson, HTMA

Introducing the new name in road repair
18 - Spring 2006
Velocity
After a successful start in the UK, Jetpatcher is changing its name. Welcome to Velocity.

Birmingham's viaducts revived
15 - Autumn 2004
RMC
Motorways crossing three concrete viaducts north of Birmingham are being refurbished using an 'upside down' method of road renewal to stop surface rutting and ingress of water.

The engineer's flexible friend
13 - Autumn 2003
Aggregate Industries
Striking the right balance between binder course strength and flexibility has always been a challenge in urban areas, but Aggregate Industries believes it has found the answer.

Jetpatcher cuts costs, reduces claims
13 - Autumn 2003
Velocity
Road user insurance claims are raplidly increasing throughout the UK except where the Jetpatcher road repair system is being used.

Pursuing perfection in highway practice
10 - Spring 2002
Edmund Nuttall
Strong pedigree in road construction and maintenance gives contractor Edmund Nuttall all the skills, experience and capability required to put the UK's latest highway plans into practice.

Call for maintenance targets
9 - Autumn 2001
News

High performance surfacings go underground
9 - Autumn 2001
Foster Yeoman
A new carriageway through the Dartford River Crossing's west tunnel posed real challenges for the asphalt contractor, not least in providing a safe and durable surface during and after construction. Foster Yeoman rose to the occasion.

Sustainable solution for winter highway headache
8 - Spring 2001
RMC
Development of an innovative edge repair system is RMC's response to a major carriageway maintenance problem made all the more acute for highway authorities by recent heavy rain and flooding.

Braving the elements
6 - Summer 2000
RMC
Resurfacing of a vexatious viaduct required RMC to apply not just the latest in asphalt technology but a considerable amount of ingenuity too.

MANHOLES

Providing proven product performance
14 - Spring 2004
Innovative alsphalt products can offer performance or financial benefits but clients need proof that materials will meet their expectations before specifying them. According to RMC, HAPAS is the solution whatever the product.

MASTIC ASPHALT

Raising the standards bar in mastic asphalt
22 - Spring 2008
Shell Bitumen
Shell Bitumen's S Grade binders allow lower production and application temperatures in asphalt mixes, benefiting also the mastic sector.

MICROSURFACING

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.

MOBILE ASPHALT CONTAINERS

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.

MOBILE ASPHALT PLANTS

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.

Positive outlook for thin surfacing
9 - Autumn 2001
RMC
How long do thin surfacings last? Conclusive answers are hard to come up with, but RMC Aggregates' Divisional Technical Manager Gordon Lemon has been trying to provide at least a partial response.

MOTORWAYS

Elevating the pace of asphalt surfacing
22 - Spring 2008
CEMEX
Minimising disruption to traffic is a high priority for the Highways Agency and its contractors, so CEMEX's new time saving asphalt product is proving a winner.

Recycled surfacing marks UK sustainability progress
19 - Autumn 2006
CEMEX
CEMEX has achieved a 25% RAP content in the UK's first major contract to recycle surface course.

Ingenuity solves surfacing problem
18 - Spring 2006
CEMEX
Use of a special additive has allowed CEMEX to reconstruct a full depth of asphalt pavement during night time posessions of a busy motorway.

Gripclean builds better bonds
18 - Spring 2006
Ringway
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.

Teamwork smoothes traffic flow
15 - Autumn 2005
Comment - Dave Meacham, Balfour Beatty

Birmingham's viaducts revived
15 - Autumn 2004
RMC
Motorways crossing three concrete viaducts north of Birmingham are being refurbished using an 'upside down' method of road renewal to stop surface rutting and ingress of water.

Proof is in the performance
15 - Autumn 2004
Hanson
Early thin surfacings were predicted to last up to 10 years but some have now been trafficked for more than a decade - and are still going strong.

Exploring the legacy of porous asphalt
12 - Spring 2003
BP Bitumen
June 2003 is the tenth anniversary of a key event in the advance of asphalt technology - the surfacing of a stretch of M4 in South Wales with porous asphalt.

Fast finish by surfacing's safe hands
11 - Winter 2002
RMC
Highway maintenance requires astute planning and good management to ensure high standards of safety, as RMC has been demonstrating lately.

Hanson wins approval on the M20.
5 - Winter 1999/2000
Hanson
Client satisfaction, public response, bonus earned - by what ever measure, Hanson Construction Project's resurfacing of the M20 can only be gauged a success.

Long life: Tarmac's master plan
1 - 1997
Tarmac
Innovation has been given a major boost by the advent of privately financed roads and private sector maintenance management of key elements of the trunk road and motorway network. The response of Tarmac proves the point.