Category: Asphalt
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OSHA’s 2025 Safety Rules Redefine Compliance and Recordkeeping in Construction
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in Asphalt, Business, Communication & Safety, Communications Equipment, Construction Safety, Construction Safety Systems, Construction Safety Technology, Construction Safety Training, Contractor’s Best Friend, Fall Protection, Featured, Pavement Maintenance, Product Categories, safety, Safety Equipment – Other, Technology and SoftwareConstruction remains one of the most hazardous industries in the United States, and OSHA’s 2025 regulations are raising the bar for safety compliance. With the industry still responsible for more than one in five workplace deaths, safety can no longer be treated as a background task. For contractors, safety managers and project leaders, keeping pace…
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How Asphalt Contractors Can Profit by Adding Crushing Operations
For many asphalt and pavement maintenance contractors, the piles of leftover millings, broken concrete, and truck washouts that accumulate over a season are seen as waste, a problem to be dealt with, material to be hauled away somewhere. In some areas this waste even comes with its own costs associated with dumping it. But a…
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Palfinger Launches Financial Services Program for U.S. Equipment Buyers
Palfinger has launched Palfinger Financial Services, a new program that provides financing options for businesses purchasing its cranes, hooklifts and truck-mounted equipment in the United States. The program offers a streamlined online application process, with credit decisions available in one to two hours and funding typically within 24 to 48 hours. Businesses can bundle installation…
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Government Shutdowns Deepen Construction Labor Crisis
When we think of the federal government being shut down, what we commonly picture are National Parks closed, flights grounded, even delays in Social Security benefits due to staffing shortages. Rarely do we hear of how these shutdowns put a choke-hold on the legal immigration pipeline that supplies our economy with the labor vital to…
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Building Connections in Construction and Asphalt at AEM
Dormie Weber laughs when she talks about her path into the construction and asphalt industries. It wasn’t a direct route, and she’s the first to admit it. “My career path hasn’t been a straight line,” Weber said. “Even dating back to my college days, I would go to school in the morning until noon and…
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Pavewise Secures $2.5 Million to Streamline Road Construction Compliance
Pavewise, a construction technology company focused on road project compliance and efficiency, has raised $2.5 million in seed funding led by C2 Ventures. The investment will fuel expansion of the company’s software platform that integrates production tracking, compliance automation and weather data for paving contractors. The funding round included participation from Connectic, Service Provider Capital…
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ARTBA Responds to OSHA’s Proposed Heat Safety Rule
As the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) continues developing its proposed federal standard to address heat-related illness and injury in the workplace, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has submitted detailed written responses outlining the transportation construction industry’s perspective on how such a rule should be structured. I’ve written previously about state-level…
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When Safety Tech Backfires: Why Over-Engineered Systems Can Put Construction Workers at Risk
Busy constructions sites are a gauntlet. In any given shift, workers may have to navigate between excavators swinging loads, delivery trucks reversing into tight spaces and forklifts moving heavy pallet loads back and forth. In these high stakes environments, safety systems are deployed with the very best of intentions – preventing collisions, protecting pedestrians and…
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Roadbuilding Industry To See Major Changes
We are heading into the soon-to-be offseason for many in the industry, and when things kick back up again in the spring, it’s going to be a different place. There have been lots of signs during the second half of 2025 that the economy is weakening, and, according to some economists, those indicators which have…
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Astec EZR3 Screed Redefines Balance and Mat Quality for Modern Paving Crews
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Astec surprised the industry with a late season drop of a brand new, redesigned, reengineered super screed. Created with contractor feedback, the EZR3 is engineered for balance, both in design and operation. Its rear-mount configuration enhances tractor stability and reduces the need for constant adjustments, keeping paving operations smooth and consistent across wider widths. The…