ASPHALT PAVING & PRODUCTION TRENDS AND TECHNOLOGY

Make the Most of Your World of Asphalt Experience: Tips from Veteran Attendees

World of Asphalt is back in 2025, and this time we're in St. Louis, Missouri! With 230,000+ net square feet of equipment to see and 430 of the top manufacturers in the asphalt...

10 Attributes of Successful Supervisors

When asked about the toughest part of a job, there is one answer that stands above the rest: dealing with people. Employees often get frustrated or annoyed with their job...

Tips to Attract the Next Generation of Asphalt Workers

Asphalt workers are in high demand, wages are rising and there’s significant competition, especially for journeymen workers. With these challenges also comes opportunity...

Top 10 Reasons Why Small Paving Businesses Fail

We didn’t need a pandemic to expose the construction industry’s potential vulnerabilities. Long before the pandemic, the industry was in the depths of a variety of ongoing...

Customer Experience is the New Competitive Advantage

In the modern time of convenience and instant gratification, more and more people are focusing their daily routines, schedules and decisions on what is easiest for them or what...

Compaction: The Key to Asphalt Pavement Performance

Integrity is the heart of construction. Developing a good reputation doesn’t come from Yelp reviews, word-of-mouth, or even advertising: it comes from how long the work holds up...

4 Tips to Achieve Optimal Asphalt Compaction

Smooth pavement is the goal, but there are many factors that play a role in the end result of your blacktop. It can be difficult to achieve optimal density of your asphalt mix...