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 ...

Most pavement sealers are commonly supplied as concentrates (undiluted), which must be mixed with water, silica sand/aggregate, and additives for proper application consistency and desired performance ...

It’s “poticrete,” actually, the name given an aggregate mix the city of Bellingham, Wash., used for a paved trail project — a big portion of the aggregate is made of crushed toilets, sinks and other ...

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 ...