How can you perform a ground test when you can’t drive a spike? A new customer has just awarded you a service contract to perform standard electrical maintenance for a large suburban mall. As part of ...

Asphalt and concrete have battled for road surface supremacy ever since both made their debut in the late 1800s. Until now, asphalt ruled, being the material of choice on 90 percent of all U.S.

The composition of the asphalt mixture making up a road can determine how safe it is for cars to drive on. Tarik Seker/iStock via Getty Images Plus More than 90% of paved roads in the U.S. are made of ...

Flint, Mich.-based Ajax Paving handles both government highway and demanding private asphalt and concrete paving duties from its headquarters and asphalt jobs from a subsidiary in Fort Myers, Fla. But ...

Tacoma is homing in on improving streets. On Monday, for instance, the city launched the week-long campaign dubbed “Pothole Palooza” to broadcast its efforts toward repairing less-than-pristine roads.

More than 90% of paved roads in the U.S. are made of asphalt, which is constructed with nonrenewable materials such as petroleum. One way to make paving more sustainable is to recycle old pavement.