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  • Wirtgen America HD+ Tandem Rollers

    The cab of the manufacturer’s HD+ tandem rollers is fully adjustable.

     
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    Stone Construction Equipment Inc. Reversible Plates

    The company’s Reversible Plate series consists of six models including gas and diesel options, providing the most complete selection for all soil conditions and jobsite applications; ideal for base prep and foundation compaction.

     
  • Multiquip Inc. SuperScreed

    The self-propelled SuperScreed is hydraulically driven and requires only one operator.

     
  • A Lesson in Pervious

     
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    Learning to do Pervious

    As an environmentally friendly product that provides more than a paved surface to drive or park on, pervious concrete offers a new frontier for concrete contractors

     
  • Curb Roller Mfg. Curb Roller

    The Curb Roller is a walk-behind roller screed that forms the curb and gutter as it spins. It is low maintenance and hydraulically driven.

     
  • Cleform Tool Corp. Rock N Roller Imprint System

    The Cleform Rock N Roller imprint system includes two new texture rollers are 24 in.-wide and come as a set with a 9-in. touch up roller.

     
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    Speedy Dam Project

    Seven Dynapac rollers were used on the Nam Theun 2 dam project—one of the world's largest hydroelectric dam designs.

     
  • RCC 2007

    The fifth International Seminar and Study Tour on Roller-Compacted Concrete Dams is scheduled for March 18-13, 2007, Atlanta, Ga.

     
  • Problem Clinic: Air Entrained RCC

    Are air-entraining admixtures necessary to produce frost-resistant roller-compacted concrete pavement (RCC)?

     
  • Roller-Compacted Concrete Pavements

    Roller-compacted concrete (RCC) is a zero-slump concrete that is compacted by vibratory rollers.

     
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    Focus on Pervious Concrete

    Motivated by the need to control the runoff of rainwater, developers and building owners are considering using pervious for parking lots, driveways, and even residential subdivision streets. Pervious is fairly simple, but it's far from foolproof; when designed and built without knowledge of the...

     
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    Kraft Tool Co. Rock-N-Roller

    The Rock-N-Roller is a new patterned decorative concrete roller system for concrete slabs.

     
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    Paving with Roller Compacted Concrete

    RCC was first developed as a paving material in 1976. Some Canadian builders had the idea of doubling the amount of cement in a soil cement mix to stabilize the surface at a log sorting yard. They got much more than they had expected—it was strong and durable, and it went down quickly and easily.

     
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    Jlin Corp. Roller Screed

    Roller screeds are like having a screed and paver rake rolled into one.

     
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    Concrete that Drains

    Most people consider concrete to be impervious—after all, it's HHl used to make swimming pools and kitchen sinks. And most concrete is, indeed, nearly watertight. But a new kind of concrete that allows water to flow through virtually unimpeded is gaining popularity. Pervious concrete is being used...

     
  • California's First RCC Dam

    A remote San Diego County canyon has just witnessed an impressive engineering feat—the construction of California's first major roller-compacted concrete (RCC) dam. At 318 feet high and 2500 feet long, it is North America's tallest RCC dam. It is designed to remain operational during and after a...

     
  • Roller-Compacted Concrete Beats Out Asphalt

    Operating a 1.7-million-square-foot automobile manufacturing plant with 1500 employees requires a big parking area for both employees' and visitors' cars. At the new Honda Manufacturing of America plant, now under construction in Lincoln, Ala., the vehicle parking area will be 61 acres, including...

     
  • RCC: An Rx for Rehabilitating Embankment Dams

    Many dams, especially earthen embankment dams constructed prior to 1960, do not meet today's higher hydraulic design criteria. Hydrologically deficient, these earthen dams were simply not designed to safely store or pass at least one-half the calculated probable maximum flood. As engineers search...

     
  • How Mid-range Water Reducers Enhance Concrete Performance

    Although mid-range water reducers, like standard water-reducing admixtures, improve concrete strength by reducing the water cement ratio and enhancing hydration, they also provide the following benefits:

     
 
 
 
 

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