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• Porous Asphalt: Improving Stormwater Management

  • February 24th, 2012 |
  • Posted in Asphalt and the Environment, General Asphalt Advice, Maryland Asphalt Contractor, Porous Asphalt, The History of Asphalt Pavement
  • Tags: Benefits of Porous Asphalt, cement and asphalt pavements, Clean stormwater, Conserve water, filter out harmful contaminants, Improving Stormwater Management, porous asphalt, PTG Enterprises, rainwater, Reduce runoff, stone recharge bed, water quality

  We have a new, powerful tool to help improve stormwater management and water quality: Porous Asphalt. In nature, rainwater is absorbed by soil, filters through it, and eventually seeps into streams, ponds, lakes, and underground aquifers. In urban areas, rainwater falls directly  on cement and asphalt pavements and has nowhere to filter out harmful contaminants. […]

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• An Overview of the Different Types of Asphalt

  • February 10th, 2012 |
  • Posted in Asphalt Maintenance, General Asphalt Advice, Maryland Asphalt Contractor, Pavement Maintenance, Perpetual Pavement, Porous Asphalt, Quiet Pavement, Recycled Asphalt, The History of Asphalt Pavement, Warm-Mix Asphalt
  • Tags: absorb noise, advanced, airport, An Overview of the Different Types of Asphalt, asphalt, asphalt contractors, asphalt experts, asphalt pavements, best value, Better compaction of pavements, Cutting fuel consumption, Decreasing the production of greenhouse gases, eliminating potentially harmful standing water, experienced asphalt company, Extending the paving season, extends the useful life of a roadway, help treat rainwater, highest residual value, hot-mix asphalt, Increasing safety for asphalt workers, lowest life cycle cost, mixes, multi-layer paving design process, My Pavement Guy, noise source, OGFC, open-graded friction course, Parking lot, pavement needs, pavement project, pavement projects, pavement surfaces, Perpetual Pavement, porous asphalt, PTG Enterprises, Quiet Pavement:, rainwater, recycle at higher rates, reduce noise, reduce splash and spray during rainstorms, Resurfacing a noisy road, Road, routine asphalt maintenance, SMA, stone recharge bed, stone-matrix asphalt, Types of Asphalt, Types of Asphalt Pavement, versatile pavement material, Warm-mix asphalt

  Asphalt is the most versatile pavement material, with mixes designed to handle any size load (from passenger cars to heavy trucks), absorb noise, reduce splash and spray during rainstorms, and even to help treat rainwater. The different types of asphalt pavement include: Warm-Mix Asphalt: This is the generic name of the technology that allows producers […]

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