The Texas-born 'poker chip' asphalt testing method has been adopted as a national standard, promising improved road ...

The Texas A&M Transportation Institute is using some cutting edge technology to build better roads. Their research could mean smoother and safer rides for Texas drivers and passengers. "TxDOT noticed ...

A test shipment of bitumen oil from Alberta is on its way to China, but it didn’t get to a British Columbia port by pipeline – it was moved by train through Prince Rupert in a semi-solid form commonly ...

When Town of Brookhaven officials noticed that pavement appeared to deteriorate just days after being completed in 2011, they asked the contractor to test the asphalt. The work got an F: Out of 44 ...

Finding the best intersection between pavement performance and cost is a challenge transportation officials face each and every day. Traditional hot-mix asphalt offers proven performance but at an ...

HOUSTON, June 27-- Ivanhoe Energy Inc. completed an Athabasca bitumen test run at its commercial demonstration plant in Bakersfield, Calif., using HTL, the company's proprietary heavy oil upgrading ...

Greenvale Mining Ltd. (AU:GRV) has released an update. Greenvale Mining Ltd. has reported positive results from its Liquefaction Test Program 5 at the Alpha Torbanite Project, showing potential for ...

Probably safe to say that automated 3D grade-control systems for earthmoving applications are on their way to becoming mainstream technology. It’s technology that can, for example, automatically ...