This was a question from a paving contractor in the audience last week when I presented on Thermal Profiling and Quality Assurance at a NAPA meeting. It is a very good question. I'll share my response to the question after a few days, but first I would l …

Tom Scullion, Senior Research Engineer at the Texas Transportation Institute, explains in an interview how to avoid thermal segregation. Great video and worthwhile to watch! Tom Scullion on Vimeo

With the following link you can see a short presentation of the main topics, benefits and major goals we tackle with our Pave-IR Scan system. Jobsites throughout the last years gave great feedback that we used to improve the system further on and now it i …

“The service life of a road increases if segregation is kept to a minimum” -Paul Angerhofer, MOBA PAVE-IR Specialist- This blog post covers the most common asked questions in regards to PAVE-IR and thermal segregation. 1. When does asphalt segregation …

“Do you use grade control to build a quality road”? If you answered “Yes”, then “Well done”. But wait …there’s more to know. Smoothness is an important indicator for a well-built road. However, the asphalt material and temperature play at least an equally …