For Construction Pros

UNR Seeks Assistance with 'Intelligent Compaction' Demo Project

A team of researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) is seeking the assistance of the asphalt paving industry in testing some new "Intelligent Compaction" technology. A team of researchers at ...
KHL

Digital superhighways: How Cat MDP technology is taking soil compaction to a new level

For a successful outcome, each phase of the work – soil stabilisation, compaction, grading, material delivery, paving – must proceed with maximum efficiency and always within challenging time ...
For Construction Pros

A Decade Later … 3D Paving, Intelligent Compaction Key to Project

It was 10 years ago that Granite Construction milled and resurfaced the middle runway at Salt Lake City International Airport. The work is mandated to occur about every decade, so earlier this spring ...
Nature

Limited resilience of the soil microbiome to mechanical compaction within four growing seasons of agricultural management

Soil compaction affects many soil functions, but we have little information on the resistance and resilience of soil microorganisms to this disturbance. Here, we present data on the response of soil ...