Paving The Way for California’s Asphalt Consumers

Written by Brett S. Lane


The California asphalt paving industry is ever-changing and in order to providerepparttar best services, asphalt paving companies are turning to new technologies to stay ahead ofrepparttar 138948 competition.

Asphalt technology in California has been changing sincerepparttar 138949 creation of Hot Mix Asphalt and will continue to change as time permits. Asphalt rubber pavement was introduced in 1991, which shocked many industry experts. Asphalt rubber pavement seemed promising to those inrepparttar 138950 industry who were ready for a change. Onrepparttar 138951 other end ofrepparttar 138952 spectrum were industry experts who thought thatrepparttar 138953 world wasn’t ready for such technologies to be implemented.

In Tom Kuennens article titled, “Asphalt Rubber Makes a Quiet Comeback” shown in Better Roads Magazine, he describes rubber asphalt as, “a chemically reacted mix of liquid asphalt binder with 15 to 22% crumb rubber. The rubber is obtained from reclaimed tires, and added to liquid asphalt. It’s reacted at elevated temperatures prior to being mixed with aggregate.” There are two types of asphalt rubber (wet process) are used in California. Type A- contains rubber only from ground tires, and Type B contains rubber from both ground tires and natural rubber. Caltrans seems to favor Type B binders because they have better resistance to reflection cracking and provide better stability. Rubber pavement disappeared for a few years due an increase in asphalt pavement technologies and a decrease in existing pavement costs associated with this form of material. Until recently, a number of important developments have helped propel asphalt rubber pavement to its current level of acceptance, including new tire-shredding technologies andrepparttar 138954 establishment of tire recycling facilities in every part ofrepparttar 138955 United States.

Data Visualization Tool: Information as Fast as the Imagination

Written by Joe Miller


Imaginerepparttar possibilities of an interactive data visualization tool. You can go almost anywhere and see howrepparttar 138947 data visualization tool is already being used to make information more accessible and interactive for your business and for your clients.

Recently, I had to make travel arrangements online and instead ofrepparttar 138948 usual booking process involving only dates, times, and pricing, I was introduced to a whole new world of convenience that left me a happy customer. After taking care ofrepparttar 138949 logistics ofrepparttar 138950 trip, I came across an interactive airplane seating map that displayed seating availability for my flight using a data visualization tool. All I had to do was drag my mouse overrepparttar 138951 seat I wanted and it showed me whether or not it was available for me to take. This was my first interaction with a data visualization tool, and since then my curiosity has been peaked.

It was not long after bookingrepparttar 138952 flight that I was searching for skiing information in Colorado. Another interactive map came up. The data visualization tool allowed me to drag my mouse overrepparttar 138953 various ski resorts and seerepparttar 138954 skiing conditions, including snowfall and depth. My imagination began to run wild overrepparttar 138955 possibilities ofrepparttar 138956 data visualization tool.

Now children researching a report on birth rates inrepparttar 138957 United States or population information of different states in India can find interactive maps, empowered by a data visualization tool, which allows them to simply dragrepparttar 138958 mouse overrepparttar 138959 state to seerepparttar 138960 information they are looking for. Even businessmen and women or investors searching for financial statements of various companies can consume complex information in a bite size package by viewing charts, graphs, and other visual information with a data visualization tool.

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