Posts Tagged "dust control"

Round Rock, Texas – Top Seal White

Posted on Jun 15, 2013

Round Rock, Texas – Top Seal White

Base stabilization with Top Seal White – Round Rock, TX Top Seal White is used for base stabilization to achieve a highly dense base by preserving the optimal humidity and the pressure of compaction. The treated base behaves like a cement-stabilized base but it is flexible. TSW preserves the base from weather conditions and forms a wearing surface. The base becomes impermeable and rock solid, and over time it doesn’t lose any aggregate. Also the surface is free from dust, as TSW could be used at very low rates as a dust control agent....

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Terra Pave Featured in the Austin Business Journal

Posted on Aug 12, 2012

Terra Pave Featured in the Austin Business Journal

By Sandra Zaragoza, Austin Business Journal Photo: Austin Business Journal A University of Texas-backed startup has developed a more environment-friendly alternative to a common paving material, and it has raised $1.65 million from investors to help it crack the multibillion-dollar road construction industry. Terra Pave International Inc.—founded by Andres Jackson—is the company behind Terra Prime, the primary use of which bonds the loose bottom layer of road material before asphalt is laid. The founders are touting it to replace MC-30, a type of cutback asphalt prepared by mixing asphalt cement with a petroleum-based solvent. MC-30’s use has raised environmental concerns among engineers—including danger from breathing its fumes, water pollution, and fire—that has prompted some states to ban it and others, including Texas, to limit its use… View full article...

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Residential Urbanization in Coari, Amazonas, Brazil

Posted on Jun 21, 2012

Residential Urbanization in Coari, Amazonas, Brazil