What are the Different Types of Hot Mix Asphalt Plants? There are two basic configurations for plants used in the production of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA), continuous or batch plants. Both configurations use two main ingredients, aggregate and asphalt binder. A Hot Mix...
What are Dredge Spoils? Dredge spoils are the sand, soil, silt and other organic matter that accumulates on the bottom of a body of water and are removed during dredging. Urban development, farming, natural disasters, tidal influence and other factors contribute to...
What is Soil Remediation? Soil remediation is the application of proven technologies to mitigate and manage risks from contaminated soils that could be harmful to human health and the environment. Contaminated soil is often the result of historical industrial...
What is Soil Stabilization? Soil stabilization is a process by which the physical properties of a soil are transformed to provide permanent strength gains by incorporating lime or cement. Stabilized soils outperform non-stabilized soils when materials, design, and...
What is the Objective of Soil Compaction? Soil compaction is used to densify a soil by reducing the void space, or the amount of air, between soil particles. In other words, soil compaction occurs when soil particles are pressed together to reduce the space between...
What are Expansive Soils and What Problems Can They Cause? Have you ever wondered why the Leaning Tower of Pisa… leans? Well, the answer has to do, at least to some degree, with the topic of expansive soils. The American Society of Civil Engineers has estimated...
