Skanska is piloting a Wirtgen Group electric compaction roller, one of just five pre-production models in North America. The global construction giant is piloting the electric compaction roller on the ...

Researchers have developed new “intelligent compaction” technology, which integrates into a road roller and can assess in real-time the quality of road base compaction. Improved road construction can ...

A dual split-drum option on the front drum of Cat 7-, 8- and 10-ton compactors allow the machines quicker turning speeds as well as a tighter turning radius without tearing the asphalt mat, according ...

Highway construction often faces challenges in ensuring long-term subgrade performance due to traditional compaction quality control (QC) methods that rely on manual ...

Sundt Construction’s first use of intelligent compaction technology, on a nine-mile highway expansion in central Arizona discovered some sub-par subgrade compaction that would have been overlooked ...

Regardless of how much experience an equipment operator has, it is difficult to achieve uniform compaction over a sizable area without the help of technology. Without technology, equipment operators ...

Intelligent compaction (IC) technology represents a paradigm shift in pavement engineering by integrating advanced sensor systems, real‐time data processing and automated control to optimise ...