Simple, Green Construction Technology Triples Roadbed Carrying Capacity, Delivering Outstanding Performance and Value MORGANTOWN, WV (December 12, 2011) – An 80,000-pound coal truck is a challenge for any road. But one highway contractor is finding that a new...
LEESBURG, VA (September 7, 2011) – Leading construction firms gather this week at a Virginia conference to ponder new ways to build and repair the nation’s aging highway infrastructure. One disarmingly simple innovation on display – Mechanical Concrete® – offers...
Morgantown, WV (May, 30, 2011) – Late in the fall of 2010, Morgantown highway and heavy contractor, CAWV and ARTBA member Tom Laurita and Laurita, Inc. built something new in the history of road construction. They constructed a 430 foot coal haul road from the...
Bridgeport, WV September 27, 2010 – WVDOH District 4 (Bridgeport) construction crews installed Mechanical Concrete® to repair severe erosion on WV 279. WV 279 is a four-lane limited access freeway that connects I-79 and the FBI Complex to US Route 50 east of...
In August 2010 after over 18 months of trying to repair failing roads with traditional construction methods in rural Wetzel County, WV Chesapeake Energy decided to do something creative and green. On Brock Ridge Road near Wileyville, WV they began using Mechanical...