SAVE 3,162 TONNES OF GHG'S FOR EVERY 100KM'S PAVED

Involves milling, mining & paving....this process can take anywhere between 3 to 14 days, over a period of one month for a finished product in many cases. Below are the basic steps.  We will be happy to plan a lunch & learn or visit your roads. Contact us today for a presentation on the conventional paving process vs. the 100% Hot In-Place Recycled Asphalt Paving process.   

1. Milling

2. Trucking RAP to pile

3. Sweeping & Clean-up

4. Quarry Blasting & Crushing

5. Trucking Aggregates

6. RAP Crushing & Screening

7. Asphalt Plant Produced HMA

8. Trucking HMA to site

9. Tacking milled surface

10. Paving Operation Roadside

Putting this into perspective;  First, 36,760 mt of grindings are removed from the old road. Then 24,650 tons from the Quarry are trucked to the asphalt plant. Finally, asphalt plant must produce and haul 36,760 mt tons of new HMA back to the original job site, resulting in more wear and tear on all the good roads accessed. Ultimately, 98,170 mt must be trafficked to replace the original 36,760 mt .

100% Hot In-place Recycling does not remove any aggregates or aged asphalt wear surfaces from the site. Hot In place Recycled asphalt eliminates the enormous amount of trucking required and distress put on our existing roads and helps fight global warming by inherently lowering GHG's. 

Note: We Do Not Replace an Asphalt Plant.   HMA plants are necessary and are required when constructing new roads, subdivisions and specified road reconstruction projects. 

HIR is a complimentary road maintenance method for consideration where standard milling and resurfacing is warranted. 

100% Hot In-Place Recycling (HIR) is one multi-function step as all six functions below are accomplished simultaneously.  This process eliminates cold milling, tack coating and does not allow for a tack surface being exposed to traffic, produces no RAP waste, and minimizes any traffic congestion that would be due to the transporting of materials back and forth to asphalt plants.  

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions are reduced by 70% and more road kilometers are resurfaced for the same allotted tax dollars.  Therefore the taxpayer, environment and travelling public benefit greatly. 

1. Preheating
2. Gradation adjustment (if necessary as per mix design)
3. Hot milling
4. Rejuvenation
5. Mixing
6. Relaying the reconditioned material

And at the end of every day we provide a finished road surface that is ready to be driven on. 

Quality Control

Hot In-place recycled materials are subjected to the HMA quality control standard that ensure the HIR asphalt product meets mix design criteria and standard HMA specifications

All tests are performed on the Recycled Mix placed on the road after processing. This is considered end result testing.

The AC is extracted and tested after processing

Note: Airport, highway, county and city roads are all viable applications for HIR (HIPR) process. Please call to inquire if your particular roads may benefit and be a viable candidate for HIR. We welcome the opportunity to be your eco-friendly paving contractor on your next road resurfacing project.  Call today to set up a road ride assessment to see if your roads are an applicable project.  We welcome the opportunity to be your HIR eco-friendly partner on the next job!