Photo by Kali Bradford | Arnold Engineering Development Complex | 08.26.2024
Full depth reclamation, FDR, was recently used during a paving project at the parking lot of building 676 at Arnold Air Force Base, headquarters of Arnold Engineering Development Complex. After removing the asphalt, base civil engineers found that there was no subgrade. By using FDR, engineers were able to recycle a full thickness of asphalt pavement and a portion of the underlying materials......
Photo by Kali Bradford | Arnold Engineering Development Complex | 08.26.2024
A full depth reclamation machine pulverizes asphalt and mixes a solution that creates a new, stabilized base layer. The machine was used in a recent paving project for the parking lot of building 676 at Arnold Air Force Base, headquarters of Arnold Engineering Development Complex. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Wayne Vandergriff)...
Photo by Randy Cephus | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District | 03.09.2023
Patrick Spilman, lab supervisor at the Central Texas Area Office Quality Assurance Facility demonstrates how to operate Superpave Gyratory Compressor, a machine used to determine density values for asphalt. Asphalt is placed in the device and compacted into pucks where then the density values are measured....
Photo by Norman Shifflett | Fort Carson Public Affairs Office | 02.07.2023
FORT CARSON, Colo.—Gate 19 offers alternative to Gate 20 for those that need to go out towards Butts Army Heliport. To access Gate 19, exit I-25 at mile marker 128 and proceed west on Santa Fe Ave. Once at the traffic circle take the last exit out of the circle and drive up the hill. Gate 19 is right at the top of the hill. The total time from I-25 to Gate 19 is no more than 5 minutes based......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Derek Seifert | 379th Air Expeditionary Wing | 01.12.2023
Senior Airman Jamond Surles, 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron pavement and construction equipment journeyman, uses a rounded edge steel trowel to ensure a smooth finish during a concrete expansion project at the 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron compound on Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Jan. 12, 2023. The 379th ECES pavement and construction flight performs base......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Derek Seifert | 379th Air Expeditionary Wing | 01.12.2023
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Sean Taavao directs a concrete chute while Senior Airman Jamond Surles, spreads the concrete, both pavement and construction equipment journeymen assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, during a concrete expansion project at the 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron compound on Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Jan. 12, 2023. The 379th ECES......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Derek Seifert | 379th Air Expeditionary Wing | 01.12.2023
Tech. Sgt. Christopher Brown, 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron pavements and construction equipment section chief, uses a concrete edger to create the initial edge during a concrete extension project at the 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron compound on Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Jan. 12, 2023. The 379th ECES pavement and construction flight performs base enhancement......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Derek Seifert | 379th Air Expeditionary Wing | 01.12.2023
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Lawrence Amihere and Senior Airman Kenan Pierre, 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron pavement and construction equipment journeymen, check the progress of a concrete expansion project at the 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron compound on Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Jan. 12, 2023. The 379th ECES pavement and construction flight performs base......
