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Foamed Asphalt Recycling is a process in which the asphalt section is recycled in-place without the traditional application of heat during the process. The entire pavement section is pulverized, along with some of the underlying base material and hot liquid asphalt oil is injected with a small amount of water into the newly broken-up material. The foaming action expands the asphalt allowing it to encompass and stick to the pulverized particles and form a mortar that doesn’t harden immediately. While the foaming action takes place in 10-15 seconds, the newly foamed asphalt remains workable long enough to finish compacting, grading and rolling. Foamed Asphalt Recycling produces a high quality, strong and flexible product that is more environmentally friendly than traditional demolition and reconstruction. Foamed Asphalt Recycling rebuilds the roadway from the bottom up, which can virtually eliminate symptomatic problems such as reflective cracking and shallow base failures.

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Recycling is more cost-effective than total reconstruction. Foamed Asphalt Recycling has been known to cut reconstruction costs by fifty percent. Foamed Asphalt lengthens the life of the finished product and decreases future maintenance considerably. Foamed Asphalt creates a flexible, non-expansive and fatigue-resistant base, with strength characteristics approaching those of cemented materials. Foamed Asphalt Recycling has a low impact on the public and surrounding businesses.

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Yes; your Foamed Asphalt Recycling project must be engineered. For more details, please refer to our Technical Library.

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Yes; in fact, Foamed Asphalt Recycling produces a more stable, durable base with a much longer life than traditional methods. Highway 20, west of Williams, is a good example of the permanence, efficacy and efficiency of Foamed Asphalt Recycling. Please see Projects for photos of Western’s Highway 20 job.

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No; your Foamed Asphalt Recycling project will need a wear surface and an overlay.