Breaking the RAP Ceiling - Part 4: Testing for Performance

Oct. 7, 2020

In this fourth segment from our web event sponsored by Cargill and RAP Management, NCAT Test Track Manager Buzz Powell describes how volumetric testing, while valuable, is merely a segway to more important and substantive performance-based testing. Buzz walks you through the crucial aspects of proper testing and what you should be looking for in your high RAP mix.

In this fourth segment from our web event sponsored by Cargill and RAP Management, NCAT Test Track Manager Buzz Powell describes how volumetric testing, while valuable, is merely a segway to more important and substantive performance-based testing. Buzz walks you through the crucial aspects of proper testing and what you should be looking for in your high RAP mix.

For further viewing, check out the other sections of this multi-part web event video series:

Part 1 focuses on High RAP Mixes.

Part 2 discusses what it takes to rejuvenate asphalt for the highest RAP content possible.

Part 3 discusses the crucial real-life process of manufacturing high RAP mixes.

In Part 5 of this series, a pilot project undertaken in Columbus, Ohio, details the real-life success of applying a high RAP mix.

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