TY - BOOK AU - Asphalt Institute TI - Asphalt handbook SN - 9781934154274 U1 - 625.85 INS-A PY - 2007/// CY - Lexington PB - Asphalt Institute KW - Asphalt KW - Pavements, Asphalt KW - Pavements, Asphalt--Design and construction N1 - MS-4 is the Asphalt Institute's comprehensive manual on the use of asphalt. For 70 years, it has served the asphalt industry as the primary reference manual for contractors, engineers, consultants, specifiers and user agencies. The Asphalt Institute now offers the 7th edition of this essential asphalt publication. This new, expanded edition showcases the advances in asphalt technology that have evolved since the 1989 edition of MS-4. Readers of this new edition will learn how to use the latest technologies to address a variety of modern pavement challenges, including durability, heavy loads, high traffic volumes, noise, smoothness and safety to meet the demands of today's driving public. New topics covered include Superpave Asphalt Binder, Superpave Mix Design, Stone Matrix Asphalt, Open Graded Friction Courses, Quality Control & Acceptance, Pavement Management, and Rehabilitation of Concrete Pavements with HMA ER -