Louis M Razza Jr - My First Post on Blogger About Myself and Asphalt Paving

I am an asphalt paving contractor, project manager, and small business owner currently living in New Milford, Connecticut. Creativity and innovation are two of the hallmarks of New Milford, making it an ideal place for your business startup or expansion. We have an educated and diverse workforce, and a pro-business climate with assets such as convenient location, access to microlending and mezzanine financing, and an unsurpassed quality of life with our New England small-town friendliness and charm.

Throughout its history, New Milford has been a haven for caring, friendly residents, artists, musicians, and summering families seeking refuge from the City. Whether you enjoy boating on Candlewood Lake, bringing chairs and your family to the August Jazz on the Green musical series, strolling through our historic Downtown during the holiday Sip and Stroll, or picking out locally grown fresh produce at our Saturday Farmer’s Market, New Milford has everything you need to rest, recharge, and reinvigorate. My interests range from technology to design. I am also interested in entrepreneurship, martial arts, and homesteading.

If you need driveway seal coating, asphalt paving, or know of friends and family that do need that type of work, please contact us on our main website for more information.

The Difference Between Bitumen and Asphalt

Bitumen is actually the liquid binder that holds asphalt together. ... A bitumen-sealed road has a layer of bitumen sprayed and then covered with an aggregate. This is then repeated to give a two-coat seal. Asphalt is produced in a plant that heats, dries and mixes aggregate, bitumen, and sand into a composite mix.

Asphalt pavement refers to any paved road surfaced with asphalt. Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) is a combination of approximately 95% stone, sand, or gravel bound together by asphalt cement, a product of crude oil. Asphalt cement is heated aggregate, combined, and mixed with the aggregate at an HMA facility.  The resulting Hot Mix Asphalt is loaded into trucks for transport to the paving site.  The trucks dump the Hot Mix Asphalt into hoppers located at the front of paving machines.  The asphalt is placed and then compacted using a heavy roller, which is driven over the asphalt. Traffic is generally permitted on the pavement as soon as the pavement has cooled.

Perpetual Pavement

Combining the well-documented smoothness and safety advantages of asphalt with an advanced, multi-layer pavement design process... Perpetual Pavement combines the well-documented smoothness and safety advantages of asphalt with an advanced, multi-layer pavement design process, that with routine maintenance, extends the useful life of a roadway to half a century or more. Pavements designed and constructed in accordance with the Perpetual Pavement concept will last, and last, and last. 

I intend on writing more stories and shooting more videos to add as posts here on Blogger, all related to the subjects of asphalt driveway paving, sub-base preparation, and proper seal coating procedures, tips and tricks so maybe I can also help DIYers and weekend warriors with their driveway or small parking lot blacktop issues. For more information, or if you have any questions regarding asphalt paving, blacktop or seal coating your driveways or walkways the right way, hit me up at my email address: pavingcompaniesct@gmail.com. Until my next post (story) here on my blog, take care all. Louis Razza Jr, aka, (Tar Boy) :-)