Project Spotlight: Mt. Washington Auto Road
Repairing the washed-out section of Mount Washington Auto Road with 2” of ¾” fine mix asphalt in Bretton Woods, NH. (April, 2023)
Project Spotlight: Paving Mallary Road, Fairlee VT
Reclaimed, regraded, and re-paved Mallary Road in Fairlee Vt, we are applying 2 ½” of ¾” Single course here in the photo. Contact us today at 800-894-8886 to get started on your project!
Project Spotlight – Renihan Meadows
Project Spotlight – Renihan Meadows If you heard a big sigh of relief coming from the Blaktop office on November 25 of last year is was because that was the date the paving at the Renihan Meadows project was completed. This project had been going on for nearly six weeks and everyone, especially Stuart, was…
Blaktop and Twin State mourn the passing of long term office employee Pam Sweet
Pam Sweet passed away unexpectedly on April 9th 2017. She had been employed by Twin State Sand & Gravel for 13 years and was an integral part of the office team for both Blaktop and Twin State. Pam was a very loyal employee and friend. She was dedicated to her duties as scale weighmaster, customer…
Paul Karp retires after 26 years with Blaktop
Paul Karp officially retired from employment with Blaktop on March 31, 2017. He had been Blaktop’s chief sales and estimating representative for the past 26 years. Paul’s friendly personality and wealth of paving knowledge made him an ideal fit and a great ambassador for Blaktop from day one. In his 26 years with Blaktop Paul…
We acquired a new Doosan DX490 Excavator
This excavator will load haul trucks with shot rock to feed the crushing plant. It is critical piece of equipment to our operations. Last year, our Komatsu PC400 was out of commission for over a month, so our new Doosan Excavator is a replacement and upgrade! Key Specs: HP: 378 Weight: 112,206 lbs Digging Force: 67,902 lb
Twin State Sand & Gravel and Blaktop Have Moved Back Into Their Offices
We are officially moved back in! Our offices are still located off of the end of Elm Street West in West Lebanon. However, we are now just a little closer to Romano Trucking. Thank you to all of our customers for sticking by us during our move. Feel free to stop in and check out the…
Blaktop sends men and equipment to Rivermere to help with flood recovery efforts.
Blaktop sends men and equipment to Rivermere to help with flood recovery efforts. Read all about it here.
Recycled Used Oil
In the last year, we began using Recycled Used Oil in our asphalt plants. There is an abundance of used oil available, mainly from automobile oil changes. Utilizing recycled oil allows us to provide an outlet for this product, and the cost savings helps us keep the prices down on plant mix materials for our…
Open House and Paving Demo
Our paving demo and open house on June 15, 2012 went perfectly, and we’d like to thank our customers who attended. Paving with Warm mix turned out to be easier than conventional hot mix. We slowly turned the temperature down as the paving progressed and ended up at 50 degrees lower temp than normal. Instead…