army, which has employed the product for patches on runways at Andrews Air Force Base as well other classified locations. One of EZ Street’s big name customers is the U.S. “Logistically, it’s a real game changer because it kind of separates the traditional installation and production connection that you have with hot mix,” Hunt explains. This results in massive logistical advantages, as with hot-mix asphalt, you have to apply the mix shortly after the product has been made, and once it is installed, you only have a short window of time to compact, so if there’s a delay caused by weather or equipment not arriving on time and that asphalt cools before it’s compacted, it becomes landfill bound.
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“You can install EZ Street in a torrential downpour, in a hurricane basically.” “It’s like putting a Gortex jacket on asphalt and suddenly it becomes weatherproof,” Hunt explains. The difference for roadbuilders is immense, as not only can the product be applied cold, but it doesn’t even matter if it’s raining while you’re laying it down, something that would be impossible to do with a hot-mix project. EZ Street can be applied in temperatures as low as -18 C. “It’s a very small amount, but it does an amazing amount of work,” Hunt explains.Ī crew compacts EZ Street on a 32-foot-wide section of Highway 3 near Yellowknife, N.W.T. Traditional hot mix includes 4 to 6% liquid content, and with EZ Street, approximately 3% of that liquid component is polymer (i.e., 0.0012% to 0.0018% of the entire mix). In fact, it’s made exactly the same way hot mix is produced, except for one tiny, but crucial difference – the polymer additive. The product can be produced in any asphalt plant without the need for special outfitting. It can be stockpiled for months, and it can be applied in temperatures ranging from -18 to 38 C regardless of the weather conditions (for more about EZ Street’s advantages, please see sidebar – Using EZ Street). The attributes that Hunt refers to include EZ Street’s ability to be applied at ambient temperatures to permanently repair potholes, utility cuts, overlays and edge repairs in asphalt or concrete. Nuna Innovations is the management division of Nuna Logistics, a builder of mines and mine roads that purchased a 50% interest in EZ Street Canada last year and now oversees the company. “We found out about the polymer and all its amazing attributes and thought ‘what better place to test it out than here in Yellowknife in the north?’” says Chris Hunt, one of four founding partners of EZ Street Canada and a member of the management team of Yellowknife-based Nuna Innovations. The product can extend the roadbuilding season extensively in cold climates. To date, EZ Street’s sweet spot here in the Great White North has been as a maintenance product, but an October 2009 full-width surfacing project in Yellowknife could pave the way for larger applications of this innovative technology.ĮZ Street being applied on a project near Yellowknife, N.W.T., in a full-width surfacing project. The name also accurately defines why the product is already being used in 20 countries and is quickly gaining traction in Canada since the launch of EZ Street Canada three years ago in Yellowknife. Traction in Canada since the launch of EZ Street Canada three years agoĪs its moniker suggests, EZ Street can make life a breeze for roadbuilding and repair crews. Product is already being used in 20 countries and is quickly gaining As its moniker suggests, EZ Street can make life a breeze for
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