It allows the tire pairs to oscillate for any imperfections in the paving process." The manipulation of the asphalt comes from ballasting the pneumatic roller to achieve a specific weight.

Noel Soleyn, a 62-year-old construction worker, died in Palm Bay after he was fatally run over by a tandem asphalt roller.

“RCC is a zero-slump – some even say a negative-slump – concrete that is consolidated by compacting it with vibratory rollers similar to paving asphalt,” says Halsted. “It is placed ...