and he's responsible for a smooth and line-free mat as well as basic hot mix asphalt compaction requirements on every job the paving contractor does. At the same time the paving crew has to ...

By Sara Ruberg and Alexandra E. Petri Carl Dean, an asphalt paver who met his future wife, Dolly Parton, outside a Nashville laundromat more than six decades ago and quietly championed her as she ...