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Dirt road treated with Perma-Zyme

6 min read

How to Build Cost-Effective Rural Roads

Rural roads help people run businesses, transport goods, commute to work, access healthcare, and more. Yet despite their essential role, they’re...

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Red clay soil

8 min read

Clay 101: Characteristics, Types, Pros, Cons, & Construction Tips

Working with clay soil is tough for any project—from county roads to multi-acre drilling pads to small home gardens. To succeed, you must understand...

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A dirt road built with Perma-Zyme

4 min read

7 Reasons to Use Perma-Zyme for Dirt Road Construction

Dirt roads make up nearly one-third of public roads in America, and that’s not counting the millions of miles of private dirt roads.1 With so many...

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Perma-Zyme pails along a stabilized rural, dirt road

7 min read

10 Easy Steps To Build A Road With Perma-Zyme

For over 50 years, road construction experts worldwide have relied on Perma-Zyme, a powerful enzyme soil stabilizer that creates strong, long-lasting...

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Unpaved county road treated with Perma-Zyme

5 min read

How to Reduce Maintenance for Unpaved County Roads

Unpaved county roads are crucial to America’s transportation network. In fact, about one-third of our public roads are dirt or gravel.1 Most...

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Close-up of a rural gravel road surface

6 min read

How to Build a Gravel Road With Perma-Zyme

Gravel roads are essential lifelines in rural areas that would otherwise be inaccessible. However, maintaining them has always been expensive and...

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Haul truck driving on a dirt road that needs dust control

6 min read

5 Solutions for Dust Control on Dirt Roads

If you’ve ever driven on an unpaved road, you’ve experienced the billowing dust clouds. That might look cool, but dust can harm people, property, and...

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Unpaved gravel road using Perma-Zyme for dust suppression

5 min read

Should You Use Perma-Zyme As a Dust Suppressant?

Perma-Zyme is a powerful enzyme soil stabilizer. Since enzymes are relatively new compared to traditional soil stabilizers, people question their...

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Unpaved county road treated with Perma-Zyme

6 min read

How To Save Money on Unpaved County Road Maintenance

Rural roads are the lifeblood of America’s economy and some of the most crucial routes for transporting goods. Yet rural road maintenance is often a...

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Soil that could need an r-value test on an unpaved road

5 min read

Testing the R-Value of Soil

We need strong soils and aggregates to create safe, long-lasting roads and runways. R-value testing measures soil and aggregate strength to help...

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