In 2013, traveling the stretch of I-85 north of Henderson, North Carolina to and from Virginia, was less than ideal. The original concrete pavement, constructed in the early 1960s, was
Unbonded Concrete Overlay Maintains North Carolina’s Nickname “The Good Roads State” Read More »
The National CP Tech Center (CP Tech Center) has published three new manuals covering different aspects of concrete practices. These publications are for use by industry professionals interested in the
3 New CP Tech Guides Cover Different Aspects of Concrete Practices Read More »
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) 98th Annual Meeting will be held January 13-17, 2019 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., USA. The information-packed program is expected to
98th TRB Annual Meeting to be Held January 13-17, 2019 … New “TRB Live! Theater” Read More »
Laying concrete for 3.2 miles of the Southern Beltway in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Pa.) is a much more precise, scientific procedure than just building a wooden frame, mixing 3 shovels of
“Concrete Science” Perfects Laying of Pennsylvania Beltway’s On-Site Long-Life Concrete Read More »
The annual “ConcreteWorks Northeast Conference”—hosted by the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) and State Affiliate Partners of the Connecticut Concrete Promotion Council, the New York Construction Materials Association, the Massachusetts Concrete
The Australian Society for Concrete Pavements (ASCP) Conference Organizing Committee is pleased to announce that the “5th Concrete Pavements Conference” will be held from Sunday-Wednesday, July 21 to July 24, 2019
Smart phones, smart fridges, smart cities—everything is increasingly connected to everything else. The internet-of-things revolution has brought new, albeit sometimes frivolous, features to the most mundane of everyday objects. But,
How Intelligent COULD “Smart Roads” Become? Read More »
At the recent Annual Meeting of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) “Committee on Materials and Pavements (AASHTO COMP)” (click left on “AASHTO COMP” for PDF), the
Industry Overview Presented at “2018 AASHTO COMP” Annual Meeting Read More »
Organized by the Indian Roads Congress (IRC), the “Construction & Rehabilitation of Rigid Pavement—Current Practice & Way Forward” Two-Day Seminar will be held January 18-19, with a technical tour January 20, 2019,
Choose the sponsorship level and events that match your needs and sign up today! GOLD • SILVER • EVENT The 2018 American Concrete Pavement Association’s (ACPA’s) 55th Annual Meeting—“Celebrating Concrete
“Effects of Moisture, Temperature, and Freezing-and-Thawing on Alkali-Silica Reaction” by Richard A. Deschenes Jr., Eric Giannini, Thano Drimalas, Benoit Fournier, and W. Micah Hale American Concrete Institute ACI Materials Journal,
Casey Jones, Civil Engineering Doctoral Student-University of Arkansas, has been selected to present his research at the 12th fib International Ph.D. Symposium in Civil Engineering (Fédération internationale du béton-International Federation For Structural
Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) upgraded its MnPAVE-Rigid 1.0 software for concrete pavement design. MnPAVE-Rigid 2.0 is now easier to use and allows designers to select from more options for
MnPAVE-Rigid 1.0 Software Upgraded to MnPAVE-Rigid 2.0—More User-Friendly Read More »
Concrete practitioners and professionals in Minnesota and Iowa recently had two opportunities to see how the new concrete test methods that are part of the Performance Engineered Mixtures (PEM) initiative
Open Houses Showcase PEM Program Demonstrations Read More »
Government affairs representatives of the associations comprising the North American Concrete Alliance (NACA) met in Washington, DC, on July 27. NACA is a coalition of concrete-related associations dedicated to addressing
NACA Partners Map Strategies, Communications in Washington, DC Read More »
The Innovative Pavement Research Foundation (IPRF) and the American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) successfully launched the “Interns for the Future” program this summer. For the inaugural year 2018, two Chapters of the
Using Recycled Concrete Aggregates (RCA) in Unbound Aggregate Shoulders, written by Mark B. Snyder, Past President-ISCP and Pavement and Paving Materials Engineering Consultant, and sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA),
New Tech Brief: RCA Use in Unbound Aggregate Shoulders Read More »
The National Concrete Pavement Technology Center (CP Tech Center) invites all in the industry to the “Fall 2018 National Concrete Consortium (NCC)” that will be held September 18-20, 2018 at
The current reconstruction of two dilapidated highways with concrete technology, instead of conventional asphalt/bitumen, is generating interests among Nigerians—Dayo Ayeyemi, Reporter-New Telegraph Online News. Nigeria has about 195,000 kilometers-(km) of
