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Sydney, Australia’s NorthConnex: Award-Winning Deepest Concrete Tunnel Completed; Community Benefits

Sydney, Australia’s NorthConnex is completed and officially opened to traffic! Located northwest of Sydney, the $3-billion twin 9km (5.5-mi) project of tunnels contain rigid pavement and are the deepest road […]

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REGISTER NOW! For Tue. Dec. 15, 2020 PCA WEBINAR: “Soil Cement/ FDR w/Cement Slurry…” & PCA Infrastructure Webinar Series Recordings (10)

Tuesday | December 15, 202010:00 am – 11:00 am CST“Soil Cement/ Full Depth Reclamation With Cement Slurry Using a Ready Mixed Concrete Truck” (1 Hour)Featuring Greg Halsted, PCA Soil Cement

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EUPAVE’s Technical Workshop/Webinar: “Concrete Pavement Preservation”, Great Presentations Available

The European Concrete Paving Association (EUPAVE) held the 5th Workshop on Best Practices in Concrete Paving on Wednesday October 14, 2020 at Hôtel Le Châtelain in Brussels. The theme for this

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Nigeria FG Urged to Embrace Concrete Roads: “Durability, 0 Maintenance, Sustainability, …”; & SEEFOR Project Benefits Concrete

In the 3rd week of September, 2020, Mr. Devakumar Edwin, Group Executive Director, Strategy, Portfolio Development, and Capital Projects-Dangote Industries Limited, appealed to the Federal Government (FG) to embrace concrete

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2 Women Entrepreneurs in Indonesia: Turning Hard-to-Recycle Packaging into Paving Bricks [80% Concrete/20% Plastics]

At first glance, the 1,000 sq-m property situated on a bustling Jakarta, Indonesia street looks like a regular brick making factory. There are stacks of paving bricks of varying colors,

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History: 1958-1960 AASHO Rd Test “…encompassed most substantive pavement research…in the 20th century”

Overall, the 1958-1960 AASHO Road Test encompassed the largest & most substantive pavement research performed in the 20th century. Its results have proven to be highly influential with respect to

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Nigerian Road Construction: Need for New Approach; Future Vision; Competition; Concrete Superior Choice

VIDEO STILL: Bisi Adebayo, Anchor and Teslim Shitta-BeyClick to go to video. The September 21, 2020 REPORT from Proshare Economy titled “Roads: Concrete Vision, Asphalt Competition, Looking Ahead” (see highlights

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Influential 1920s Road Test Conducted in Illinois

Photo 1920: One of the 63 sections of the Bates Experimental Road “The Transportation History Blog” by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) recently wrote an

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Airport Upgrades w/FDR: Competitive, Increased Capacity, Optimum Efficiency, & 20+ Years Lifespan

Taxiway Upgrades at George Bush Intercontinental Airport: Full Depth Reclamation (FDR)—Pavement Competitive, Increased Capacity, Optimum Efficiency, & 20+ Years Lifespan Flatiron Construction crews are making steady progress on the Houston

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Introducing … Rigid Concrete Pavements for Upgrade on Vital Srinagar Roads, Jammu-Kashmir, India

‘Newly built roads will have protection for 20 years’ In the city of Srinagar, India—the largest city and the summer capital of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir—Jammu and Kashmir administration

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FREE ONLINE ASCP Concrete Pavements FORUM: Mon., Oct. 19 (Los Angeles, Ca.,USA; N.Y., USA; & Paris, France) Simultaneously with Tue., Oct. 20 (Sydney, Australia)

The Australian Society for Concrete Pavements (ASCP) will hold a FREE ONLINE 3-Topic Concrete Pavements FORUM October 19 and 20, 2020, in 4 international time zones, titled “CONCRETE PAVEMENT—INNOVATIVE SLIPFORM PAVING, AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, NET-ZERO CARBON EMISSIONS”: INTERNATIONAL

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FHWA TFG Discusses New Concrete Pavement Technologies, Pooled Fund Update, PEMs, Fly Ash, & Concrete Overlays

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)’s “Concrete Pavement and Materials Technical Feedback Group (TFG)” met in September, 2020 to discuss several focal areas that were identified six months earlier, in March,

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NOW AVAILABLE to STREAM! The 1 Presentation Missing During ASCP’s Sep. Concrete Pavement FORUM: “Jointing & Detailing for Concrete Roads”

Geoff Ayton, Bayside Consulting and Consultant for ISCP and ASCP, was prepared to give his presentation during the Australian Society for Concrete Pavements (ASCP) SEPTEMBER ONLINE CONCRETE PAVEMENT FORUM held Monday,

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2 FHWA Notices! MCTC FREE VIRTUAL Technician Training & EDC Program Spotlights Concrete Overlays

Click to enlarge The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)’s Mobile Concrete Technology Center (MCTC) announces FREE VIRTUAL TECHNICIAN TRAINING and formally announced that pavement overlays have been selected by the agency’s

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36-Year Established County of River Cess, Liberia: First-Ever Pavement will be Concrete & Named After Honored Slain President

Click to enlarge Cestos (River Cess County, Liberia), popularly known as “the city of natural beauty”, was a scene of huge jubilation when a groundbreaking ceremony was held setting the

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20 Ways Concrete is Sustainable + VIDEO

The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) shows “20 Ways Concrete Is Sustainable”: Concrete is the most used man-made material on earth. It forms the foundations of cities and connects

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VIDEO: 2,000+ Years Ago, Romans Created Cementitious Mortar w/First SCMs: Volcanic Material, Lime & Sand—Pantheon Temple & Roman Colosseum Still Stand …

CLICK TO PLAY VIDEO This Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Office of Infrastructure developed a series of informational “Concrete Clips” videos, starting in 2017. This “Concrete Clips”, “Supplementary Cementitious Materials“, begins

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C. Zollinger, VP-ISCP, Presenter in ASCP FREE ONLINE Concrete Pavements FORUM: Mon, Sep 14 (LA & NY-USA) Simultaneously with Tue, Sep 15 (Sydney, AU & Paris, FR)

The Australian Society for Concrete Pavements (ASCP) will hold a FREE ONLINE 4-Topic Concrete Pavements FORUM September 14 and 15, 2020, in 4 international time zones, titled “CONCRETE PAVEMENT—LOCAL GOVERNMENT ROADS,

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New FHWA Tech Flyer: “Air-Entraining Admixtures for Concrete”

Click to download 1-page FHWA Flyer (PDF) One of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)’s Mobile Concrete Technology Center (MCTC)’s recently released a one-page technology transfer flyer that covers air-entraining admixtures

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2020 Call for Construction, Proposals Requested!

Click to enlarge The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT)‘s National Road Research Alliance Executive Committee is pleased to announce the 2020 Call for Construction. To download the announcement and full

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