VIDEO: Tom Burnham, Sr. Road Research Engineer–MnDOT and ISCP Board Director, summarizes the fiber-reinforced cells, titled: “MnROAD Construction Summer 2017—Concrete with Extra Fiber” Tom Burnham, the MnDOT–Office of Materials and Road Research, and the NRRA Rigid Pavement […]
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice-President of Ghana, Africa, spoke in the capital Accra about new strategies to build long-lasting roads, and that the government of Ghana has resolved to undertake constructing concrete
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)’s “Science Online Magazine” recently reported on modern-day scientists working on recreating a modern version of Roman cement that lasted over 1000
Halil Ceylan, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering Professor–Iowa State University’s Program for Sustainable Pavement Engineering and Research in Ames, Iowa, USA, held his smartphone, opened an app, and called up the remote controls for the
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Video: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38461418. Baldwin Street, in the city of Dunedin on New Zealand’s South Island, is officially the world’s steepest residential road. At its steepest, the slope has a gradient of
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The Geopolymer Institute recently reported on Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport (BWWA), Toowoomba, Queensland, is Australia’s first greenfield public airport to be built in 48 years. BWWA became fully operational with commercial flights
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On June 14, 2016, the European Concrete Paving Association (EUPAVE) participated in the 40th anniversary of the construction of the “Y de Asturias” concrete motorway in northern Spain. “New Technologies in Concrete
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The National Concrete Pavement Technology Center (CPTech Center) held its bi-annual National Concrete Consortium (NCC) April 26-28, 2016 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. All presentations and agenda from the Spring 2016
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The Commemorative Program is now available for the 125th Anniversary Tour of the oldest U.S. concrete street in Bellefontaine, Ohio. To download the PDF of the Commemorative Program, please click on
Peak of Ohio online news reported on the 125th Anniversary tour of the first concrete pavement in the United States. ISCP co-sponsored the celebration and tour that was held Monday, April
The “Copper County Explorer” published an article titled “The Centenarian Road”. With the increasing popularity and adaptation of the automobile for transportation, much of the nation’s roadways that had previously been built
The American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) announced that its new Historic Concrete Pavement Explorer is now online. Currently, the website includes 13 projects, but is still a work in progress. Andy Gieraltowski,
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The Ministry of Transportation (MTO), Ontario, Canada, was born 100 years ago. The Department of Public Highways of Ontario (DPHO), as the ministry was then called, was established on January 17, 1916.
In the last one hundred years, heavy highway pavement-making equipment has evolved from primitive to awesome. Modern pavers, compactors, and millers (or cold planers) have turned the surfacing phase of
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In 1891, an 8-ft-wide section of the first concrete pavement was placed on Main Street in front of the Logan County Courthouse in Bellefontaine, Ohio, USA. A segment placed in 1893
In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, off of NW 23rd, just east of N. Shartel Avenue, is a street barely two blocks long that could easily be mistaken for an alley.
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The concrete that forms a stretch of road, now part of Route 57 in Warren County, New Jersey (N.J.), has lasted over 100 years. Known as “The Concrete Mile” built in 1912—the
First Concrete Mile in New Jersey, USA, Receives Makeover Read More »
The online news “Tyler Morning Telegraph” reported on the concrete pavement reconstruction of a 70-year-old concrete runway in Tyler, Texas, USA. Concrete flowed this week as crews worked on the first
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The Roads and Maritime Services (RMS), New South Wales (NSW), Australia, has developed a project, on the first concrete pavements in history, titled “The Developments in Concrete Pavements Oral History Project”. Recorded on
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The earliest ever concrete pavement is attributed to Inverness, Scotland, in 1865. Read more about this and other interesting concrete pavement historical facts at the following resources: Encyclopedia Britannica FHWA
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