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
The Greenroads® Rating System is a system used to measure and manage sustainability on transportation projects. The rating system and all Greenroads programs are administered by Greenroads International. The team’s
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Photo: Larry Sutter: SEM micrograph of fly ash particlesillustrating the spherical particle shape typical of coal fly ash The highway construction industry’s utilization of coal fly ash has made many
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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
Smart, efficient infrastructure … Every day, Americans travel on roads, bridges and highways without considering the safety or reliability of these structures. Yet much of the transportation infrastructure in the
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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
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,
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
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
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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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
With some significant changes to PavementDesigner.org, the cement and concrete pavement industries’web-based concrete-pavement-thickness design platformis now better than ever! Eric Ferrebee, Technical Services-ACPA and Andy Gieraltowski, Operations and IT-ACPA, implemented
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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
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,
Click to enlarge and view presenters The Florida Department of Transportation (FLDOT) and Florida Concrete and Products Association (ACPA-Florida Chapter) hosted its inaugural two-day virtual conference “PaveWise 2020 Concrete Conference”
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,
“Guide to Concrete Trails” Serves Public Health Click to download Guide PDF COVID-19 has increased Americans’ health consciousness in terms of both physical health and mental health. A recent World of
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A meeting of the Federal Aviation Association (FAA) Research, Engineering, and Development Advisory Committee (REDAC) Subcommittee on Airports presented an opportunity for the American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) to discuss
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
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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