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Registration Still Open! NRMCA Online Course Apr. 19-21 & 2022 Annual Conv. Mar 15-18; + Publ. “Concrete in Practice (CIP)”; & “ConcreteWorks 2022” Conf. Sep-Oct

The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA)course “Improving Concrete Quality“ Online course with live 3-hour Zoom sessions over 3 days:DAY 1: Tuesday, April 19, 2022:11:00 am – 12:30 pm | […]

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Unravelling ‘Secrets’ of Good Quality Roads for India’s Cities

All of these roads are constructed using cement concrete for long life without sacrificing on quality in construction and supervision. — Prof. M. N. Sreehari, Road Infrastructure Expert, Adviser & Consultant

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Concrete Overlays in the “Mix of Fixes”, 2 New Guides, Variety of Resources

Concrete overlays offer cost-effective, versatile, short- and long-term solutions for the full range of concrete, asphalt, and composite pavement needs. In addition, concrete overlays contribute to more sustainable construction practices

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CCP Road Construction Option?

Compacted Concrete Paving (CCP) as a viable solution? Click individually to enlarge: 1) High-density asphalt paver used to compact the dry concrete mix while paving2) Roller used to provide final

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CPP Helped Concrete Pavements Achieve Max. Longevity & Saved City $10M

Concrete roads are durable and long-lasting, requiring only targeted rehabilitation and diamond grinding every 25 years or so. With repairs on concrete roads being performed infrequently, however, cities may face

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NC² Quarterly MAP Brief & E-News … Winter 2021–2022

Click to go to 11-page WINTER 2021-2022 MAP BRIEF (PDF) The NC² “Moving Advancements into Practice (MAP) Brief WINTER 2021-2022″ from the NC² Resource Library: “Optimizing Concrete Pavement Opening to

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CPP on Ok. Turnpikes: Smooth, Safe, Sustainable & Affordable Reconstruction

The interstate construction history of the American state of Oklahoma provides an inherent experiment allowing the comparison of asphalt versus concrete highway surface performance; and the comparison between complete reconstruction

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CP Tech Center New Guide!

Click to download guide The National Concrete Pavement Technology Center (CP Tech Center) released a new guide December 2021 titled “Quality Control for Concrete Paving: A Tool for Agency and Industry”, authored

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New CP Tech Publication: “Guide to Concrete Overlays 4th Edition”

Click to enlarge Just Released November 2014!4th Edition of the CP Tech CenterGuide to Concrete OverlaysThe intent of the 146-page 8-Chapter/4-Appendix Guide is toincrease the technical proficiency of experienced engineers

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Road Cracks: Kashmir’s Engineering Students Develop Sustainable Solution for Cracked Pavements

Greater Kashmir News reported that Kashmir engineering students have come up with a solution for road cracks. A survey titled ‘Use of discrete fibers in concrete road pavements’ carried by

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REGISTER NOW! FREE ASCP Online FORUM Tomorrow! Mon & Tue: 4 Intrn’l Time Zones: Nov 29 & 30, 2021; NEW ASCP Exec Dir!; & COURSE Dec 7-8, 2021: Jointing & Structural Detailing

Australian Society for Concrete Pavements (ASCP)ONLINE FORUM – 4 Timezones:“Specification Updates, Are You Trusted?”MON & TUE NOVEMBER 29 & 30 , 2021USA Los Angeles, CA: Mon, Nov 29:1:00 pm 3:10 pm

REGISTER NOW! FREE ASCP Online FORUM Tomorrow! Mon & Tue: 4 Intrn’l Time Zones: Nov 29 & 30, 2021; NEW ASCP Exec Dir!; & COURSE Dec 7-8, 2021: Jointing & Structural Detailing Read More »

Predictive Model for Void Content & Strength of Pervious Concrete Pavements Installed in the Field

Prepared for Ready Mixed Concrete (RMC) Research & Education Foundation by:Somayeh Nassiri, Ph.D., P.Eng., Assistant Professor-Washington State University and Past ISCP DirectorOthman AlShareedah, Ph.D. Student Washington State University Click to

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Ineniería de Carreteras-Chile Added New FREE Applications to their Web!

Ingeniería de Carreteras-Chile (Highway Engineering-Chile) has added NEW WEB APPLICATIONS for“Quick calculations or verifications on pavement design and soil properties”; Specifically: “PCA 1984 Method”“USCS Classification”“AASHTO 93 Rigid Pavement” Applications are

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Using Roller-Compacted Concrete to do the “Impossible” in Mountainous Chattanooga, TN + VIDEO

Click for LinkedIn Profile Jesse Anna Boone, Senior National Specifications Manager-Carbon-Cure Technologies and Former Pavement Applications Director-SCPA, produced an article (and VIDEO) that were the feature in the Southeast Cement

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Pitt Swanson School of CEE Highlights Research Paper by S. Sen, Dir.-ISCP & L. Khazanovich, Prof.-CEE

PITT Swanson Engineering Feature: Click to enlarge A top paper from 2021 was one of the highlighted research stories inUniversity of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Civil & Environmental Engineering Newsletter:

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Built in 1942—79-Year-Old Air Force Base Taxiway-to-Road—Improved w/RCC … Costs Cut in Half!

When an 8-INCH concrete taxiway was FIRST BUILT at DONALDSON FIELD,it is likely that NO ONE EXPECTED the pavement to still BE IN SERVICE 60 to 80 YEARS LATER! 1942

Built in 1942—79-Year-Old Air Force Base Taxiway-to-Road—Improved w/RCC … Costs Cut in Half! Read More »

Utilize Mining Waste for Concrete Production; Tackle CO2 Emissions & Waste Disposal

Concrete production involves the use of small aggregates that must be ground via an energy-intensive process. By creating concrete from mining waste, industries can tackle both CO2 emissions and waste

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EUPAVE: New Fact Sheet on Resilience to Climate & Events; Proceedings Now Available: MATEXPO 2021 Workshop

NEW FACT SHEET European Concrete Pavement Association (EUPAVE) has published its new and 4th FACT SHEET titled “Concrete roads show better resilience to climate change and extreme meteorological events“, which

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PROCEEDINGS AVAILABLE: Airfield & Highway Pavements 2021: Airfield Pavement Technology

Selected papers from the International Airfield and Highway Pavements Conference 2021, held virtually June 8-10, 2021, are now available from the Transportation & Development Institute (T&DI) of American Society of

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MIT CSHub: Research Brief; & How to Make Roadway Spending More Sustainable

RESEARCH BRIEF: “Carbin: Crowdsourcing Road Conditions at Scale” Click to download 3-page BRIEF Carbin is a navigation app that allows users to anonymously crowdsource road quality data and vehicle information.

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