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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CarbonCure retrofits concrete plants with a technology that recycles waste carbon dioxide to make affordable, greener concrete products. Carbon dioxide is now more than just a greenhouse gas—it is a valuable material to
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https://vimeo.com/104750327 CarbonCure retrofits concrete plants with a technology that recycles waste carbon dioxide to make affordable, greener concrete products. Carbon dioxide is now more than just a greenhouse gas—it is a
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The European Concrete Paving Association (EUPAVE) recently reported on a a multi-national project named “Enhancing Concrete Life in Infrastructure through Phase Change Systems”—ECLIPS. ECLIPS is carried out by Arizona State
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Each spring, as roads that have been frozen all winter begin to thaw from the surface downward, melting snow and ice saturate the ground. The roadbed, softened by trapped moisture
New Soil Freezing Model May Help DOTs Lower Spring’s Thaw Damage to Roads Read More »
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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Caltrans (California Department of Transportation (DOT)), Cal.gov’s Division of Measurement Standards (DMS), and the ready mixed concrete industry have accomplished a specification for a product that will: Reduce greenhouse gases Reduce waste Save
A recent article was published in the ‘Concrete Channel’ of ‘Roads & Bridges Online Magazine’ by Todd Laker, Senior Technical Service Engineer-Holcim Inc. (ISCP Member); Mitzi McIntyre, P.E., Executive Director-ACPA Utah Chapter (ISCP
The Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute (ICPI) has teamed with the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)‘s Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) and Water Resources Research Center’s (WRRC) Low-Impact Development Committee to publish
ICPI & ASCE Publish Benchmark Reference on Permeable Pavements Read More »
Concrete Pavements with optimized geometry (TCP) have been one of the main innovations applied by the Ministry of Public Works in Chile (MOP). Due the problem in terms of performance
CHILE: Optimized Geometry TCP®Slabs—From Basic Roads to Major Highways Read More »
The European Concrete Paving Association (EUPAVE), announced that “resource efficiency” and “the circular economy” are words on everyone’s lips at the moment. In December, the European Commission will release its new
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Specialist from the Voronezh branch (Oblast, Russia, Eastern Europe) of the EUROCEMENT Group have made significant progress in the development of cement formulations with the characteristic required for the construction of
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The Portland Cement Association (PCA)-North Central Region and The Minnesota Concrete Council (MCC), USA, will host the Minnesota Concrete Forum: “Concrete Forensics” on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 from 9:30 AM – 11:30
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The US Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) published a new TechBrief October, 2015 titled “Precast Concrete Pavement (PCP) Technology”. This publication also summarizes the technical resources available to engineers
The US Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) published a new TechBrief September, 2015 titled “Precast ConcretePavement Technology Resources”. This TechBrief provides an approach to develop structural pavement designs for jointed and prestressed
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The British Cementitious Paving Association (Britpave) has published new guidance on using concrete pavements for smart motorway construction. The new guidance, ‘Smart motorway construction with concrete’ examines a full range of
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The runway face-lift at the Naval Air Station Jacksonville (NAS Jax), in Jacksonville, Florida, USA, is well underway. The NAS Jax is beginning its first runway upgrade in nearly half
Jacksonville Naval Air Station (NAS-Jax) Runway Face-Lift Underway, Recycling Concrete Read More »
