Halil Ceylan, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering Professor–Iowa StateĀ University’s Program for Sustainable Pavement Engineering and ResearchĀ inĀ Ames, Iowa, USA,Ā heldĀ his smartphone, opened an app, and called up the remote controls for the […]
1st Full-Scale Heated Pavement Slabs Installed at American International Airport Read More Ā»
An Innovative Program for Pavement ReliabilityĀ Iowa State University-hosted National Concrete Pavement Technology Center (CP Tech Center) and research partners have secured theĀ American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
Performance Underpins AASHTO Provisional Standard for PEM Read More Ā»
According to a new study,Ā cement is thought to produce 5% of all global greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels and factories. But this building block of modern civilization may eventually
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Photo:Ā A computer representation of the planned Southwest portion of the Calgary Ring Road project. Austin, Texas-based pavement engineering firm The Transtec Group delivered an expert review and lifecycle recommendations for
āOur mission is to sustainably grow the market size for Roller Compacted Concrete Pavement Construction.ā The RCC Pavement Council has a brand newĀ WEBSITE!Ā Founded in 2014, The RCC Pavement Council is
New Website! “The RCC Pavement Council” Read More Ā»
Science Daily Online News,Ā Phys.org, Equipment World’s Better Roads Online News, and Construction Drive Online News via InvestigaciĆ³n y Desarrollo Online News, all recently reported on a Mexican project by JosĆ©Ā Carlos
New Light-Emitting Cement Could Light Highways Without Electricity Read More Ā»
The American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) announced that its newĀ Historic Concrete Pavement ExplorerĀ is now online. Currently, the website includes 13 projects, but is still a work in progress. Andy Gieraltowski,
“Historic Concrete Pavement Explorer” Archival Website Read More Ā»
On a frigid afternoon in late December, 2015, aĀ 200-square-foot slab of seemingly ordinary concrete sits just outside the Peter Kiewit Institute as snowflakes begin parachuting toward Omaha, Nebraska, USA.Ā The snow
The European Concrete Paving Association (EUPAVE) recently reported on a a multi-national project named “Enhancing Concrete Life in Infrastructure through Phase Change Systems”āECLIPS. ECLIPS is carried out by Arizona State
Multi-National Project: “ECLIPS” Incorporates PCMs to Enhance Concrete Performance Read More Ā»
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 Ā»
Researchers have hit on a formula that electrifies pavement and could ease recovery from big storms. The National Geographic Magazine reported an article,Ā byĀ Christina Nunez (January 2016 issue) providing updates to
Shovels Nor Plows Needed: Special Concrete Could Melt Mounds of Snow Read More Ā»
CaltransĀ (California Department of Transportation (DOT)), Cal.gov’sĀ Division of Measurement Standards (DMS), and the ready mixed concrete industry have accomplished a specificationĀ for a product that will: Reduce greenhouse gases Reduce waste Save
Specialist from the Voronezh branch (Oblast, Russia, Eastern Europe) of the EUROCEMENTĀ Group have made significant progress in the development of cement formulations with the characteristic required for the construction of
Eurocement Researches Concrete Roads Read More Ā»
A 3-year pilot project/experimental bike path with solar panels has generated more than 3,000 kilowatt-hours during its first six months of operation in Amsterdam, Netherlandsāfar exceeding engineersā expectations. The
Solar Panels Far Exceed Expectations & Pave Way for Power-Producing Pavements Read More Ā»
A team of microbiologists atĀ The Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)Ā in the Netherlands, headed by Dr. Henk Jonkers,Ā Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Materials Sciences and SustainableĀ ConstructionāTUDelft, Water Resources Section, is researching
Self-Healing Concrete by Bacterial Mineral Precipitation Read More Ā»
TRBās National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 634: āTexturing of Concrete Pavementsā explores and presents a recommended process for determining the type of concrete pavement texture that should be
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Following is TU Dresden‘s announcement on this exciting opportunity: We are pleased to announce the Call for Applications for Summer School HIGH-PERFORMANCE FIBRE-REINFORCED CEMENT-BASED COMPOSITES (HPFRCC) FOR FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE, 26-31 July
Cellulose nanocrystals derived from industrial byproducts have been shown to increase the strength of concrete, representing a potential renewable additive to improve the ubiquitous construction material. The cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs)
Natural Nanocrystals Shown to Strengthen Concrete Read More Ā»
CPTech Center published a document that Mixture proportioning is routinely a matterĀ of using a recipe based on a previously produced concrete, rather than adjusting theĀ proportions based on the needs of
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (US-FHWA) has released a report thatĀ focuses on identifying transverse joint locations on jointed plain concreteĀ pavements using an automated joint detection algorithm and computing faulting.Ā At these
Long-Term Pavement Performance Automated Faulting Measurement Read More Ā»
