“Cambian Asfalto por Hormigón en la Ruta de Acceso sur a Valparaíso” (Asphalt Changed to Concrete on the Southern Access Route to Valparaiso, [Chile]) The intense traffic of heavy vehicles
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 European Concrete Paving Association (EUPAVE) is convinced that increased competition between pavement industries should be a common thread in processes and policies to procure pavement in Europe. EUPAVE calls on
Healthy Competition Between Pavement Industries Could Save the Public Millions Read More »
The Concrete Initiative published the article entitled “The Future is Bright with Concrete Roads” by Karl Downey, Secretary General European Concrete Paving Association (EUPAVE). Concrete can provide both the surface layer
The Future is Bright with Concrete Roads! Read More »
In an August 2015 AllAfrica Online Magazine article, “Nigeria: Rising Need for Cement Use in Road Construction” Crusoe Osagie discusses the need to extend the use of cement beyond building
Nigeria, West Africa: Rising Need for Cement Use in Road Construction Read More »
The Cement and Concrete Institute (ICH)—in cooperation with ISCP and the CP Tech Center—has recently published a Spanish version of the center’s popular Guide to Concrete Overlays Sustainable Solutions for
Now Available! Spanish ICH Concrete Overlay Manual Read More »
The American Concrete Institute (ACI) released a publication titled “Guide for Construction of Concrete Pavements”. The primary focus of this 62-page guide is pavement construction. Modern slipform paving techniques and
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1: The Indian Roads Congress (IRC) has produced 13 New/Revised Publications, released by the Honorable Mr. Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Road Transport, Highways & Shipping during the “206th Mid Term Council Meeting”
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Pavimentos y Pisos De Hormigon, Instituto Del Cemento Y Del Hormigon De Chile (The Institute of Cement and Concrete Chile) (ICH), released an article titled “The Rebound of the Concrete Pavement
The Rebound of the Concrete Pavement Industry in Chile Read More »
Moving Advancements into Practice (MAP) Briefs describe promising research and technologies that can be used now to enhance concrete paving practices. The CP Road Map E-News is the newsletter of
The course agenda with links to the presentations and videos is now available from the “Concrete Pavement Innovation & Technology Transfer Workshop” held June 25th at the IDOT District 1 office in
The Innovative Pavement Research Foundation (IPRF) Research Report “Best Practices for Airport Portland Cement Concrete Pavement Construction (Rigid Airport Pavement)” is NOW AVAILABLE in SPANISH! To download the Spanish and English IPRF
The Louisiana Transportation Research Center (LTRC), USA and the Southeast Transportation Consortium (STC) released a publication titled “Best Practices for Achieving and Measuring Pavement Smoothness, A Synthesis of State-of-Practice”, summarizing
Historically, aggregate gradation has been controlled by specifications that call out envelopes for individual fractions, typically the coarse aggregate and the fine aggregate. The shortcoming of this approach is that
M. Shabbir Hossain, Ph.D., P.E., Senior Research Scientist D. Stephen Lane, Associate Principal Research Scientist In Cooperation with: U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (USDOT-FHWA) Virginia Center for Transportation
American Concrete Institute’s (ACI’s) new 2015 Manual of Concrete Practice is now available. Containing over 240 standards and reports, it is one of the most comprehensive concrete reference set available.
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News from the Road highlights research around the United States that is helping the concrete pavement community meet the research objectives outlined in the “Long-Term Plan for Concrete Pavement Research &
June 2015 CP Road Map E-News Released Read More »
The brochure, recently published by the European Pavement Association (EUPAVE), titled “Durable Low-Noise Concrete Pavements” shows concrete pavements are not as noisy they are often perceived; provides examples of techniques
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Iowa State University’s National Concrete Pavement Technology Center (CPTech Center) has published the report, “Concrete Pavement MDA: Evaluation of Foam Drainage Test to Measure Air Void Stability in Concrete”. ISCP Board
