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California Measures Perf. & Benefits of RSC: Short-Term Lane Closures, Durability, & Lasts 30 Years! +VIDEO

Results of a Southern California freeway survey that set out to determinethe short-term & long-term performance of rapid strength concrete for the potentialrepair, restoration, & slab replacement of highway infrastructure […]

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CP Tech/InTrans/PROSPER Report: Impacts of Internally Cured Contraction Joint Spacing Phase II

Impacts of Internally Cured Concrete Paving on Contraction Joint Spacing Phase II: Field Implementation of Internally Cured Concrete for Iowa Pavement Systems RESEARCH CENTERS InTrans, CP Tech Center, PROSPERPRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORPeter

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Concrete Pavement Innovation Partners in Pioneering Hardstand Launch

An innovation in concrete pavement construction was recently launched in Johannesburg, South Africa, and according to Hannes Engelbrecht, Concrete Unit Business Director-CHRYSO-Southern Africa: “Pointing the way to the future of

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EUPAVE Annual Report 2020 is Out!

Click to download Annual Report PDF The European Concrete Paving Association (EUPAVE) 2020 Annual Report provides an excellent overview of the work and objectives of EUPAVE in 2020. EUPAVE is

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ACPA: 58th AM; 10 Plans; DeFazio; 3 Letters to Congress; TRIP; Ferrebee & NC²; Greenroads Events; NC²; Elke Allen Retires after 31 Years

ACPA 58th Annual Meeting:November 30 – December 2, 2021Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort & Spa | 21500 Pacific Coast Highway | Huntington Beach, California ACPA Mid-Year Meeting: ISCP article titled

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FHWA Released 2019/2020 AID-PT Report

Click to enlarge The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has released the 2019-20 AID-PT Annual Report, a 50-page document that provides an overview of:• AID-PT Program (Accelerated Implementation and Deployment of Pavement

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NC² MAP Brief & E-News: Spring 2021

The NC² E-News, originally the quarterly newsletter of the former CP Road MAP program, overviews new developments in concrete pavement research and technology from around the country. NC² MAP Brief Best

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ASCE: 2021 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure: Grade Surpasses D—1st time in 20 Years

Click to download REPORT PDFEvery four years, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)’s Report Card for America’s Infrastructure is released which depicts the condition and performance of American infrastructure

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ASCE 20-Yr. Research Report Warns Infrastructure Underinvestment at Release of 2021 “Report Card for America’s Infrastructure”

An American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)‘sWEB CONFERENCE provided a high-level overviewof recent research that projects the toll of inactionif infrastructure investment levelsremain status quo over the next 20 years.

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Face Masks Recycled with RCA for Pavement Base/Subbase Applications = Ductility, Flexibility & Strength

Research at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University) in Melbourne, Australia paves the way for used face masks in recycled concrete. Researchers say they have shown that single-use disposable

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Concrete Overlays History: Greater than Century Long & Quite Successful—Bettering Our Roadways & Advancing Our Industry

The first concrete pavementswere placed in 1892 & 1893 Early 1900’s: May surprise people to know that the first documented use of concrete to resurface pavements dates back to 1901!

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New Tech Brief Assesses Harvested Fly Ash Solution

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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Smart Concrete Paves Way to High-Tech, Cost-Effective Roads

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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History: 1958-1960 AASHO Rd Test “…encompassed most substantive pavement research…in the 20th century”

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

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Nigerian Road Construction: Need for New Approach; Future Vision; Competition; Concrete Superior Choice

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

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NIGERIA: Concrete Roads Durable: for Heavy Traffic; in Heavy Rain & Marshy Terrain; Last 25-30 Years; & Cement Locally Produced & Distributed…

A new report by the Proshare Nigeria Limited titled, “Roads- Concrete Vision, Asphalt Competition, Looking Ahead“, has urged the federal and sub-national governments in Nigeria to utilize materials that are

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New TRIP Report: Restoring the Interstate Highway System—Eisenhower’s Vision 64 Years Later

A new report by TRIP (Transportation Resource & Information Partnership), a national transportation research nonprofit, focuses on the U.S. Interstate Highway System and provides excellent information that supports the critical need

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Transtec Group’s Continuous Testing Data Saves Texas Airport from Costly, Major Reconstruction

During an evaluation of airfield pavements at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA) in Austin, Texas, concerns regarding the performance of one particular runway—17L/35R—were brought to the attention of the pavement engineering

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FHWA Technical Review Panel Examines “PVI- Related Fuel Consumption Factors”

A Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Technical Review Panel (TRP) met by web conference in June to review models for pavement-related vehicle operating costs and excess fuel consumption. Jim Mack, CEMEX,

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New ASCE Status Report: “COVID-19’s Impacts on America’s Infrastructure”

An American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) STATUS REPORT titled “COVID-19’s Impacts on America’s Infrastructure“ outlines the COVID-19 pandemic’s “detrimental effects” on a broad swath of publicly-owned U.S. infrastructure assets. Infrastructure

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