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, 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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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
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
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
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
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
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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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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A new NC² Moving Advancements into Practice (MAP) Brief on the “Development of an Improved Design Procedure for Jointed Unbonded Concrete Overlays on Concrete or Composite Pavements” is now available from
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The Australian Society for Concrete Pavements (ASCP) National Executive completed a six-month endeavor, developing the first of its industry briefing notes—Pavement Note 001 “Concrete Pavement Value: Economic, Operational and Community
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The European Concrete Paving Association EUPAVE published its 2019 Annual Report, which provides an excellent overview of the work and objectives of EUPAVE in 2019. EUPAVE pleasingly looks back positively on 2019
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NATIONAL CONCRETE CONSORTIUM (NC²) SPRING 2020 Quarterly E-News: Featured FHWA Concrete Clips— This quarter, CP Tech features the Maturity and Strength Gain and Admixtures Concrete Clips. Concrete Clips is a series of
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The first project demonstrating precast prestressed concrete pavement (PPCP) technology for bridge approach slab construction was installed at both ends of a bridge on Highway 60 near Sheldon, Iowa The
Robert Rasmussen, Vice President and Chief Engineer-The Transtec Group, Inc., recently posted a report on LinkedIn titled, “Pavement Engineering for Tracks and Proving Grounds: How to Begin?” For highway or airfield projects, much
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HISTORY: On December 17, 1903, Orville Wright piloted the first powered airplane 20 feet above a wind-swept beach in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (N.C.). The flight lasted 12 seconds and
The Portland Cement Association (PCA) has a “Soil-Cement Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)” repository website. Each link has a variety of information as well as additional links, papers, publications, photos graphs, equipment
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November 5th Close to home in Ames Iowa, the CP Tech Center cohosted with the Iowa Concrete Paving Association the “2019 Municipal Streets Seminar” for around 130 attendees. November 6th
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In environments characterized by repetitive freeze/thaw cycles, coarse aggregate containing pores with throat diameters between 50 nm and 10 µm can cause premature pavement deterioration. As a result, the Iowa
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The NCC E-News is the newsletter of the Long-Term Plan for Concrete Pavement Research and Technology (CP Road Map)—a national research plan developed and jointly implemented by the concrete pavement
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