This Concrete Can Heal Itself as if it Were Alive “Bio-concrete” infused with bacteria: Could save billions in construction costs Replace stones with hollow spheres and fill with food and […]
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Engineers at the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) are experimenting Spring 2018 with Precast Reinforced Concrete Pavement to improve its highways, KTBS reports, with the hope of drastically improving
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The Norwegian cement producer, Norcem, a part of HeidelbergCement Group, has released an animation explaining the process of full-scale carbon capture and storage at its Brevik cement plant in Norway. The
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Peter Smith, Tom Kazmierowski, Susan Tighe, and Dan Pickel tout these and other great advantages of Precast Concrete Pavement: Quality Repair that will provide long-term service Short Construction Window Lower/reduced
Shoulder Construction with Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) I-85: Guilford Co, North Carolina, USA Andale Construction replaces 70,000 SY (+/-) of asphalt with 8-inch RCC Video by Greg Dean, Executive Director-Carolinas
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Elections for ISCP Board of Directors will be held this November and Nominations due by October 31 to: Neeraj Buch, Chair of Nominating Committee | E-mail: pastpresident@concretepavements.org Officer positions to
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The Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS) in collaboration with the Canadian National Chapter of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH-CNC) extend an invitation to GeoOttawa 2017—the 70th Canadian Geotechnical Conference and
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Austin, Texas, USA-based pavement engineering firm The Transtec Group provided pavement design and life cycle advisement for the Southwest Rapid Transitway (Stage 2) project in Winnipeg, Manitoba. To read the
According to a new study, 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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At the American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) January Press Briefing at World Of Concrete 2017 (WOC 2017) in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, ACPA offered a current view of the highway pavement
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Conceived and designed by French syndicat of transport from Paris department (STIF), T Zen is the future high-level bus service network (BHNS), (le futur réseau de bus à haut niveau
France: CRCP: Un ruban de velours pour les BHNS (A velvet ribbon for BHNS) Read More »
The $985 Million Northern Connector motorway will be South Australia’s first major concrete road, creating more jobs and saving on maintenance. 13 km (8 mi) of the 15.5 km (9.6
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Based out of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, USA, the National Center of Pavement Preservation invites applications for an opening as Director. For full consideration, applications should be received
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The 11th International Conference on Concrete Pavements (11th ICCP) was held August 28 through September 1st at the Marriott Rivercenter Hotel in San Antonio, Texas, USA. Almost 400 registrants participated in
11th ICCP a Big Success in the Big State of Texas! Read More »
In the Netherlands and throughout Europe, whether bridges, tunnels or roads, they are usually made of concrete. But even concrete cannot withstand environmental influences and loads forever. Cracks in concrete
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Video by: Jorge Olavarría Bastidas, Civil Engineering student-Chile Fallas en Pavimentos Rigidos – Cap1: Escalonamiento El Escalonamiento o Faulting, es una diferencia en elevación a través de una junta o grieta.
The European Commission has recently published a new voluntary construction-related criteria set: The EU Green Public Procurement(GPP) criteria for Road Design, Construction and Maintenance. The publication of such criteria follows
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The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology(ETH) of Zürich, Switzerland sadly announces the passing of Professor Willy Wilk, on February 11, 2016, just shy of his 85th birthday. An Honorary Member of
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CP Road Map E-News: The National Concrete Consortium (NCC) E-News is a bi-monthly newsletter based on the Long-Term Plan for Concrete Pavement Research and Technology (CP Road Map)—a national research plan developed and jointly
NCC E-News/CP Road Map May: Thin RCC, CFRCP, Cooling Glass Beads, SCMs & More! Read More »
Equipment World Online Magazine recently reported this fascinating drone video (4 minutes+17 seconds) of the new SR 99 Tunnel—future double-deck highway—in Seattle, Washington, USA. This drone video shows”Bertha”, the largest
