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STC Publication: “Best Practices for Achieving and Measuring Pavement Smoothness, A Synthesis of State-of-Practice”

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 […]

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11th ICCP Sponsorship Opportunities Now Available

Sponsorship opportunities are now available for the 11th International Conference on Concrete Pavements (11th ICCP) to be held August 28 – September 1, 2016 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. There

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Captivating Time Lapse Video: Roller Compacted Concrete Pavement (RCC)

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New FHWA Tech Brief: “Blended Aggregates for Concrete Mixture Optimization . . . Best Practices for JCP”

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

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ISCP Names Geoff Ayton Honorary Member

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text el_class=”cleanlist”] Geoff Ayton of Australia was awarded ISCP Honorary Member status on July 20, 2015 at the Australian Society for Concrete Pavements (ASCP) “2015 Concrete Pavements Conference” in Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia. Geoff

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Concrete Paving Workshop & Task Force Meetings Included in ACPA’s June Mid-Year Meeting

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ACPA Workshop to be Held in October: “All About Joint Design & Construction”

The American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) will host a two-day national workshop on Concrete Pavement Joint Design and Construction, on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 27 and 28, 2015 at the ACPA

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Ensuring Competition Between Pavement Industries Increases Public Spending Efficiency & Stimulates Innovation

When it comes to building roads, increased competition between pavement industries can lower prices and save public money. Karl Downey, Secretary General-European Concrete Paving Association (EUPAVE), recently wrote an article

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Final Report: Development of a Catalog of Resilient Modulus Values for Aggregate Base for Use With the MEPDG

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

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Registration Open for WCPA 2015 Golf Outing & Scholarship Fundraiser

The Wisconsin Concrete Pavement Association (WCPA) is holding its only 2015 outing, The WCPA 2015 Golf Outing & Scholarship Fundraiser. It will be held on Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at The Oaks

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Well-Attended All-Day “Concrete Pavement Innovation & Technology Transfer Workshop” Held June 25

The International Society of Concrete Pavements (ISCP) presented an all-day workshop titled Concrete Pavement Innovation and Technology Transfer Workshop at the Illinois Department of Transportation District 1 office in Schaumburg,

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New ACI 2015 Manual of Concrete Practice Now Available

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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Only 2 Weeks Left to Register for the PCA 2015 Professors’ Workshop

There are still spaces left for the July 20-24, 2015 Portland Cement Association (PCA) Education Foundation Professors’ Workshop to be held at PCA in Skokie, Illinois, USA. A room block is reserved

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June 2015 CP Road Map E-News Released

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 &

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ASCP 2015 Concrete Pavements Conference NEWS and UPDATES

With one month to go until the Australian Concrete Pavements Association (ASCP) 2015 Concrete Pavements Conference on Monday and Tuesday, July 20-21, 2015 at the Breakfree Aanuka Beach Resort in Coffs

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Concrete Pavement Innovation & Technology Transfer Workshop to be Held June 25

Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), Illinois Center for Transportation (ICT), International Society for Concrete Pavements (ISCP), and ACPA-Illinois Chapter will hold a one-day workshop titled “Concrete Pavement Innovation & Technology Transfer Workshop” on June

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NCC Semi-Annual Meeting Held—Outstanding Technology Transfer Forum

The semi-annual meeting of the National Concrete Consortium (NCC) was held April 21-23, 2015 in Reno, Nevada, USA. NCC continues to be an outstanding forum for concrete technology transfer. The

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Solar Panels Far Exceed Expectations & Pave Way for Power-Producing Pavements

  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, Netherlands—far exceeding engineers’ expectations. The

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3-D Technology Promises Many Benefits for Stringless Concrete Paving

Three dimensional (3-D) technology could eliminate the need for string lines on concrete paving projects, but Kent Godbersen, Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing—GOMACO, explains that there is a significant

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Self-Healing Concrete by Bacterial Mineral Precipitation

A team of microbiologists at The Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands, headed by Dr. Henk Jonkers, Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Materials Sciences and Sustainable Construction—TUDelft, Water Resources Section, is researching

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