A law was passed in Bolivia, South America on July 24, 2019 mandating the use of concrete pavements. Dr. Ing. Erwin Kohler, 3ipe and ISCP Board of Directors, said, ”A […]
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With encouragement to “be bold” LaToya Johnson, Pavement Design and Performance Team Leader-Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), set a positive and productive course for a 1-1/2 day “Concrete Pavement Strategic Planning Meeting”
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The Transtec Group—Austin, Texas-based Pavement Engineering Firm—is developing the pavement design for segment H of SH 99 Grand Parkway of Greater Houston Area, Texas, USA. Primarily using concrete, the complete highway loop
In July 2019, National Road Research Alliance (NRRA) had a link to a special provision for the Automated Machine Guidance (AMG)—Milling Method written by Rebecca Embacher, Advanced Materials Technology Engineer-Minnesota DOT
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A 64-acre parking lot at Denver International Airport Will Soon Have Largest Concrete Overlay (over asphalt) In mid-July 2019, concrete paving work began on the Pikes Peak Pay Parking Lot, owned
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Image: Some of the opportunities to minimize embodied carbon from feasibility through to material specification. Click to enlarge. “What can I, a designer, do to reduce Embodied Carbon (ECO2e)?” published July
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Pavements could soon be saved from some of the ravages of the winter chill thanks to a new type of low-cost concrete that absorbs significantly less of the salt that
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Michael E. Ayers, Ph.D., has been named the Executive Director of the Illinois Chapter—American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA). Ayers is a veteran concrete pavement engineer who brings vast and in-depth experience
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A joint effort led to the inclusion of full-depth reclamation (FDR)* in the Federal Aviation Association (FAA)’s FAA Advisory Circular 150/5370-10H (previously: Standard Specifications for Construction of Airports). “The net result of
Reflecting on “VISION2040“ initiative, David Howard, Strategic Advisory Committee Chairman and 2nd Vice Chairman of the Board-ACPA, led a discussion in June to draw on the experience and expertise of the committee
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There has been a lot of discussion about non-destructive tools for examining asphalt pavement—the Dielectric Profiling System being one of them—but what do we have for concrete? The Ultrasonic Shear-wave
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Sydney, Australia’s most populous city, is conducting the world’s first-ever ‘green’ concrete trial to construct roads using reprocessed industrial waste from coal-fired power stations and steel manufacturing—an initiative that can
The Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has experienced success in its trials where precast concrete slabs were used to repair road pavements. “Concrete slabs for highway repairs get an A
According to a new report by The Road Information Program (TRIP), America’s rural transportation system is in dire need of repairs and modernization to correct deficiencies and continue to support
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In a paper published in the Journal of Cleaner Production titled “Role of the use phase and pavement-vehicle interaction in comparative pavement life cycle assessment as a function of context”
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Nearly 1.5 million sq. yd.—200 lane miles—already in Korea combine diamond grinding and grooving for a smoother profile and reduced noise levels South Korea has a small land area, but
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Northeast of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, the junction of a pair of provincial trunk highways (PTH) were not originally designed with elegance. Commonly known as the “Perimeter Highway”, the intersection of PTH
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ACPA CHAPTER NEWS: 1. Airport at North Carolina’s First Capital City (& 309-Year-Old City) Expands/Doubles Tarmac with Concrete Pavement The Coastal Carolina Regional Airport (EWN) in New Bern, North Carolina—NC’s first
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The “Concrete Show India 7th Edition (CSI 2019)” will be held May 16-18, 2019 at the Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC), Goregaon, Mumbai, India. Organized by United Business Media India (UBM India), the
New reports, tech briefs, and spreadsheet tool issued by the National Concrete Pavement Technology (CP Tech) Center summarize laboratory and field performance of various FRC bridge decks and concrete overlays (links below
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