July 2018 In association with the CP Road Map Program The National Concrete Consortium (NCC) E-News is the newsletter of the Long-Term Plan for Concrete Pavement Research and Technology (CP Road Map), […]
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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
VIDEO: This Concrete Can Heal Itself as if it Were Alive Read More »
Concrete is the most abundant man-made material on earth. But concrete’s essential ingredient, cement, has a large carbon footprint. Cement is what makes concrete strong, but the process of making cement
This Concrete Traps CO2 Emissions Forever—Video Included Read More »
The Tarantula Curve website was developed by the civil engineering research team at School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Oklahoma State University under the direction of Tyler Ley, Ph.D.,
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Concrete Roads: Bringing us closer to nature by: • Lowering fuel consumption-rigid concrete surfaces • Lowering urban heating and smog-reflective concrete surfaces • Enhancing circular economy-100% recycled concrete surfaces Bringing
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At the 2018 National Roads Research Alliance (NRRA) Pavement Workshop held May 23-24, 2018, all of the PowerPoint decks were collected and posted to the 2018 NRRA Pavement Workshop Website. In
FOX40 News (California, USA) reported in Roseville-Northwest of San Francisco, it is very apparent why Washington Boulevard is in need of repairs—there are large cracks everywhere and the pavement is
Fibercon (Queensland engineering firm) has developed a technology—a first in Australia—that enables it to use recycled polypropylene plastic for reinforcing concrete instead of the traditional steel. Developed in conjunction with researchers from
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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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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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“EasyMile” Driverless Shuttle at EPFL University in Lausanne, Switzerland For the ISCP article adjacent to this video titled, “Ingenious Technology! MnDOT Chooses “EasyMile” for Autonomous Cold-Weather Shuttle Bus Project”, please
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A fungus that grows on concrete and promotes the growth of calcium carbonate could help repair roads and bridges, materials scientists say. The United States has one of the most
How ‘Mushrooms’ Could Fill Cracks & Repair Our Crumbling Infrastructure Read More »
Researchers from Drexel University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana, and Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon, USA, have made a discovery that could create roads that melt off ice and snow during winter storms. Their
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NEWS VIDEO: http://www.kiro7.com/news/local/wsdot-using-recycled-concrete-in-i-5-road-project/588439188 It’s not often that you hear of recycling in road projects, but WSDOT in Tacoma is making that happen on NB Interstate-5 (I-5)—a major rehab project has
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Tom Burnham, Sr. Research Engineer and ISCP Board Director, the MnDOT–Office of Materials and Road Research, and the NRRA Rigid Pavement Team composed the research overview and goals—Long-Term Research Write-Up—titled “Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Pavement”. The
VIDEO: Tom Burnham, Sr. Road Research Engineer–MnDOT and ISCP Board Director, summarizes the fiber-reinforced cells, titled: “MnROAD Construction Summer 2017—Concrete with Extra Fiber” Tom Burnham, the MnDOT–Office of Materials and Road Research, and the NRRA Rigid Pavement
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
CONEXPO-CON/AGG recently reported that concrete paving opportunities are paying off in more ways than one for customers and dealers alike who embrace forward-thinking ways to help customers. Eddie Brown, Machine-Control Specialist-Ozark Laser
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