Moving Advancements into Practice (MAP) Briefs describe promising research and technologies that can be used now to enhance concrete paving practices. The CP Road Map 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 stakeholder community. CP Road Map October E-News topics include:
- National Concrete Consortium (NCC) State Survey Summaries
Member states of the National Concrete Consortium have the ability to poll other member states regarding specifications, materials, construction, research, or other issues related to concrete paving. This section highlights some of the questions posed and answers received through the NCC’s “ListServ” feature.
- Tie Bar Placement
- Skid Resistance
- News from the Road
- Fiber Reinforced Concrete for Concrete Pavement Slab Replacement
- Ultra-Thin Whitetopping on Illinois Roadways and Parking Lots
- Precast Portland Cement Concrete Panels for Airfield Pavement Repairs
To read the October 2015 CP Road Map E-News, please click here or click on the image.
The October 2015 MAP Brief, “Curing for Concrete Pavements“, explains why proper curing is so important, how it should be accomplished, and the methods available. Curing is formally defined as “action taken to maintain moisture and temperature conditions in a freshly placed cementitious mixture to allow hydraulic cement hydration and (if applicable) pozzolanic reactions to occur so that the potential properties of the mixture may develop” (ACI 2013). Curing involves keeping the concrete wet enough and warm enough for hydration to proceed. This MAP Brief contains:
- Curing
- Why curing is important—Concrete experts spend a lot of time talking about curing, but in practice it may be an afterthought in the concrete paving process.
- How curing is achieved – Temperature management; Keep it wet
- Curing compounds
- Internal curing
- Summary
- Bibliography
To read the entire October MAP Brief “Curing for Concrete Pavements”, please click here or click on the image.
For the Long-Term Plan for Concrete Pavement Research
and Technology (CP Road Map), please go to: http://www.cproadmap.org/.
To find out more about the CP Road Map, or to get involved, contact:
Steve Klocke: E-Mail: sklocke@snyder-associates.com | Phone: 515-964-2020