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Top 16 Mistakes Made When Installing Concrete

TexCon Ready Mix recently reported on “Top 16 Mistakes People Make When Installing Concrete”. Concrete installation is not nearly as straightforward as it seems. There is a wealth of preparation […]

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MnROAD Breaks New Ground Along Test Tracks

A Minnesota, USA transportation research blog titled “CROSSROADS” reported that in June, MnROAD—the only cold-weather accelerated pavement testing facility of its kind in North America—will begin construction on its third

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Innovative Pavement Engineering & Life-Cycle Advisory for High-Priority Winnipeg, Canada Transitway

The Transtec Group, Austin-based pavement engineering firm, Texas, USA, provided pavement design and life- cycle advisement to Plenary Roads-Winnipeg—the concessionaire for the Southwest Rapid Transitway (Stage 2) project in Winnipeg,

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1st Full-Scale Heated Pavement Slabs Installed at American International Airport

Halil Ceylan, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering Professor–Iowa State University’s Program for Sustainable Pavement Engineering and Research in Ames, Iowa, USA, held his smartphone, opened an app, and called up the remote controls for the

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Barbados Cement Company Vies to Build Concrete Roads & Strengthen Barbados’ Infrastructure

Arawak Cement Company is to begin work on a concrete road in April 2017 in a bid to convince Government to move away from asphalt to concrete surfaces. Manuel Toro, General Manager, said

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RCC Placed on Cement-Stabilized FDR on High-Speed Texas Federal Highway, USA

A Texas First: TxDOT’s Roller Compacted Concrete Highway in Leakey, Texas, USA Roller-compacted concrete (RCC) pavement generally has been only for lower-speed roads or industrial applications. But, in November, 2016 the Texas

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Stringless Paving Eases Work Site Challenges & VIDEO: “3D Concrete Paving”

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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Más de 40 Años de una Autopista Española con Hormigon Armado: La ‘Y de Asturias’

Más de 40 Años de una Autopista Española con Hormigon Armado: La ‘Y de Asturias’ (More than 40 years of a Spanish Highway with CRCP: The ‘Y de Asturias’) Con

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VIDEO: TCP Ruta 5 Quejón—Colonia Yungay, Chile, Norte-Sur (North-South)

Route 5 Quellón Thickness: 18cm Route 5 Quellón Thickness: 18cm Year of Construction: 2014 7.6-point Earthquake: December 2015 “TCP Ruta 5 Quellón – Colonia Yungay (Norte-Sur) (video largo)” Video competo

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Zimbabwe, Africa—Urgent Need for Concrete Paving for its Crumbling Road Infrastructure

Recently, The Herald Online-Zimbabwe, Africa, reported on the road conditions in the area and the urgent need for concrete paving. Zimbabwe’s urban road network is in a deplorable state. In the

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Cement Soaks up Greenhouse Gases

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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ACPA Offers Positive Outlook for Highway Concrete Pavement Market

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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Panama Highway Rebuilt with Concrete

A highway link to the north of Panama’s capital city that connects with a national park popular with tourists, has now been rebuilt. According CEMEX, cement producer, concrete specialist, and ISCP Member,

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New Zealand: VIDEO: World’s Steepest Street Paved in Concrete

Video: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38461418. Baldwin Street, in the city of Dunedin on New Zealand’s South Island, is officially the world’s steepest residential road. At its steepest, the slope has a gradient of

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Canada: The Transtec Group Provides Expert Lifecycle Advisement for Extensive Southwest Calgary Ring Road Project

Photo: A computer representation of the planned Southwest portion of the Calgary Ring Road project. Austin, Texas-based pavement engineering firm The Transtec Group delivered an expert review and lifecycle recommendations for

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SHRP2 Project R21 Showcase: Two-Lift Concrete Pavement

As a lead state for the implementation of SHRP2 Project R21 technologies, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), in conjunction with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), is sponsoring a showcase

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VIDEO of Paraguay Seminar: “1er Seminario Internacional sobre Pavimento de Hormigón”

For the ISCP article on the “1er Seminario Internacional sobre Pavimento de Hormigón (1st International Seminar on Concrete Pavement)”, posted adjacent to this video, please go to: Paraguay: ISCP President Presented at

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Paraguay: ISCP President Presented at “Seminario Sobre Pavimento de Hormigón Reúne en Nuestro País a Referentes Internacionales” in November

A Concrete Pavement Seminar titled “Seminario Sobre Pavimento de Hormigón Reúne en Nuestro País a Referentes Internacionales” was held in Asuncion, Paraguay November 8-11, 2016 to tout the benefits of

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South Australia’s First Major Concrete Road—Creating More Jobs

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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Nigeria: “Concrete Pavement Roads are “THE WAY TO GO”—Sustainability, Much Lower Maintenance, & Lower Costs”

In 2014, Nigeria was estimated to have lost N300 billion to bitumen importation. Now, with biting foreign exchange scarcity, dwindling revenue, and prevailing economic recession, experts have called for the

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