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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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Australia: Toowoomba, Queensland is Greenest Airport in the World! [Video Included]

The Geopolymer Institute recently reported on Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport (BWWA), Toowoomba, Queensland, is Australia’s first greenfield public airport to be built in 48 years. BWWA became fully operational with commercial flights

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New Website! “The RCC Pavement Council”

“Our mission is to sustainably grow the market size for Roller Compacted Concrete Pavement Construction.” The RCC Pavement Council has a brand new WEBSITE! Founded in 2014, The RCC Pavement Council is

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Australian Company’s “Earth-Friendly Concrete” Contending for “ACI Excellence in Concrete Award” this October

Toowoomba-based Wagners Construction Materials, owned by the Wagner family, has been nominated for an international award for their Earth-Friendly Concrete (EFC) innovation, as reported in an article titled “Earth friendly concrete gains admirers” by

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NCC E-News AUGUST 2016: Real-Time Smoothness Measurements, Improved Concrete Pavement Performance, Surface Characteristics, Precast Concrete, & more

In association with the CP Road Map Program The National Concrete Consortium E-News (NCC E-News) is the newsletter of the Long-Term Plan for Concrete Pavement Research and Technology (CP Road Map), a national

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I-90 Tollway Project: Concrete Recycling & Green Building—Illinois, USA

The widening and rebuild of the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) in the northern part of Illinois in suburban Chicago, USA is a massive concrete recycling job (reported in American

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Large Concrete Runway Project at Dover AFB Scheduled for Completion … Biggest Jets Returning September

DelawareOnline News and American Concrete Institute (ACI) reported that the Dover Air Force Base (Dover AFB) located 2 miles southeast of the city of Dover, Delaware, USA, has been conducting a $98.3-million replacement of north-south

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