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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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Performance Underpins AASHTO Provisional Standard for PEM

An Innovative Program for Pavement Reliability  Iowa State University-hosted National Concrete Pavement Technology Center (CP Tech Center) and research partners have secured the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

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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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EUPAVE Position Paper: “Connected, Autonomous and Electric Vehicles”—Advantages Concrete Pavements & Infrastructure Offer

The European Concrete Paving Association (EUPAVE) has released a position paper titled “Connected, Autonomous and Electric Vehicles” on the occasion of its Christmas Dinner Debate held under the theme “The role

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2016 EUPAVE Christmas Dinner Debate

The European Concrete Paving Association (EUPAVE) celebrated its traditional Christmas dinner debate with guest of honor Matthew Baldwin, Deputy-Director General DG MOVE of the European Commission, on December 6th, 2016,

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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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UK: EUPAVE Participated in European Road Infrastructure Congress October 18-20

The European Concrete Pavement Association (EUPAVE) and its members participated in 1st European Road Infrastructure Congress October 18-20 in Leeds, UK. Organized by European Road Federation (ERF), the Congress offered the chance to

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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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