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Chile: Important Approval for Short Slab System

After achieving various approvals that have marked the history of short slabs: the TCP® Technology (Thin Concrete Pavements), the Ministerio de Vivienda y Urbanismo in Chile (Ministry of Housing and Urban […]

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All Technical Presentations Now Available: NCC Spring Meeting

The National Concrete Pavement Technology Center (CPTech Center) held its bi-annual National Concrete Consortium (NCC) April 26-28, 2016 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. All presentations and agenda from the Spring 2016

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New Light-Emitting Cement Could Light Highways Without Electricity

Science Daily Online News, Phys.org, Equipment World’s Better Roads Online News, and Construction Drive Online News via Investigación y Desarrollo Online News, all recently reported on a Mexican project by José Carlos

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ASCP Presentations Now Available: March 2016 Local Government Pavements Forum Held in Sydney, Australia

Australian Local Government in Sydney was constructing concrete roads and streets years before the Department of Main Roads (now Roads and Maritime Services). Most were in the eastern, inner western,

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Commemorative Program Now Available: 125th Anniversary Tour of the Oldest Concrete Street in America

The Commemorative Program is now available for the 125th Anniversary Tour of the oldest U.S. concrete street in Bellefontaine, Ohio. To download the PDF of the Commemorative Program, please click on

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. . . ISCP Has “Memorandum of Understanding” Agreements?

Did you know that the International Society for Concrete Pavements (ISCP) has entered into “Memorandum of Understanding” (MoU) agreements to better strengthen and clarify relationships between similar organizations? A “Cooperative

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125th Anniversary Commemoration & Tour of First U.S. Concrete Street Held in Bellefontaine, Ohio (Audio & Video)

Peak of Ohio online news reported on the 125th Anniversary tour of the first concrete pavement in the United States. ISCP co-sponsored the celebration and tour that was held Monday, April

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110-Year-Old Concrete Road, Pair of 1925 Concrete Narrow Roads, & Historical Concrete Pavements Archives

The “Copper County Explorer” published an article titled “The Centenarian Road”. With the increasing popularity and adaptation of the automobile for transportation, much of the nation’s roadways that had previously been built

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“Historic Concrete Pavement Explorer” Archival Website

The American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) announced that its new Historic Concrete Pavement Explorer is now online. Currently, the website includes 13 projects, but is still a work in progress. Andy Gieraltowski,

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Recycling Carbon Dioxide in Concrete for a Lower Carbon Footprint

CarbonCure retrofits concrete plants with a technology that recycles waste carbon dioxide to make affordable, greener concrete products. Carbon dioxide is now more than just a greenhouse gas—it is a valuable material to

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VIDEO: Canada: CarbonCure Recycles Carbon Dioxide for Greener Concrete Products

CarbonCure retrofits concrete plants with a technology that recycles waste carbon dioxide to make affordable, greener concrete products. Carbon dioxide is now more than just a greenhouse gas—it is a valuable

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Conductive, De-icing Concrete Improves Safety & Efficiency for Roadways, Airports & Homes

On a frigid afternoon in late December, 2015, a 200-square-foot slab of seemingly ordinary concrete sits just outside the Peter Kiewit Institute as snowflakes begin parachuting toward Omaha, Nebraska, USA. The snow

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Multi-National Project: “ECLIPS” Incorporates PCMs to Enhance Concrete Performance

The European Concrete Paving Association (EUPAVE) recently reported on a a multi-national project named “Enhancing Concrete Life in Infrastructure through Phase Change Systems”—ECLIPS. ECLIPS is carried out by Arizona State

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New Soil Freezing Model May Help DOTs Lower Spring’s Thaw Damage to Roads

Each spring, as roads that have been frozen all winter begin to thaw from the surface downward, melting snow and ice saturate the ground. The roadbed, softened by trapped moisture

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Presentation, Videos & Twitter Exhibit Unique Concrete Pavement Attributes & Construction Methods

Jereme Montgomery, Executive Director-Nebraska Concrete & Aggregates Association (NC&AA), USA, was awarded the NRMCA 2015 State Affiliate Promoter of the Year Award by the Promotion Committee. Mr. Montgomery is an outstanding concrete promoter within

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Canada: The Ministry of Transportation 1916-2016—100-Year History Includes 1st All-Concrete Highway

The Ministry of Transportation (MTO), Ontario, Canada, was born 100 years ago. The Department of Public Highways of Ontario (DPHO), as the ministry was then called, was established on January 17, 1916.

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CHILE: ISCP Members & Directors in the “Pavement Committee” of ACCT

Following a successful seminar held in May 2015, the Chilean Association of Highway and Transportation (ACCT—Asociación Chilena de Carreteras y Transporte), created the “Pavements Committee“. The ACCT is the national

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A 100-Year History of Paving, Compaction, Milling Iron

In the last one hundred years, heavy highway pavement-making equipment has evolved from primitive to awesome. Modern pavers, compactors, and millers (or cold planers) have turned the surfacing phase of

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ISCP Co-Sponsoring Commemoration: 125th Anniversary of the First U.S. Concrete Pavement, to be Held April 25th

In 1891, an 8-ft-wide section of the first concrete pavement was placed on Main Street in front of the Logan County Courthouse in Bellefontaine, Ohio, USA. A segment placed in 1893

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Short Street in Oklahoma City has Long 106-Year History

In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, off of NW 23rd, just east of N. Shartel Avenue, is a street barely two blocks long that could easily be mistaken for an alley.

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