Captivating Time Lapse Video: Roller Compacted Concrete Pavement (RCC)
Time Lapse Video- Roller Compacted Concrete Pavement | Aerial Photo- ©AeroPhoto
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Profiles
Texas City & FAA Upgrading 70-Year-Old Concrete Landing Strips
The online news “Tyler Morning Telegraph” reported on the concrete pavement reconstruction of a 70-year-old concrete runway in Tyler, Texas, USA. Concrete flowed this week as crews worked on the first
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ISCP Names Geoff Ayton Honorary Member
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text el_class=”cleanlist”] Geoff Ayton of Australia was awarded ISCP Honorary Member status on July 20, 2015 at the Australian Society for Concrete Pavements (ASCP) “2015 Concrete Pavements Conference” in Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia. Geoff
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ACPA Workshop to be Held in October: “All About Joint Design & Construction”
The American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) will host a two-day national workshop on Concrete Pavement Joint Design and Construction, on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 27 and 28, 2015 at the ACPA
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2015 Marks 150th Anniversary of the World’s First Concrete Pavement
The Roads and Maritime Services (RMS), New South Wales (NSW), Australia, has developed a project, on the first concrete pavements in history, titled “The Developments in Concrete Pavements Oral History Project”. Recorded on
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11th International Conference on Concrete Block Pavement (ICCBP ’15) to be Held in Dresden, Germany, September 8-11, 2015
Second Announcement Program The 11th International Conference on Concrete Block Pavement (ICCBP ’15), organized by the Forschungsgesellschaft Für Strassen- Und Verkehrswesen (FGSV) (German Road and Transportation Research Association) and the Technische
Why India Project is Investing in 100% Concrete Roads
Sri. Nitin Gadkari, Transport Minister of India said, “100% of roads in a $4.7 billion development project will be cement/concrete. This large-scale infrastructure program involves converting 12 major ports into smart cities.” This
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Solar Panels Far Exceed Expectations & Pave Way for Power-Producing Pavements
A 3-year pilot project/experimental bike path with solar panels has generated more than 3,000 kilowatt-hours during its first six months of operation in Amsterdam, Netherlands—far exceeding engineers’ expectations. The
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3-D Technology Promises Many Benefits for Stringless Concrete Paving
Three dimensional (3-D) technology could eliminate the need for string lines on concrete paving projects, but Kent Godbersen, Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing—GOMACO, explains that there is a significant
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Self-Healing Concrete by Bacterial Mineral Precipitation
A team of microbiologists at The Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands, headed by Dr. Henk Jonkers, Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Materials Sciences and Sustainable Construction—TUDelft, Water Resources Section, is researching
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Industry Praises the First Contractor To Go Stringless in Wisconsin, USA
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class=”cleanlist”]ISCP member, Kevin McMullen, President-Wisconsin Concrete Pavement Association (WCPA-an affiliated chapter of ACPA), has reported on the first contractor in Wisconsin (WI), USA to go stringless. The concrete industry,
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Concrete Pavement MDA: Evaluation of Foam Drainage Test to Measure Air Void Stability in Concrete
Iowa State University’s National Concrete Pavement Technology Center (CPTech Center) has published the report, “Concrete Pavement MDA: Evaluation of Foam Drainage Test to Measure Air Void Stability in Concrete”. ISCP Board
April 2015 CP Road Map E-News Released
News from the Road News from the Road highlights research around the United States that is helping the concrete pavement community meet the research objectives outlined in the CP Road Map. To
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TRB: Texturing of Concrete Pavements
TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 634: “Texturing of Concrete Pavements” explores and presents a recommended process for determining the type of concrete pavement texture that should be
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Totally Concrete Expo & ACPA Workshop to be Held in May in South Africa
The African Construction and Totally Concrete Expos, will be held May 11-14, 2015 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. The theme is “Shaping the future of cement
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Call for Applications for Summer School -> High-Performance Fibre-Reinforced Cement-Based Composites (HPFRCC) for Future Infrastructure
Following is TU Dresden‘s announcement on this exciting opportunity: We are pleased to announce the Call for Applications for Summer School HIGH-PERFORMANCE FIBRE-REINFORCED CEMENT-BASED COMPOSITES (HPFRCC) FOR FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE, 26-31 July
Natural Nanocrystals Shown to Strengthen Concrete
Cellulose nanocrystals derived from industrial byproducts have been shown to increase the strength of concrete, representing a potential renewable additive to improve the ubiquitous construction material. The cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs)
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Concrete Pavement Mixture Design and Analysis (MDA): An Innovative Approach To Proportioning Concrete Mixtures
CPTech Center published a document that Mixture proportioning is routinely a matter of using a recipe based on a previously produced concrete, rather than adjusting the proportions based on the needs of
Long-Term Pavement Performance Automated Faulting Measurement
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (US-FHWA) has released a report that focuses on identifying transverse joint locations on jointed plain concrete pavements using an automated joint detection algorithm and computing faulting. At these
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Evaluation of Pavement Safety Performance
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that isolates the effects of various low-cost pavement treatments on roadway safety through analysis of both flexible and rigid pavement treatments. The intent
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