Performance

ICPI & ASCE Publish Benchmark Reference on Permeable Pavements

The Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute (ICPI) has teamed with the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)‘s Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) and Water Resources Research Center’s (WRRC) Low-Impact Development Committee to publish […]

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CHILE: Optimized Geometry TCP®Slabs—From Basic Roads to Major Highways

Concrete Pavements with optimized geometry (TCP) have been one of the main innovations applied by the Ministry of Public Works in Chile (MOP). Due the problem in terms of performance

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EUPAVE: Concrete Roads – An Integral Part of the Circular Economy

The European Concrete Paving Association (EUPAVE), announced that “resource efficiency” and “the circular economy” are words on everyone’s lips at the moment. In December, the European Commission will release its new

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Minnesota Concrete Forum: “Concrete Forensics”

The Portland Cement Association (PCA)-North Central Region and The Minnesota Concrete Council (MCC), USA, will host the Minnesota Concrete Forum: “Concrete Forensics” on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 from 9:30 AM – 11:30

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Leading a Performance-Based Approach to Designing Concrete for Pavements

Many concrete pavement mixtures in the United States are still developed based on standard, prescriptive “recipes”. These methods can be overly conservative as far as defining minimum strengths, maximum water-to-cement

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TechBrief Publication: “Precast Concrete Pavement Implementation by U.S. Highway Agencies”

The US Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) published a new TechBrief October, 2015 titled “Precast Concrete Pavement (PCP) Technology”. This publication also summarizes the technical resources available to engineers

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TechBrief Publication: “Precast Concrete Pavement Technology Resources”

The US Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) published a new TechBrief September, 2015 titled “Precast ConcretePavement Technology Resources”. This TechBrief provides an approach to develop structural pavement designs for jointed and prestressed

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Britpave: New Guidance on Using Concrete Pavements for Smart Motorway Construction

The British Cementitious Paving Association (Britpave) has published new guidance on using concrete pavements for smart motorway construction. The new guidance, ‘Smart motorway construction with concrete’ examines a full range of

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JFK Airport’s Major Runway Reopens After $400M Modernization Project

After completion of a six-month long revamp worth $400M, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, USA has reopened the major runway at John F. Kennedy International Airport

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IDOT Testing Concrete Paving Technique on I-72 east of Springfield, Illinois, USA

According to a September 4, 2015 article in The State Journal-Register, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) is testing a concrete paving technique during a five-year pilot project on Interstate 72 east

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Jacksonville Naval Air Station (NAS-Jax) Runway Face-Lift Underway, Recycling Concrete

The runway face-lift at the Naval Air Station Jacksonville (NAS Jax), in Jacksonville, Florida, USA, is well underway. The NAS Jax is beginning its first runway upgrade in nearly half

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Healthy Competition Between Pavement Industries Could Save the Public Millions

The European Concrete Paving Association (EUPAVE) is convinced that increased competition between pavement industries should be a common thread in processes and policies to procure pavement in Europe. EUPAVE calls on

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The Future is Bright with Concrete Roads!

The Concrete Initiative published the article entitled “The Future is Bright with Concrete Roads” by Karl Downey, Secretary General European Concrete Paving Association (EUPAVE). Concrete can provide both the surface layer

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Minnesota, USA: Unbonded Overlay Construction Featuring Fabric Interlayer

The Concrete Paving Association of Minnesota (CPAM) reported that Olmsted County, Rochester, Minnesota, USA, constructed an unbounded concrete overlay construction featuring fabric interlayer as a replacement for a hot mix asphalt interlayer. The unbounded

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Captivating Time Lapse Video: Roller Compacted Concrete Pavement (RCC)

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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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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

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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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