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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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,
“Historic Concrete Pavement Explorer” Archival Website Read More »
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
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
Multi-National Project: “ECLIPS” Incorporates PCMs to Enhance Concrete Performance Read More »
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
New Soil Freezing Model May Help DOTs Lower Spring’s Thaw Damage to Roads Read More »
Researchers have hit on a formula that electrifies pavement and could ease recovery from big storms. The National Geographic Magazine reported an article, by Christina Nunez (January 2016 issue) providing updates to
Shovels Nor Plows Needed: Special Concrete Could Melt Mounds of Snow Read More »
Caltrans (California Department of Transportation (DOT)), Cal.gov’s Division of Measurement Standards (DMS), and the ready mixed concrete industry have accomplished a specification for a product that will: Reduce greenhouse gases Reduce waste Save
Specialist from the Voronezh branch (Oblast, Russia, Eastern Europe) of the EUROCEMENT Group have made significant progress in the development of cement formulations with the characteristic required for the construction of
Eurocement Researches Concrete Roads Read More »
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
Solar Panels Far Exceed Expectations & Pave Way for Power-Producing Pavements Read More »
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
Self-Healing Concrete by Bacterial Mineral Precipitation Read More »
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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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
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)
Natural Nanocrystals Shown to Strengthen Concrete Read More »
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
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
Long-Term Pavement Performance Automated Faulting Measurement Read More »
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
Evaluation of Pavement Safety Performance Read More »
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]The Center for Transportation Research at the University of Texas at Austin has released a report that characterizes and evaluates the performance of eight natural pozzolans to assess their
Evaluating the Performance of Alternative Supplementary Cementing Material in Concrete Read More »
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]The Center for Transportation Research at the University of Texas at Austin has released a report, titled “Evaluation of the Benefits of Diamond Grinding of CRCP: Final Report”, that outlines
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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Concrete durability may be considered as the ability to maintain serviceability over the design life without significant deterioration, and is generally a direct function of the mixture permeability. Therefore,
