New website-calculator fromPortland Cement Association (PCA)!Same durability.Same resilience.10% carbon footprint reduction.* “CO2 Calculator: EASY. PROVEN. READILY AVAIALBE!” Portland-limestone cement (PLC) is engineered with a higher limestone content. PLC gives specifiers, […]
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“Every Day Counts (EDC-6)” Initiative Publication.Click to download 6-page ‘single-page-flyer’ PDF. Many of the pavements in the United States’ highway system have reached or are approaching the end of their
Following the release of the European Concrete Paving Association‘s infographic “Concrete Pavements make roads more sustainable”, EUPAVE’s working group on Environmental Strategy decided to release fact sheets focusing on its
NEW FACT SHEET: Concrete Roads are 100% Recyclable! Read More »
On December 9, 2020, the European Concrete Paving Association (EUPAVE) and Petar Vitanov, Member of the European Parliament (MEP), held an online European Union (EU) Debate on “Green Deal: the
EUPAVE Advocates for Life-Cycle Approach in TEN-T Proposal Read More »
Applied Sciences published paper by Muhammad Kashif, Ahsan Naseem , Nouman Iqbal, Pieter De Winne, and Hans De Backer: Department of Civil Engineering, Ghent University, Technologiepark 60, Zwijnaarde, B-9052 Ghent,
WEBINAR: “Pavement Preservation—Dowel Bar Retrofit (DBR) & Diamond Grinding”Tuesday | January 12 | 12:00 NOON – 1:00 pm CDTREGISTRATION: https://go.acpa.org/cp-tech-center-2020 The American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA)
A Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design user group met the week of December 7, 2020, in a 3-day web conference with about 200 participants, to discuss ongoing developments with AASHTOWare (American Association
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Visit the VIRTUAL Transtec Group booth at the VIRTUAL 100th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting 2021 that will take place from January 5-29, 2021. By visiting The Transtec Group booth from
Example of ASR-related map-cracking in concrete pavement (Photo: L. Sutter) The new Winter Quarter NC² Moving Advancements into Practice (MAP) Brief titled “Understanding ASR. . .AND How to Mitigate It” is now available. This MAP brief summarizes
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The time is ideal for the Dominican Republic to forge alliances, advance in the co-processing of construction and demolition waste (C&DW), and strengthen the construction sector value chain, and to
HOME PHOTO: Reflective pavements could reduce the frequency of heat waves in Chicago by around 30 percent over 20 years. Credit: Jaysin Trevino/Wikimedia Commons MIT postdoc explains how reflective pavements can
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Sydney, Australia’s NorthConnex is completed and officially opened to traffic! Located northwest of Sydney, the $3-billion twin 9km (5.5-mi) project of tunnels contain rigid pavement and are the deepest road
The Greenroads® Rating System is a system used to measure and manage sustainability on transportation projects. The rating system and all Greenroads programs are administered by Greenroads International. The team’s
Greenroads® Rating System’s New Version 3 Addresses Environmental Impacts Read More »
Tuesday | December 15, 202010:00 am – 11:00 am CST“Soil Cement/ Full Depth Reclamation With Cement Slurry Using a Ready Mixed Concrete Truck” (1 Hour)Featuring Greg Halsted, PCA Soil Cement
Photo: Larry Sutter: SEM micrograph of fly ash particlesillustrating the spherical particle shape typical of coal fly ash The highway construction industry’s utilization of coal fly ash has made many
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Mr. Petar Vitanov, Member of the European Parliament (MEP), and the European Concrete Paving Association (EUPAVE), invite all to a debate ONLINE: “Green Deal: The Right Choices for a ClimateResilient
The European Concrete Paving Association (EUPAVE) held the 5th Workshop on Best Practices in Concrete Paving on Wednesday October 14, 2020 at Hôtel Le Châtelain in Brussels. The theme for this
Smart, efficient infrastructure … Every day, Americans travel on roads, bridges and highways without considering the safety or reliability of these structures. Yet much of the transportation infrastructure in the
Smart Concrete Paves Way to High-Tech, Cost-Effective Roads Read More »
In the 3rd week of September, 2020, Mr. Devakumar Edwin, Group Executive Director, Strategy, Portfolio Development, and Capital Projects-Dangote Industries Limited, appealed to the Federal Government (FG) to embrace concrete
At first glance, the 1,000 sq-m property situated on a bustling Jakarta, Indonesia street looks like a regular brick making factory. There are stacks of paving bricks of varying colors,
