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Kraków, Poland Introduces Raft of Initiatives to Combat Smogs—Includes Special Concrete Pavements, Smog-Cleaning Tower, Tree Planting!

… and it’s working: Special Concrete Pavement, Wood & Coal Furnaces Banned, Smog-Cleaning Tower, & Planting of 25,000 Trees … Kraków used to be the most polluted city in Poland, […]

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MIT: CSHub’s Dr. Gregory Testimony on “Role of Concrete in Sustainable Development”; & CSHub Funding for Phase III Cemented for 5 More Years

The September 28th Newsletter of MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub (CSHub) features news about the testimony of Dr. Jeremy Gregory, Executive Director-CS Hub, before the House Energy & Commerce Committee’s Environment and Climate Change

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How DOES Vibration Affect Concrete Mixtures?

When thixotropic materials like fresh concrete are vibrated, they move. This property of concrete that overcomes the friction associated with viscosity not only assists in concrete levelling but also helps

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Porous Pavement—New Orleans, LA Requirement as Step to Alleviate Flooding, & Part of “Greater New Orleans Urban Water Plan”

Two news sources out of New Orleans, Louisiana recently published articles on the New Orleans City Council’s new requirement of new pervious pavements throughout the city: Radio.Com article titled “Porous pavement:

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GHMC, India Launched ‘Model Pilot Project’: ‘Pervious Concrete Road Pavement’ at Sports Complex

The NEW INDIAN EXPRESS Online News and The Hans India Online News reported on a Pervious Concrete Road Pavement (PCRP) project at the Katedan Sports Complex in Hyderbad, Telegana, India. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation

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NCC E-News/CP Road Map September 2019 + 7-page MAP Brief

The NCC E-News is the newsletter of the Long-Term Plan for Concrete Pavement Research and Technology (CP Road Map)—a national research plan developed and jointly implemented by the concrete pavement

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Panel Evaluates Pavement-Vehicle Interaction (PVI) for Improved Pavement Sustainability—Includes VIDEO

Click to go to CSHub MIT VIDEO “What is Pavement Vehicle Interaction?” … Dr. Mehdi Akbarian, Postdoctoral Researcher-MIT CSHub explains PVI and some of CSHub‘s recent case studies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z9ldFv5hUw A

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The Transtec Group Provides Texas Pavement Design—Built to Outlast Design Life—for Longest Highway Loop in U.S.

The Transtec Group—Austin, Texas-based Pavement Engineering Firm—is developing the pavement design for segment H of SH 99 Grand Parkway of Greater Houston Area, Texas, USA. Primarily using concrete, the complete highway loop

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Automated Machine Guidance (AMG)—3D Milling Special Provision

In July 2019, National Road Research Alliance (NRRA) had a link to a special provision for the Automated Machine Guidance (AMG)—Milling Method written by Rebecca Embacher, Advanced Materials Technology Engineer-Minnesota DOT

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Denver International Airport Site of Largest Concrete Overlay in USA

A 64-acre parking lot at Denver International Airport Will Soon Have Largest Concrete Overlay (over asphalt) In mid-July 2019, concrete paving work began on the Pikes Peak Pay Parking Lot, owned

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What Can a Designer Do to Reduce ECO2e? Article, Links, Webinar Video, more …

Image: Some of the opportunities to minimize embodied carbon from feasibility through to material specification. Click to enlarge. “What can I, a designer, do to reduce Embodied Carbon (ECO2e)?” published July

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Univ. of London Researchers Pave the Way to Salt-Resistant Concrete

Pavements could soon be saved from some of the ravages of the winter chill thanks to a new type of low-cost concrete that absorbs significantly less of the salt that

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Michael Ayers Named Executive Director of Illinois Chapter-ACPA

Michael E. Ayers, Ph.D., has been named the Executive Director of the Illinois Chapter—American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA). Ayers is a veteran concrete pavement engineer who brings vast and in-depth experience

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Australia Stages World’s First-Ever ‘Green Concrete Road’ Trial Through Industrial Waste—Step Change in Industry

Sydney, Australia’s most populous city, is conducting the world’s first-ever ‘green’ concrete trial to construct roads using reprocessed industrial waste from coal-fired power stations and steel manufacturing—an initiative that can

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Ontario Ministry of Transportation—Concrete Slabs Get the Nod for Ease & Speed of Highway Repairs

The Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has experienced success in its trials where precast concrete slabs were used to repair road pavements. “Concrete slabs for highway repairs get an A

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Paving Sustainably—Many Factors Influence a Pavement’s Environmental Footprint

In a paper published in the Journal of Cleaner Production titled “Role of the use phase and pavement-vehicle interaction in comparative pavement life cycle assessment as a function of context”

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South Korea Expands Use of Next Generation Concrete Surface on Roadways

Nearly 1.5 million sq. yd.—200 lane miles—already in Korea combine diamond grinding and grooving for a smoother profile and reduced noise levels South Korea has a small land area, but

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CANADA: Major Winnipeg Project Brings Concrete Solution to Longstanding Bottleneck

Northeast of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, the junction of a pair of provincial trunk highways (PTH) were not originally designed with elegance. Commonly known as the “Perimeter Highway”, the intersection of PTH

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7 ACPA Concrete Paving News Items—Chapter & National

ACPA CHAPTER NEWS: 1. Airport at North Carolina’s First Capital City (& 309-Year-Old City) Expands/Doubles Tarmac with Concrete Pavement The Coastal Carolina Regional Airport (EWN) in New Bern, North Carolina—NC’s first

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New York City, NY’s JFK Airport Closing 4 Runways—Replacing “12-Year Alternate Pavement” with Heavy Duty 40-Year Concrete Pavement

Four runways will be closed for reconstruction through November 2019 at New York City, NY, USA’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). Runway 13L-31R is responsible for handling approximately 1/3 of

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