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New FHWA Tech Flyer: “Air-Entraining Admixtures for Concrete”

Click to download 1-page FHWA Flyer (PDF) One of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)’s Mobile Concrete Technology Center (MCTC)’s recently released a one-page technology transfer flyer that covers air-entraining admixtures […]

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Transtec Group’s Continuous Testing Data Saves Texas Airport from Costly, Major Reconstruction

During an evaluation of airfield pavements at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA) in Austin, Texas, concerns regarding the performance of one particular runway—17L/35R—were brought to the attention of the pavement engineering

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FHWA Technical Review Panel Examines “PVI- Related Fuel Consumption Factors”

A Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Technical Review Panel (TRP) met by web conference in June to review models for pavement-related vehicle operating costs and excess fuel consumption. Jim Mack, CEMEX,

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ASCP Pavement Note #2: “Sustainable Concrete Pavements—Reduced Environmental Impact of Concrete Pavements”

The Australian Society for Concrete Pavements (ASCP) has released its second Pavement Note for decision makers for major road pavement projects. Concrete road pavements reduce environmental impact when compared with

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NC² Summer 2020 Quarterly E-News of the National Concrete Consortium

A new NC² Moving Advancements into Practice (MAP) Brief on the “Development of an Improved Design Procedure for Jointed Unbonded Concrete Overlays on Concrete or Composite Pavements” is now available from

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ASCP Pavement Note: “Concrete Pavement Value—Economic, Operational & Community Benefits”

The Australian Society for Concrete Pavements (ASCP) National Executive completed a six-month endeavor, developing the first of its industry briefing notes—Pavement Note 001 “Concrete Pavement Value: Economic, Operational and Community

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CP Tech: Board Members; Concrete Pavements Around the USA & Virtually; CONEXPO-CON/AGG History

Meet the National Concrete Pavement Technology Center (CPTech Center) Board Members—Robert Seghetti! Robert Seghetti, President-Acme Concrete Paving, Inc., serves on the CP Tech Center’s Executive Board of Directors as an at-large representative

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History of the CP Road Map

Click to enlarge. To see more historical photos, please go to History Page: https://cptechcenter.org/cp-road-map/?highlight=CP%20Road%20Map%20History The National Concrete Pavement Technology Center concluded its CP Road Map in 2019 Detailed History of the

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“TECH BRIEF: BUILDING BLOCKS OF LIFE-CYCLE THINKING”

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) launched the Sustainable Pavements Program in 2010 to advance the knowledge and practice of sustainability related to pavements. The overall objective of the program is

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NC² Spring 2020 Quarterly E-News: NC² MAP Brief & “News From the Road” & More

NATIONAL CONCRETE CONSORTIUM (NC²) SPRING 2020 Quarterly E-News: Featured FHWA Concrete Clips— This quarter, CP Tech features the Maturity and Strength Gain and Admixtures Concrete Clips. Concrete Clips is a series of

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FAA & TriServices Positive Discussions—Collaborative Goal: Increase Quality of Airfield Concrete Pavements

The working relationship is very important and underscores the important point that our goals are the same: To increase the quality of airfield concrete pavements. —Gary Mitchell, Vice President of

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FAQs About Soil-Cement on PCA Website—Repository of Answers for Concrete Paving Projects

The Portland Cement Association (PCA) has a “Soil-Cement Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)” repository website. Each link has a variety of information as well as additional links, papers, publications, photos graphs, equipment

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Update on Performance Engineered Mixtures (PEMs) & the 5-Year Plan

An overview on performance engineered mixtures (PEMs), and where things stand on a 5-year plan to advance this important quality initiative: Based on a meeting the week of November 20,

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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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Document Explains Calorimetry—Concrete Test Method

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Mobile Concrete Technology Center (MCTC) offers a ONE-PAGE TECH TRANSFER DOCUMENT that provides some observations on a simple, inexpensive field testing concrete & cementitious material hydration.

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FHWA Tech Brief Covers CRCP Design Optimization & Its Potential to Provide Long-Term “Zero-Maintenance” Service Life

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) released the 8-page tech brief “Optimized Design Details for Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavements” (FHWA-HIF-19-066), which covers the design optimization for continuously reinforced concrete pavements (CRCP).

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New Publication: 3rd-Generation Iowa Pore Index (IPI) Test Device & Procedures

In environments characterized by repetitive freeze/thaw cycles, coarse aggregate containing pores with throat diameters between 50 nm and 10 µm can cause premature pavement deterioration. As a result, the Iowa

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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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NCC E-News/CP Road Map July 2019 + 12-page MAP Brief

NCC E-News in association with the CP Road Map Program The NCC E-News is the newsletter of the Long-Term Plan for Concrete Pavement Research and Technology (CP Road Map)—a national

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MIRA Ultrasonic Tomography: A Versatile Tool for Concrete Investigation

There has been a lot of discussion about non-destructive tools for examining asphalt pavement—the Dielectric Profiling System being one of them—but what do we have for concrete? The Ultrasonic Shear-wave

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