ACPA 55th Annual Meeting—A Great Opportunity to Partner in the “2018-2019 Sponsorship Program”— Nov. 26-29 in Florida

Choose the sponsorship level and events that match your needs and sign up today! GOLD • SILVER • EVENT The 2018 American Concrete Pavement Association’s (ACPA’s) 55th Annual Meeting—“Celebrating Concrete […]

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ACI Materials Journal Technical Paper: “Effects of Moisture, Temperature, & Freezing-&-Thawing on Alkali-Silica Reaction”

“Effects of Moisture, Temperature, and Freezing-and-Thawing on Alkali-Silica Reaction” by Richard A. Deschenes Jr., Eric Giannini, Thano Drimalas, Benoit Fournier, and W. Micah Hale American Concrete Institute ACI Materials Journal,

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Doctoral Student Aims to Improve Arkansas Roads with Coal Byproduct—Presenting at 12th fib International Ph.D. Symposium in Civil Engineering

Casey Jones, Civil Engineering Doctoral Student-University of Arkansas, has been selected to present his research at the 12th fib International Ph.D. Symposium in Civil Engineering (Fédération internationale du béton-International Federation For Structural

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MnPAVE-Rigid 1.0 Software Upgraded to MnPAVE-Rigid 2.0—More User-Friendly

Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) upgraded its MnPAVE-Rigid 1.0 software for concrete pavement design. MnPAVE-Rigid 2.0 is now easier to use and allows designers to select from more options for

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Open Houses Showcase PEM Program Demonstrations

Concrete practitioners and professionals in Minnesota and Iowa recently had two opportunities to see how the new concrete test methods that are part of the Performance Engineered Mixtures (PEM) initiative

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NACA Partners Map Strategies, Communications in Washington, DC

Government affairs representatives of the associations comprising the North American Concrete Alliance (NACA) met in Washington, DC, on July 27. NACA is a coalition of concrete-related associations dedicated to addressing

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IPRF/ACPA Successful Inaugural Summer Intern Program—Opened Vast World for Students & New Employees!

The Innovative Pavement Research Foundation (IPRF) and the American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) successfully launched the “Interns for the Future” program this summer. For the inaugural year 2018, two Chapters of the

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New Tech Brief: RCA Use in Unbound Aggregate Shoulders

Using Recycled Concrete Aggregates (RCA) in Unbound Aggregate Shoulders, written by Mark B. Snyder, Past President-ISCP and Pavement and Paving Materials Engineering Consultant, and sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA),

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Mon. Aug. 27 Deadline for Conference-Rate Hotel Reservations: Fall 2018 NCC in Saratoga Springs, NY!

The National Concrete Pavement Technology Center (CP Tech Center) invites all in the industry to the “Fall 2018 National Concrete Consortium (NCC)” that will be held September 18-20, 2018 at

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Nigeria Road Construction: Concrete Roads: “Supported”, “Favored” & “Recommended” … Lead to “Calls for Investment”

The current reconstruction of two dilapidated highways with concrete technology, instead of conventional asphalt/bitumen, is generating interests among Nigerians—Dayo Ayeyemi, Reporter-New Telegraph Online News. Nigeria has about 195,000 kilometers-(km) of

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“PavementDesigner.org” on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram—Join in on the Discussion!

  A series of PavementDesigner.org infographics will be posting on ACPA’s Twitter, Facebook & Instagram intermittently throughout the summer. Join in on the dialogue on social media! Please retweet, post, and repost

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ASCP to Conduct 2 Concrete Overlays Workshops in Sydney, Australia in August

The Australian Society for Concrete Pavements (ASCP) will conduct two full-day Workshops on Concrete Overlays on two separate days: 1 – Tuesday August 7—Invited delegates only: Road asset owners (State Road Authorities)

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Did You Know It Is Easy for Contractors to Borrow FHWA’s Mobile Concrete Trailer & Testing Equipment?

You probably have heard of, seen, or visited the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA)’s Mobile Concrete Trailer (MCT), but did you know how easy it is for contractors to borrow some

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Highlights of ACPA “Shape the Future Workshop” & “Vision2040″—Future Challenges, Solutions

Peter Taylor, Ph.D., ISCP Board Member and Director of the National Concrete Pavement Technology Center (CP Tech Center)-Iowa State University, and Gordon Smith, P.E., Associate Director-CP Tech Center, attended the American Concrete

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July 2018 NCC E-News & CP Road Map Brief

July 2018 In association with the CP Road Map Program The National Concrete Consortium (NCC) E-News is the newsletter of the Long-Term Plan for Concrete Pavement Research and Technology (CP Road Map),

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VIDEO: This Concrete Can Heal Itself as if it Were Alive

This Concrete Can Heal Itself as if it Were Alive “Bio-concrete” infused with bacteria: Could save billions in construction costs Replace stones with hollow spheres and fill with food and

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Super Strong Concrete Naturally: Calcite-Precipitating Bacteria, Mushrooms … Now Carrots & Beets?

If you walk through the produce section of your local grocery store and think, “I bet that would make a great concrete additive”, you may have been right, depending on

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South Korea: 12th ICCBP 2018 (Formerly ‘PAVE’) to be Held in Seoul Oct. 16-19

Seoul Metropolitan Government and Korea Block Association will hold the 12th International Conference on Concrete Block Pavement 2018 (12th ICCBP 2018) from October 16 to 19 at the Seoul Chamber of

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This Concrete Traps CO2 Emissions Forever—Video Included

Concrete is the most abundant man-made material on earth. But concrete’s essential ingredient, cement, has a large carbon footprint. Cement is what makes concrete strong, but the process of making cement

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New Website, Videos, Paper: Tarantula Curve—Mix Designs & Enhancing Aggregates

The Tarantula Curve website was developed by the civil engineering research team at School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Oklahoma State University under the direction of Tyler Ley, Ph.D.,

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