From the smallest local agencies to state DOTs, there’s been a growing emphasis on making infrastructure more sustainable and resilient. Accelerating this is the November 2021 Infrastructure and ...
Concrete Pavement Engineering encompasses the systematic study and development of pavement systems that combine durability, efficiency and sustainability. The discipline integrates materials science, ...
Leading cement and concrete organizations 1 unveiled a new online pavement design tool that offers features and benefits never before available to the pavement design community. PavementDesigner.org ...
An increasing number of U.S. interstates are set to try out a Purdue University invention that could save millions of taxpayer dollars and significantly reduce traffic delays. The invention, a sensor ...
Continuously reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP) is a durable roadway solution designed with uninterrupted longitudinal steel reinforcement. This engineering approach seeks to mitigate the formation ...
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On hot days, concrete and asphalt can actually make things hotter. There are new technologies, however, aimed at cooling more than just the ground.
The California pavement was placed in a total of eight hours—five hours one night (after 10 p.m.), and three hours the next. The controlled environment of the casting yard, say proponents of precast ...
If you're going to have an international conference about noise, what better place for a little peace and quiet to do so than Honolulu, Hawaii? Honolulu was the venue for this past December's 35th ...
I live in Palo Alto, California, where almost all the city's pavement is made of concrete blocks connected by grout to avoid cracks. This is a common sight in not only the U.S. but also in many other ...
From left: L-R, Representative of the president / Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola,(SAN) and President Dangote industries limited, Aliko Dangote, discussing in one of the ...
A group of researchers in China has developed a prototype of a photovoltaic pavement for road applications. “The system is not yet ready for commercial production, as it has only been tested indoors ...