September 01, 2010
As more durable hot mix asphalt pavement designs are explored in the United States, two-lift asphalt paving as it's practiced in Europe offers potential for consideration.
August 01, 2010
The CP Road Map, formally the Long-Term Plan for Concrete Pavement Research and Technology – first articulated to the industry at the Transportation Research Board meeting in January 2006 – ...
July 01, 2010
It’s taken nearly two decades, but intelligent transportation system technology is beginning to exert an influence.
June 01, 2010
In-plant foamed asphalt processes grow in popularity as producers, contractors and agencies embrace warm mix asphalt.
June 01, 2010
The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) in partnership with the University of Minnesota Intelligent Transportation Systems Institute developed a pilot project using an Intelligent Specialty Vehicle System ...
May 01, 2010
"Smart" bridges are on the way for road agencies burdened with the responsibility of monitoring bridge conditions.
April 01, 2010
Recycled concrete aggregate proves its value; but it demands an engineered approach.
March 01, 2010
Against the backdrop of stalled federal surface transportation reauthorization and threats from reduced state and local funding, secondary roads are at an intersection.
February 01, 2010
Research continues to produce new options for owners and designers to save conrete bridges.
January 01, 2010
Thin lift hot-mix asphalt overlays are securing their place in the ‘pavement preservation toolbox’ touted by the Federal Highway Administration, the Foundation for Pavement Preservation, and other groups.
December 01, 2009
Trying to identify major trends and developments that could affect the way highway and bridge construction is done in the next year is something of a challenge at best. But ...
November 01, 2009
For both soil and asphalt rollers, today's "intelligent compaction" (IC) uses machines that sense the degree of compaction beneath the drum and vary compactive force to get density.