Concrete Pavement News and Events

Dec. 17, 2024 - The concrete was produced in Vanguard’s mobile batch plant, set up a half mile from the project alignment. This assured great control of the material

Dec. 17, 2024 - The scope of work included widening nearly three miles of Interstate 5, adding extra general-purpose lanes in each direction, together with ramp auxiliary lanes

Dec. 16, 2024 - Contractors will be required to use these new design barriers, first on the targeted projects over the next two years, then on all projects. The Precast Industry is currently gearing up

Dec. 5, 2024 -The Special Operations Facility (SOF) Hangar at the Laguna Army Airfield expanded the operating facilities by constructing a new SOF Hangar

Nov. 18, 2024 - The result is a continuous, smooth-riding surface capable of withstanding the heaviest traffic loads and the most adverse environmental conditions. The lifespan for CRCP pavement may be up to 70 years, far exceeding that of existing road surfaces.

Nov. 17, 2024 - With the largest attendance in 22 years, the most Exhibitors, and the most Sponsors, the 2024 Nevada Infrastructure Concrete Conference was an overwhelming success.

Nov. 16, 2024 - By reducing the ambient temperature even a few degrees, surrounding buildings will experience a reduction in air conditioning demand. Even a slight decrease means significant, cumulative savings over time, and that translates to reduced CO2 emissions and greater

Nov. 14, 2024 - The workshop featured “Fundamentals of Concrete Maturity” by Armen Amirkhanian, “The California Industry Perspective on Concrete Maturity” by Charles Stuart, “Maturity in the Caltrans Section 40 Specification” by Dulce Rufino Feldman, “The Contractor’s Perspective” by Matt Fonte

Join us on November 19, 2024 to learn about joint types, placement strategies, joint materials, and effective pavement transition techniques to prevent cracking, enhance durability,

Join us on October 15, 2024 to discover strategies that utilize concrete pavements to improve transportation network longevity, reduce maintenance costs, improve sustainability, and provide a higher return on investment.

Register now for the 22nd Annual Nevada Infrastructure Concrete Conference. Connect with your colleagues, and meet the Industry & NDOT expert specialists who are designing and building the future of Nevada.

Oct. 1, 2024 - SWCP excels at military airfield work and the two awarded projects exemplify that – The  Special Operations Facility (SOF) Hangar Project at the Laguna Army Airfield at Yuma Proving Grounds and

Sep. 30, 2024 - Granite is recycling approximately 98,000 tons of materials onsite and batching 67,000 cubic yards of concrete that meet Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) P-501

Sep. 29, 2024 - To repair this section of roadway on a National Essential Freight Corridor, Caltrans has currently initiated two projects: The I-80 Soda Springs Pavement Rehabilitation Project; and

Sep. 29, 2024 - To add to the long list of reasons to remove the outdated CT 342 from the acceptance requirements, Stuart received extensive feedback from the heads of several allied groups, including

Sep. 26, 2024 - The Southwest Concrete Pavement Association recently joined with the Caltrans HQ Division of Maintenance Pavement Program to host two

Sep. 17, 2024 - CRCP is often characterized as the smoothest, longest lasting concrete pavement type with the lowest maintenance needs. Learn about

And according to data collected in 2017, 17% of the traffic volume were trucks, with 60% of those trucks being five-axle and larger

The pavement within the roundabout is the same as the mainline, Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement (CRCP); here at a thickness of 10.8 inches.

More than 176,000 cubic yards of Jointed Plain Concrete Pavement (JPCP) are being placed on mainline, for three northbound and

If the average surface roughness of all pavements were improved by 1%, there would be 190 million tons of CO2 saved each year

Join us on Wednesday, October 23rd for the 22nd Annual Nevada Infrastructure Concrete Conference, connect with your colleagues, and meet

The concrete pavement work on this project has been divided into three phases, per the project MOT, and encompasses new full-depth roadway sections on mainline I-10