Tag: concrete overlay

Roadbuilding

24 contractors earn ACPA awards for outstanding concrete pavement

The American Concrete Paving Association presented its 31st annual Excellence in Concrete Pavements Awards for pavements constructed in the U.S. and Canada.

December 25, 2020

Roadbuilding

More contractors, agencies using nonwoven geotextile fabric as separation layer in concrete overlays

Contractors are turning to nonwoven geotextile fabrics. Find out what makes it a good alternative to hot-mix asphalt separation layers for UBCOC here.

January 30, 2019

Roadbuilding

Covering it: Rise of the concrete overlay gives roadbuilders new options, opportunity

Did you know 20 years of performance life can be added to roadways by adding a concrete overlay? Find out more about why concrete overlays are on the rise here.

December 25, 2018

Roadbuilding

Wash. State DOT’s $11.6M project includes using geosynthetics for bridge decks

The Washington State DOT is working on a big project that includes replacing three miles of bridge deck pavement. Get more details here on Equipment World.

December 11, 2018

Roadbuilding

Concrete pavement market seeing its biggest improvement in 5 years

The concrete pavement market is on pace for significant improvement in 2018 – and it comes amid industry optimism for a new federal gas tax and innovative infrastructure funding, according to the American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA). Gerald Voigt, ACPA’s president and CEO, says there’s a strong market outlook fueled by the steadily rising use […]

January 29, 2018

Roadbuilding

Concrete overlays: Price parity and growing DOT/municipality use lead industry

Today’s roadbuilding environment requires more results from fewer resources, so extending pavement life is critical. One way to do this is with concrete overlays. Conventional thinking has concrete overlays most suited for high volume, heavy truckload pavements, such as intersections and interchanges. In fact, it’s been joked that intersection projects are the “gateway drug” for […]

January 19, 2016

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Recent shifts have changed the face of the concrete overlays industry

New methods, concepts, materials and even new terminology are changing how concrete overlays are being promoted, designed and built. The industry has developed an optimal joint configuration for concrete overlays, 6x6x6 for short, describing panels that are 6 feet long by 6 feet wide by 6 inches thick. This standard configuration minimizes moment axle loadings, […]

March 11, 2015

Construction Equipment

Some old concrete pavement technologies are making a comeback and giving asphalt a run for its money

The technologies behind the concrete pavements used on our nation’s roads and highways have been around for a while, but new developments in equipment and admixtures have opened up the market for some of them, making them the latest trends in concrete paving. These trends include concrete overlays, roller compacted concrete and full-depth reclamation. Concrete […]

January 6, 2015

Roadbuilding

Minnesota’s new solutions for aging pavement

Using myriad concrete pavement restoration techniques, this state DOT minimized cost and traffic disruption while maximizing longevity and optimizing results.

June 5, 2014

Roadbuilding

Applications & Innovations

Concrete pavement returns to Alabama with the first concrete overlay in the state.

January 11, 2012