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Roadbuilding

Crews make final concrete pour on Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge in Connecticut

Construction crews working on the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge celebrated the final concrete pour to connect the second half of the new bridge in New Haven, Connecticut. The New Haven Register reported a concrete crew from Walsh Construction/PCL poured the last of the concrete May 22 with a spider and form travelers. Connecticut Department of Transportation […]

May 28, 2015

Roadbuilding

Lafarge announces rural road solution as a low-cost alternative to asphalt

Lafarge announced recently a new concrete solution to reduce the costs of rural roads up to 55 percent over a 20-year life cycle. Lafarge Malaysia announced the new rural roads solution recently and pilot projects are expected to get underway soon, Malaysian state news agency Bernama reported. “Rural concrete roads are more durable, especially in […]

May 22, 2015

Roadbuilding

ACI releases multi-format 2015 Manual of Concrete Practice

The American Concrete Institute has released its 2015 Manual of Concrete Practice that includes more than 240 “standards and reports,” and made it available in two digital formats in additional to the seven-volume hard copy set. The two digital versions, a USB drive and online, both offer “search and retrieval” software to search through the […]

May 19, 2015

Workforce

Construction mishap fills half-mile of Oakland creek with concrete

While crews were working to back-fill a replaced water pipe in Oakland, California, Wednesday, a bit of negligence has led to a giant mess and concern for wildlife. According to a report from the San Francisco Chronicle, workers were back-filling the 2 miles of the 24-inch pipe with cellular concrete when the valve at the end […]

April 10, 2015

Roadbuilding

Webinar to cover rigid pavement preservation research results

The Transportation Research Board will hold a webinar April 8 to present recent research on rigid pavement preservation techniques. The 90-minute presentation begins at 11 a.m. EDT. Presenters include: Larry Scofield, International Grinding and Grooving Association; Susan Tighe, University of Waterloo; and Dominique Pittinger, University of Oklahoma. The webinar will cover: SPS2 Preservation Pooled Fund […]

April 1, 2015

Business

Friendship morphs into a successful business venture between asphalt, concrete contractors

Sean McDowell knows the ins and outs of asphalt. As the owner of McDowell Construction, a 17-year-old paving company in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, he has handled a range of asphalt projects throughout the Milwaukee area, building up a fiercely loyal clientele. So, when his customers began asking why he couldn’t handle their concrete work for […]

March 18, 2015

Workforce

ACPA launches WikiPave resource site, adds 2 web courses to training site

The American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) has created a Wiki for information about the concrete pavement association—WikiPave. The association announced the launch at World of Concrete in Las Vegas. “WikiPave is the largest-scale technology transfer, knowledge transfer, and educational initiative in the 51-year history of the American Concrete Pavement Association,” said ACPA President & CEO Gerald F. Voigt, P.E. […]

February 4, 2015

Business

PCA’s Sullivan: Cement consumption on straight growth trajectory through 2017; optimism palpable at World of Concrete

Cement consumption grew by 8 percent in 2014 and is on track to grow another 8 percent in both 2016 and 2017, according to Ed Sullivan, chief economist, PCA, noting that the 100  metric million tons  realized in December was the highest month total since January 2008. Sullivan made his remarks during the opening day […]

February 4, 2015

Workforce

American Concrete Institute launches ACI University; online hub offers anywhere access to educational programs

Seeking to simplify access to the wealth of educational resources it offers for contractors and workers, the American Concrete Institute announced today the launch of ACI University. “We have a lot of great programs,” said ACI educational chair Frances Griffith during a press event at World of Concrete in Las Vegas. “But were we making […]

February 2, 2015

Business

ACPA forms traffic task force, plans pavement design software initiative

The American Concrete Pavement Association has announced two new initiatives for 2015: The formation of a task force for maintenance of traffic; and plans to explore options for creating a unified pavement design software approach. The maintenance of traffic (MOT) task force will help create “new information on staging construction and maintaining traffic during concrete […]

January 29, 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

Construction company called out for substandard concrete

The state of Idaho is not happy with the construction company replacing two Interstate-90 bridges because it’s using substandard concrete in portions of the project. Luckily routine quality controls by the Idaho Transportation Department discovered the problem before it’s late. The columns holding up the bridge passed inspection, but the concrete being used to construct the […]

October 15, 2014