Tag: NCHRP

Roadbuilding
TRB plans webinar covering pothole patching
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies will hold a webinar April 1 covering current practices for patching potholes, just in time for when many departments of transportation are beginning spring maintenance. The webinar, set for 1-2:30 p.m. ET, will cover: National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 463: Pavement Patching Practices. This covers […]
March 12, 2015
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Roadbuilding
$163 billion needed annually to fix aging surface transportation system
It’s being estimated that an investment of $163 billion per year is needed in order to fix the nation’s deteriorating surface transportation system, according to the “2015 Bottom Line Report” on transportation investment needs, released by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials and the American Public Transportation Association. Currently only $83 billion […]
December 9, 2014
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Roadbuilding
AASHTO, NCHRP seek 2014 Domestic Scan proposals
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) are seeking proposals for the U.S. Domestic Scan Program for 2014, according to AASHTO Journal. The Domestic Scan Program, developed by AASHTO and administered through NCHRP, allows state transportation departments to transfer technology on multiple topics, providing […]
August 5, 2013
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Roadbuilding
RoadScience Tutorial: Want Optimum Density? Get Smart
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.
November 1, 2009
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