Construction Equipment
Ag Equipment
Roadbuilding
Dealers
Business
Technology
Tag: RCC
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
Construction Equipment
Dynapac intros automated MF2500CS material transfer vehicle to North America
Dynapac’s material transfer vehicles made their official North American debut at this year's World of Asphalt. Check it out right here on Equipment World.
February 22, 2019
Roadbuilding
Concrete and cement Industry groups introduce free web-based pavement design platform
A free, new online concrete pavement design tool now offers features and benefits never before available to the cement and concrete industry – and engineers are snapping it up for use in the few weeks since its launch. Industry groups worked together on the two-year effort to launch the highly interactive tool PavementDesigner.org for city, […]
February 7, 2018
Roadbuilding
Roller Compacted Concrete gaining momentum
With its placement and quick-set advantages, the use of roller compacted concrete is gaining fresh energy among contractors and road agencies.  “RCC is a concrete pavement formed from a no-slump mixture, and is characterized by its unique placement methodology, which requires no forms, and no joint cutting or sealing,” says Bill Davenport, vice president-communications, American […]
January 4, 2016
Roadbuilding
The ABCs of RCC
Roller-compacted concrete advances its invasion of pavements.
December 4, 2013
Roadbuilding
Roller-Compacted Concrete Field Demos
Field demonstrations of roller-compacted concrete (RCC) have become a big part of spreading the “gospel” of roller-compacted concrete. For example, RCC was an attraction in itself during a four-day continuing demonstration of placement at World of Concrete 2014 in February in Las Vegas. There, a Eurostyle heavy paver with compaction at the screed placed RCC, […]
December 4, 2013
Roadbuilding
Governing board denies dam contractor’s claim for extra aggregate
. “Contracts for the execution of the works should be drawn with care and precision: Because, when without legal flaws, neither party will be able to take advantage of the other.” —Vitruvius, chief architect to Caesars Julius and Augustus Contract interpretation is an area marked by shades of grey that are ripe for dispute, especially […]
September 26, 2013
Construction Equipment
Contractor finds niche success with roller-compacted concrete
If you were to ask Robert Smith, he’d tell you – he’s glad he found a new niche. After four decades in the asphalt paving business in and around Chattanooga, Tennessee, Smith has seen the highs and lows of a trade entwined with a fluctuating economy and volatile commodity prices. It’s a brutally competitive […]
February 1, 2013
Roadbuilding
Superthin Concrete Overlays
Spurred forward by some brave new thinking, the concrete pavment industry is moving toward thinner concrete overlays these days — down to three inches, even two inches.
October 9, 2012
Page 1 of 1
