The continuously reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP)/bituminous-bound graded aggregates (BBGA) composite structure has been chosen as a base solution for the conversion and development road works carried out in the industrial harbour area of Bassens in the Bordeaux Suburb (France). This structure, which was suggested by the Bordeaux City Administration Engineering...
Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement in Marchena Bypass
Marchena bypass is a ring road which will run in the south of Marchena, in Sevilles province. Its total length is 7,6 km, and its cross section is 10 m in the coronation of the pavement. After deciding the placement of the concrete pavement, the specific type chosen was the...
Slipform Concrete Barrier the Ultimate Safety Solution
The approach to using concrete as a material to form a Barrier is almost as ancient as the material itself. Through significant effort and investment, Britpave has successfully driven the directive to install concrete barrier on all motorways in the UK that carry more than 25000 vehicles per day. The...
Technical and Economical Feasibility of Pavement Widenings in Cement Concrete in the Netherlands
In 2009 the Dutch Parliament amended special laws to speed up road widening projects. This situation opened possibilities for sustainable concrete pavements needing less maintenance, especially for the right-hand lane that takes the heavy traffic. This paper presents the results of a study carried out in 2009, by a working...
Evaluation of the Pavement Structure of Concrete Road Constructions Using the Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD)
In view of increasing operation and maintenance requirements on existing concrete roads, it is im-portant to gain knowledge about their present bearing capacity. For this task, the Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) has proved to be of practical value for years in Germany and other countries worldwide. The FWD is a...
Pervious Concrete Pavement Performance in the Canadian Freeze-Thaw Climate
Pervious concrete pavement is a sustainable paving material that allows moisture to drain from the surface and naturally infiltrate into the subgrade. Pervious concrete pavement has been used consistently, with success, throughout the southern United States where freeze-thaw cycles are not common. Use of this valuable paving material in freeze-thaw...
Slag Usage in Concrete Pavement
One of the main problems faced by today's engineers is the lack of quality natural materials and accumulation of waste materials. Among the materials which are increasingly burdening landfills are industrial by-products. Slag is one of the common used industrial by-products and it can be used in all layers of...
A Bonded Concrete Overlay in An Urban Boulevard in Calvià (Mallorca, Spain)
The Boulevard of Peguera, placed in the municipality of Calviá (Mallorca, Spain), is the main commercial axis of the town and, for this reason, it supports an important traffic compared with other urban roads, around 100 heavy vehicles per day. At the beginning of 2008, the Council of Calviá proposed...
Concrete Pavements in the Province of Almeria the Experience of the Diputación De Almería
The Diputación de Almería has approved biannual plans to improve agricultural and rural tracks and roads in the region, which are financed by, in addition to the Diputación de Almería, also by the European Union, the Junta de Andalucía and the municipalities in the zone. Improving these trails in general...
Safety and Durability of Pedestrian Precast Concrete Pavements
The National Precast Concrete Association, the Official Laboratory of the Mining University School of Madrid through the Gomez Pardo Foundation and a group of Spanish manufactures of terrazzo tiles, with the collaboration of the Spanish Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade have developed a research project to find and test...
Working Mechanisms of Air-Entraining Admixtures and their Subsequent Activation Potential
From some job sites it was reported that the air void content of the hardened road concrete was considerably higher than that of the fresh concrete, especially, when air-entraining agents based on synthetic active constituents have been used. Investigations in the Research Institute with commercial air-entrainers based on synthetic and...
Design & Construction of An Experimental Two Layer Concrete Pavement Motorway Section in Spain
In June 2006, GISA a Public Company GISA, within the Department of Planning and Public Works of the Catalonian Regional Government, awarded CEDINSA the concession for the project of constructing and operating the projects of converting into a dual carriageway the stretch Vic-Ripoll of the C-17 highway. As a participant...