The ability to spatially map the stiffness of the foundation layers under concrete pavements with intelligent compaction has created a need to define limits on the allowable stiffness variations in a given construction area as well as the maximum size of a non-complaint area which does not require remedial action....
Effect of Nonuniform Foundation Support on Concrete Slab Responses
Performance of Pervious Concrete Pavement in Freeze-Thaw Conditions and With Winter Maintenance [No Fines Concrete]
In 2007 the Cement Association of Canada, industry members and the Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology at the University of Waterloo partnered to carry out a study to evaluate the behaviour of pervious concrete pavement in the Canadian climate. Field sites have been constructed and monitored and laboratory testing...
Evolution of Pervious Concrete Pavement at the Ministry of Transportation Ontario, Canada [No Fines Concrete]
As part of the Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO) drive to pursue innovation and have the “greenest” roads in North America, MTO is actively pursuing the use of pervious concrete pavement. Pervious concrete provides many environmental benefits and is recognized as a stormwater management best practice. There is also strong...
Mix Design Method and Void Performance of Concrete for Pervious Concrete Pavement [No Fines Concrete]
Pervious concrete pavement is drawing increasing attention for its high content of interconnected voids which is expected to reduce the environmental impact as concrete is often counted as a causal factor of the urban heat island phenomenon. Performance of pervious concrete can be measured by water permeability, water retentivity and...
Guided Public Transport Infrastructures Contribution of Cement Concrete in Innovative Designs
Recent years have witnessed the significant development of public surface transport systems: in our cities: tramways, systems on tyres, right-of-way bus corridors, etc. This phenomenon is a response to the high stakes involved for mobility and communication in urban areas. These projects have seen the emergence of new problematics related...
Concrete Roads in Pavement Management Systems from Technical To Political Responsibilities
CROW published in 2001 in the Netherlands the new national methodology on Pavement Management Systems on asphalt, block pavements and concrete roads. DHV has been the author of this publication. Two major improvements are implemented in this new methodology: 1. concrete pavements are fully included 2. a connection has been...
6th International Symposium on Concrete Roads 1990 Madrid Spain
Session Paper Indexes, Opening Addresses, General Reports, Oral Contributions and Closings from the 6th International Symposium on Concrete Roads 1990 Madrid Spain
Porous Urban Pavements in Cement Concrete
Questions regarding the environment are being particularly felt in certain countries, and noise con-trol requirements have led to the development ofthin free draining materials able to limit tirepavement contact noise.We shallbe dealingherenotwith a thin free draining pavement structure, butwith a porous concrete pavement of 40 cm thick-ness. Theoretical studies have...
Porous Concrete For Urban Pavements
Over the past few years, interest in the uses and applications of porous cement concrete for pave-ments has been growing. Its position in pavementconstruction has developed to such an extent thatit iscurrently used in places of greater importance(from shoulders to sub-bases, and even surfaces).This paper is part of the experience...
The Application of Foamed Concrete For Pave~1ent Structures
In areas with a low bearing capacity of the soil it is very hard nd expensive to manage and maintain the road system. In eneral the common pavement structures are not able to resist uring its lifetime the deformation of the subsoil caused by the eavy weight of pavement structures....
Superplasticised Concrete For Urban Paving
Concrete made with a superplasticiser has been used in Germany in the field of paving since the middle of the seventies. If these concretes of high workability show a high strength at a young age, they are called high early strength. These concretes can be subjected to high loading on...
The Passage of State Roads Through Built-Up Areas. Applications of Concrete Block Pavements
In the eighties, a campaign was set up in Belgium in view of the rearrangement of the state road sections which are passing through built-up areas. These projects were meant to improve the road safety and the viability along these cross town links. Efforts were made to come to a...