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The paper resumes the development of the concrete roads in Czechoslovakia, resp. in the Czech Republic over the span of time between two major specialized events held in Prague, in particular the XIVth World Road Congress 1971 and the 12th International Symposium on Concrete Roads in 2014. The concrete pavements...

In Germany, diamond grinding is frequently used to improve the evenness and skid resistance of concrete pavement surfaces. Since diamond grinding has been observed to affect tyre / pavement noise emission favourably, the relationship between surface texture, concrete composition and noise emission of concrete pavement surfaces has been systematically investigated....

A 21 km long motorway is planned to be constructed through the western suburban of Stockholm. The motorway will mainly be localized in tunnels with a total length of 18 km. The intention is that the tunnel pavement shall be constructed as a jointed plain concrete pavement (JPCP) resting on...

The paper illustrates, on the grounds of Poland’s case, the concrete roads network development in a jurisdiction dominated by asphalt roads. The author reviews typical drawbacks apparent when promoting concrete roads, and identifies several most arresting phenomena that have led to the current technological stalemate. The goal of the paper...

Concrete pavements are vulnerable to cracking already in the plastic material stage, i.e., before the concrete has reached a significant strength. Due to the evaporation of water at fresh concrete surfaces, a capillary pressure is built up in the pore system of the material. This underpressure leads to the so-called...

The constantly rising traffic volume is leading to high mechanical stress of the pavements. As a result, the requirements of maintenance, refurbishment and renewal are increasing. In contrast to this, financial resources are decreasing constantly. Moreover, the increasing traffic noise emissions are experienced as growing stress. New, highly sustainable and...

In Zurich the underpass Bleicherweg had to be maintained. An important part of the job was the pavement. The civil engineering department of the city of Zurich decided that the original asphalt pavement had to be replaced with a concrete pavement. The base of this decision, minimize possible water vapor...

As a proposed long-term pavement solution for bus stops and corridors in highly urbanized areas, four experimental short continuously reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP) sections with different percentages of longitudinal steel were built in São Paulo, Brazil. The pavement sections are only 50 meters long each, a short constructive length in...

The metropolitan area of the city of Castellón, situated East of Spain at the Mediterranean coast, has a network of dedicated bus platforms, which was conceived with two main purposes: to enhance public transport and to structure urban development. As a part of this network, a bus platform, 3.9 km...

A concrete cycle track was built in the velodrome of San Vicente del Raspeig, a town close to the Mediterranean Sea in the province of Alicante, in the South East part of Spain. This sport facility was opened in 2013. The cycle track is 7 m wide and 250 m...

This paper explains the basic concepts, history of studies and the results of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of the Czech Cement and Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) of the Czech Cement. The Environmental Product Declaration is based on the method of life cycle assessment, which generally evaluates the impact on...

Longitudinal joints in concrete pavements historically have been located along the edges of lane lines, a condition that results in applied loads being located at the most critical points (e.g., edges and corners of slabs). With increasing use of light?colored silicone sealants that contrast less with the concrete surface color,...