Skanska a.s. is one of the leading construction companies, who successfully execute concrete pavement projects in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland mostly on motorways and airports. To achieve the best quality, durability and cost-efficiency, it is needed to put an effort to research and development. Recently experts from Skanska are leading...
Recent Research on PCC Pavements on Bridges in Czech Republic
Splitting Tensile Strength of Concrete Road Slabs – A Key Property for Load Capacity and Durability
Concrete pavements are continually subject to the effects of weather and traffic. These may cause tensile stresses at the top and bottom of the concrete road slabs. The resistance of the concrete slab to such effects depends on a large number of factors. In particular, the concrete tensile strength and...
Belgian Specifications for Freeze-Thaw-Resistant Pavement Concrete
The Belgian standard specifications contain a number of clear requirements for the composition of concrete mixtures and the properties of fresh and hardened concrete. It is generally known that water and air content have a substantial impact on the frost susceptibility of a concrete surface the former in a...
Optimal Pore Distribution of Porous Concrete Pavers Aggregate
Concrete pavers are often used for construction of urban area roads as they offer both easy and fast construction as well as high aesthetical value. Although noise reduction is also very important in urban areas, research focusing on low noise concrete pavers is still rare. This paper illustrates a study...
Guidelines for Concrete Roundabouts in the Netherlands
Due to the durability advantages of concrete pavements, the application of concrete for roundabouts is gaining more and more popularity among commissioning authorities. In the Netherlands it is estimated that there are over 3,000 roundabouts. The market share of concrete is still growing. Concrete roundabouts can only be durable when...
Comparison of Two Rehabilitation Worksites of Motorways Single Versus Double Layered CRCP
The technique of continuously reinforced concrete is used in Belgium for the construction or rehabilitation of heavily trafficked motorway sections. Since a few years, double layered CRCP is being considered in order to improve the rolling noise characteristics of the surface. In this paper, two worksites where CRCP was used,...
First Experience of Diamond Grinding Concrete in Mexico
The surface condition of a pavement is a factor that may vary due to the influence of traffic and construction methods, and is a functional characteristic that impacts the road user considerably. For concrete pavements in good structural condition, diamond grinding can be a highly effective and economical choice for...
New Developments of Porous Concrete and First Experiences in Germany
Porous surfaces of cement concrete (OPB) or asphalt concrete (OPA) have a permanent transfer of rainwater and additionally noise reduction potential compared to the dense microstructure with exposed aggregates concrete. Pervious concrete test sections in the field of heavy-duty highways previously reported, however, do not have sufficient durability. Causes of...
Road Safety and Surface Durability Aspects on Hungarian Cement Concrete Pavements
The ratio of cement concrete pavements has increased in the Hungarian motorway network in the last decade, and it has appeared also in the local road network. There are 15 cement concrete pavement sections with different type in Hungary. Maintenance agencies need a simple methodology for calculating surface deterioration of...
Precast and In-situ Concrete Barriers the Complete Safety Solution for Roadsides
The technology of in-situ concrete safety barriers has not really changed in the last two centuries. After an extensive development and crash-test program a new generation was created recently. This is a technical report on the right way to use in-situ concrete at today´s level of technology. In the central...
Skid Resistance of Concrete Pavements and their Durability
The article states that a relative traffic accident risk depends on the values of skid resistance and its durability, which are both influenced by the texturing of Concrete pavements (CP). From the very beginning of the CP construction in the Czech Republic, transverse tining was used for surface texturing. The...
CRCP with Ground Texture – Experiences and Results of the Geseke Access Road Pilot Project
In 2009, an innovative road pavement "Continuous Reinforced Concrete Pavement with Ground Texture" was successfully realised by HeidelbergCement AG with the pilot project, "Geseke access road ". In an extensive measurement programme, long-term measurements are being made over a period of 5 years to investigate the behaviour of the carriageway...