CP Tech Center

The National Concrete Pavement Technology (CP Tech Center) facilitates research and technology transfer at the intersection of agencies, industry, and academia.

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If the "just add water" approach to addressing workability problems is a recipe for DECREASED concrete strength😲and INCREASED segregation, permeability, and bleeding😣, what other options exist?

Find out at https://t.co/QXn6IohmtW and https://t.co/mqoeZ3aImM

#ConcretePaving

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The first in-person National Concrete Consortium (NC²) meeting since COVID = professional engineers from agencies, industry, and academia brainstorming together to solve real-world concrete paving challenges.

What concrete paving questions will YOU ask at NC²?

#ConcretePaving

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Need help with the 2011 Public Access Right-of-Way Guidelines (PROWAG)? 👩‍🦽👨‍🦯👩‍🦽

View the CP Tech Center's Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) webinar series by Jesse Jonas and @jackie_spoor at https://t.co/M1m3QpbO38 and https://t.co/2TKwqikhR5

#ConcretePaving #Accessibility

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Can you tell which SEM pic is harvested vs. freshly produced fly ash? 🤔

There's a reason. . . .

Harvested fly ash has been demonstrated to match the chemical and physical properties of freshly produced fly ash😮

Learn more at https://t.co/FG0ohLz1Da

#ConcretePavement

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Is your agency maximizing pavement condition AND minimizing life-cycle costs by taking advantage of not only ➕ADDITION➕ (i.e., overlay) but also ➖SUBTRACTION➖(i.e., diamond grinding/NGCS) concrete pavement preservation strategies?

#ConcretePaving #ConcreteBridges #Tunnels

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Resilient pavement systems are no longer a luxury—they are a necessity.

To safeguard the impact of their infrastructure bill investments, transportation departments MUST prioritize pavement resilience. Learn more at https://t.co/ApDHC4km3m

#ConcretePavement

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Interested to know what's going on in concrete pavement and bridge deck research on --[FILL IN THE BLANK]--? 🧐

Discover recently completed and in-progress projects by searching the Concrete Infrastructure Research Database at https://t.co/eIsSULXeal

#ConcretePavement #Bridges

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According to Ben Franklin, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. How then do we prevent—or at least mitigate ASR?

Our 2020 MAP brief https://t.co/HG9K4u4Xqp and several videos at https://t.co/5lRGH90oEm address this—check them out!

#ConcretePavement #ConcreteDistress

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The CP Tech Center’s concrete mixture proportioning spreadsheet calculator can lower cement content requirements so reduce CO₂ impact while maintaining or improving mixtures—find it at https://t.co/JpQs02x6GQ

#ConcretePavement #PerformanceEngineeredMixtures #Sustainability

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"What gets measured gets managed."

The CP Tech Center has just published a new guide on "Quality Control for Concrete Paving." Learn more at https://t.co/HgHnPxacjo

#QualityRoads #ConcretePaving #InfrastructureBill

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Learn more about internal curing at: https://t.co/EvGRciaK8K

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Has YOUR state tested internal curing to reduce bridge deck cracking?

When lightweight fine aggregate (LWFA) serves as a reservoir for prolonged hydration, no increased w/cm ratio is usually required to reduce differential volume change during hydration🔎💧🔎

#Concrete #Bridges

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As virgin resources have decreased, quality aggregate demand has increased
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Recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) is good not only for sustainability but also for agencies' bottom line

Please share money-saving RCA project pics 😮

#ConcretePavement #ConcreteRocks #Sustainability

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Most quotable quote on the CP-Tech-Center-organized 2021 Iowa Better Concrete Conference: "I got more done here in one day than in a normal week because everyone is here" (@mulder4cy).

The BEST concrete comes from agency, academia, association, and industry give-and-take!

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For any given concrete mixture, how do you decide how much vibration is too much, too little, or just right?

What pic would you recommend for training new concrete paving crew members about the importance of not overvibrating or undervibrating fresh concrete?

#concrete

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What benefits might an added concrete walking/biking trail provide your community?

Learn how to make your vision a reality via the CP Tech Center’s “Guide to Concrete Trails” at https://t.co/aSGXJrD0DZ

#Trails #RailsToTrails #ActiveTransportation

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This is the first Tuesday in 11 weeks without a webinar. Thanks to @PaveConcrete for helping us reach 7500 people in that time. See you all again in July!

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Another group learning the fine art of building concrete pavements from yhe master!

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Todd Hansen talking about PEM at the Iowa Workshop @ConcreteState

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Double act in Massachusetts