Texas Cement and Concrete Blog
RCC Pavement Gaining Acceptance within TxDOT
Two projects in 2012 were let with alternate bids for roller compacted concrete (RCC) pavement by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).
It is Time to Develop a More Reasonable Concrete Overlay Design Method
The concrete overlay pavement design methods being used today, yes even AASHTO ME, are overly conservative. Better methods are available, and some were implemented by TxDOT as early as 1981.
ASCE Publishes Texas Infrastructure Report Card with Unimpressive Grades
All states ranked by per-capita spending list Texas at 43rd; down from the 17th position just four years earlier in 2008.
Give Your Concrete Pavement a Second Life
Is your concrete pavement starting to show some distress, then it may be time give it a new life with a bonded concrete overlay?
Concrete Convergence: ASCE, Corpus & Roads
The American Society of Civil Engineers-Texas Section Conference in Corpus Christi last week brought to the fore a serendipitous convergence of issues critical to both civil engineers and Texans in general: The ASCE, roads in Corpus Christi, and concrete.
ASCE-TX Celebrates 100 Years at Corpus Meeting
The American Society of Civil Engineers - Texas Section celebrated its 100-year anniversary during its spring meeting last week in Corpus Christi. The CCT, a Centennial Sponsor, congratulates ASCE-TX for this achievement!
"Completely Destroyed Roads": A Problem and a Solution
A KUHF (Houston Public Radio) broadcast today discussed the high level of road deterioration due to the traffic servicing the Eagle Ford Shale play. Funding will be key to fixing the roads. Full-depth reclamation and roller-compacted concrete are durable solutions that will stretch the available funding to the max.
CRCP - The High Performance Pavement
A performance history of TxDOT's continuously reinforced concrete pavements (CRCP), shows that these pavements have very low levels of distress, on average, even after 30 years of service.
