Concrete Pavements

Concrete Team and Final Development

The concrete technology team works on final development and deployment of new equipment, materials, tools, and techniques.

A key element in our current program is the promotion of Advanced Structural Design and Rehabilitation Applications for Portland Cement Concrete. This initiative includes technology demonstrations as well as development and delivery of improved technical guidance and training programs. Examples of specific activities include:

Policy

• T5040.37 Use of Recycled Concrete Pavement as Aggregate in Hydraulic-Cement Concrete Pavement

Technologies/Innovations

• Portland Cement Concrete Overlays
• Long-Term Plan for Concrete Pavement Research and Technology: The CP Road Map (Task 15)
• Air Void Analyzer (PDF version, 0.3 mb)

Current Projects and Activities

• National Concrete Pavement Research Projects
• Cooperative Agreement with ISU-National Concrete Pavement Technology Center
  • Funded Under TEA-21
  • Funded Under SAFETEA-LU
• Concrete Pavement Technology Program (CPTP)
  • CPTP Projects
  • CPTP Focus Areas
  • CPTP Update, January 2006
  • CPTP Products
• Mobile Concrete Laboratory
• Thin Bonded Overlays and Surface Lamination (Pavements and Bridges)
• Partial-Depth Repairs
• Alkali-Silica Reactivity (ASR) 

Ongoing Programs

• NCHRP 1-37A, Pavement Design Guide (mechanistic based design)
• Construction of a Pavement Subsurface Drainage System
• Pavement Smoothness Initiative
• High Performance Concrete Pavements
• Pavement Texture
• Retrofit Load Transfer
• Special Project 205 - Quality Concrete Pavement Rehabilitation and Preservation
• Concrete Pavement Rehabilitation Guide for Diamond Grinding
• Maintenance of Highway Edgedrains
• Portland Cement Concrete Overlays (PDF version, 0.1 mb)
• Summary of Texas Recycled Concrete Aggregate Review

Research

• Portland Cement Concrete Pavements Research

Publications

• Concrete Pavement Technology Update August 2008,
  FHWA-IF-08-015 2008
• Highway Quality Compendium,
  FHWA-IF-07-012 2007
• The Use of Lithium to Prevent or Mitigate Alkali-Silica Reaction in Concrete Pavements and Structures,
  FHWA-HRT-06-133 2007
• Concrete Pavement Technology Update August 2007,
  FHWA-IF-07-037 2007
• Multiple Corrosion Protection Systems for Reinforced Concrete Bridge Components,
  FHWA-HRT-07-043 2007

View all Concrete Publications

Software

• DRIP 2.0 - Drainage Requirements in Pavements
  • Software (.zip, 5 mb)
  • User's Manual

NHI Training

• 131064 Introduction to Mechanistic Design for New and Rehabilitated Pavements
• 131060 Concrete Pavement Design Details and Construction Practices
• 131062 Portland Cement Concrete Pavement Evaluation and Rehabilitation
• 131033 Construction of Portland Cement Concrete Pavements (not currently offered)
• 131023 Highway Materials Engineering
• 131026 Pavement Subsurface Drainage Design
• 131100 Pavement Smoothness: Use of Inertial Profiler Measurements for Construction Quality Control

The National Highway Institute website is a good source for all types of training courses offered by FHWA.

Events

• National Conference on Preservation, Repair, and Rehabilitation of Concrete Pavements
  St. Louis, Missouri
  April 22-24, 2009

• View all Upcoming Pavements Events

More Information

• Latest Concrete Pavement Technology Update
• Pavement Materials
• Percent Within Limits

Contacts

Suneel Vanikar
Office of Pavement Technology
202-366-0120
E-mail Suneel

Jack Youtcheff
Turner Fairbank (Materials)
202-493-3090
E-mail Jack

Tom Harman
Resource Center (Baltimore)
410-962-0134
E-mail Tom

Katherine Petros
Turner Fairbank (Modeling)
202-493-3154
E-mail Katherine