Road Map Research Tracks

About the tracks

Overall Goal: By 2015, the concrete pavement community will have a comprehensive, integrated, and fully functional system of concrete pavement technologies that provides innovative solutions for customer-driven performance requirements.

The CP Road Map outlines 12 research tracks, numerous subtracks, and approximately 250 problem statements. A 13th track is being considered on environmental issues.

Current activity and priorities

Overview of track activity as of September 2007 106kb pdf

List of upcoming priorities


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Each of the 12 research tracks has several subtracks. Each subtrack includes one or more problem statements that describe needed research in more detail. Recent projects that are related to individual problem statements are briefly described.

  1. Performance-Based Concrete Pavement Mix Design System (MD)
  2. Performance-Based Design Guide for New and Rehabilitated Concrete Pavements (DG)
  3. High-Speed Nondestructive Testing and Intelligent Construction Systems (ND)
  4. Optimized Surface Characteristics for Safe, Quiet, and Smooth Concrete Pavements (SC)
  5. Concrete Pavement Equipment Automation and Advancements (EA)
  6. Innovative Concrete Pavement Joint Design, Materials, and Construction (IJ)
  7. High-Speed Concrete Pavement Rehabilitation and Construction (RC)
  8. Long-Life Concrete Pavements (LL)
  9. Concrete Pavement Accelerated and Long-Term Data Collection (DC)
  10. Concrete Pavement Performance (PP)
  11. Concrete Pavement Business Systems and Economics (BE)
  12. Advanced Concrete Pavement Materials (AM)
  13. Concrete Pavement Sustainability (CS)