EA Track 5:
Concrete Pavement Equipment Automation and Advancements
Track Goal: Concrete paving process improvements and equipment advancements will expedite and automate PCC pavement rehabilitation and construction, resulting in high-quality concrete pavements, reduced waste, and safer working environments.
Current projects
- Evaluation of Early Entry Sawing of PCC Pavement
- NCHRP 04-30 - Test Methods for Characterizing Aggregate Shape, Texture, and Angularity
- NCHRP 04-31 - Tests of Recycled Aggregates for Use in Unbound Pavement Layers
- NCHRP 04-30A - Test Methods for Characterizing Aggregate Shape, Texture, and Angularity
- Guide Specification for Construction of Roller-Compacted Concrete Pavements
- FHWA Pavement Surface Characteristics IDIQ, Task Order Proposal Request No. 5: Innovative Methods for Creating Texture on Pavements
- FHWA Pavement Surface Characteristics IDIQ, Task Order Proposal Request No. 15: Innovative Methods for Creating Texture on Pavements: Prototype Development and Evaluation
- Twin-Shaft Batch Mixer
- International Long-Life Concrete Pavements Scanning Tour
- Accelerated Implementation of Intelligent Compaction Technology for Embankment Subgrade Soils, Aggregate Base and Asphalt Pavement Material
- Hyper-Mobile Concrete Batching & Mixing Plants
- Two-Lift Concrete Pavements to Meet Public Needs
- NCHRP 04-34 - Application of LADAR in the Analysis of Aggregate Characteristics
- Stringless Concrete Paving
Upcoming priorities
Not yet identified.
Subtracks
- Subtrack 1: Concrete Batching and Mixing Equipment
- Subtrack 2: Concrete Placement Equipment
- Subtrack 3: Concrete Pavement Curing, Texturing, and Jointing Equipment
- Subtrack 4: Concrete Pavement Foundation Equipment
- Subtrack 5: Concrete Pavement Reconstruction Equipment
- Subtrack 6: Concrete Pavement Restoration Equipment
- Subtrack 7: Advanced Equipment Evaluation and Implementation