FHWA’s Advanced Concrete
Pavement Technology Program
Virginia Concrete Conference
Richmond, VA
March 4, 2011
Sam Tyson
Federal Highway Administration
Office of Pavement Technology
Concrete Pavement Technology Program
Long-Life Pavement
• FHWA Conference on Long-Life
Concrete Pavements – October 2006.
• What is a Long-Life Pavement?
• Original service 40+ years;
• No premature construction defects
or material-related distress;
• Reduced potential for cracking,
faulting & spalling;
• Smoothness and surface texture
easily maintained.
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Benefits Derived from
Long-Life Pavements
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Maintenance of Traffic
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Work Zone Safety
Reduced User Delays
Life-Cycle Cost
Sustainability
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Economic Impacts
Environmental Impacts
Social Impacts
Concrete Pavement Technology Program
Long-Life Pavement
• Options with Concrete –
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Jointed Plain (Reinforced);
Continuously Reinforced;
Precast Jointed;
Precast Prestressed;
Bonded Overlays;
Unbonded Overlays;
Roller Compacted.
Concrete Pavement Technology Program
Concrete Pavement Technology Program
Continuously Reinforced
Concrete Pavement (CRCP)
Cooperative Effort with Concrete
Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI)
• Manual for Design and Construction
published in 2009;
• Workshop Series started January 2010;
• LA, AR, AZ, OR & CA completed; GA
scheduled March 23, 2011.
Concrete Pavement Technology Program
Precast Concrete Pavements
Prestressed & Doweled Systems
Concrete Pavement Technology Program
Precast Concrete Pavements
• Maintenance of Traffic – Night-
time and Off-Peak Work Zones;
• Long-Life
Pavement
Performance.
VDOT – Prestressed
Project on I-66 – 2009
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Roller Compacted Concrete
(RCC)
Cooperative Effort with the National
Concrete Pavement Technology Center
(CP Tech Center)
• Manual for Design and Construction
published in 2010;
• Delivery to be scheduled.
Concrete Pavement Technology Program
Advanced Concrete Pavement
Technology
Best Practices for Concrete Pavements
• Development and Publication of Tech
Briefs and Guidance Documents;
• Demonstration and Loan of Testing
Equipment for Concrete and
Pavements;
• Delivery of Workshops and
Conferences on Selected Topics.
Concrete Pavement Technology Program
Mobile Concrete Laboratory (MCL)
Concrete Pavement Technology Program
Mobile Concrete Laboratory (MCL)
Magnetic Imaging Tomography
MIT – SCAN 2
Measuring
Dowel Bar
Alignment
Concrete Pavement Technology Program
Mobile Concrete Laboratory (MCL)
Magnetic Imaging Tomography
MIT – T2
Measuring
Pavement
Thickness
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Concrete QA Program Activities
Workshop Content
• Six Workshop Modules –
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Quality Concepts;
How to Achieve Durable Concrete
Pavements;
A Quality Assurance Program;
Quality Concepts for Mixture Production;
Quality Concepts for the Paving Operation;
State Field Data and/or Case Studies.
Concrete Pavement Technology Program
Ongoing FHWA Activities
Sustainable Highways Criteria &
Tools
• Identify the characteristics of
sustainable highways;
• Develop tools, procedures &
techniques for incorporation into a
standard practice to make highways
more sustainable.
Concrete Pavement Technology Program
FHWA Concrete Pavement Website
www.fhwa.dot.gov/pavement/
Suneel Vanikar
Jim Grove
Suneel.Vanikar@dot.gov Jim.Grove@dot.gov
Gina Ahlstrom
Gina.Ahlstrom@dot.gov
Antonio Nieves Torres
Antonio.Nieves@dot.gov
Gary Crawford
Gary.Crawford@dot.gov
Sam Tyson
Sam.Tyson@dot.gov
Concrete Pavement Technology Program