Another area of focus is the performance of dowel bars in jointed plain concrete pavements (JPCP). Dowel bars are critical for improving joint performance and overall pavement integrity.

By creating straight-line weakened-planes in concrete, contraction joints “control” the cracking location by inducing cracks at predetermined locations. As slabs shrink due to cooling and ...

Last week at World of Concrete, the American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) delivered an assessment of where paving and infrastructure investment currently stands, the challenges state highway ...