All you ever wanted to know about Concrete Pavement Surface Characteristics... and then a whole lot more!

The National Concrete Pavement Technology Center at Iowa State University has recently published the results of a the largest study ever looking at CPSC on pavements throughout the US and Canada. The report can be found at:

http://www.cproadmap.org/publications/Cackler_SCpart2_finalreport.pdf

While lengthy, the report includes an executive summary of the key findings, with the key one being that we have many examples of both safe and quiet in the existing concrete pavement inventory.

Unique was that the project was co-sponsored by the CP Tech Center, FHWA, and ACPA. The work published here continues to evolve, however, now as part of Pooled Fund project TPF-5(139). For more information, contact Paul Wiegand of the CP Tech Center at 515-294-7082 or by email pwiegand@iastate.edu.