Concrete Pavement—Accelerated Implementation and Deployment Resources

Since 2000, the National Concrete Pavement Technology Center (CP Tech Center) has been uniting public agencies, industry, and academia around the goal of developing and implementing innovative technologies, long-life concrete infrastructure, and cost-effective solutions. As part of its efforts to make concrete better, the CP Tech Center has won cooperative agreements with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).

These FHWA cooperative agreements, each lasting five years, harness the imagination of experienced experts and emerging leaders to rapidly move innovations through implementation to improve everyday practice and deliver the right messages into the hands of the right people through effective tech-transfer practices across all practitioner levels.

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* From 2018–2024 FHWA Cooperative Agreement. See more details in the one-page summary of accomplishments.

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Core Focus Areas

The current cooperative agreement, Development and Deployment of Innovative Technologies for Concrete Pavements (2024–2029), has the following six focus areas.

Work Area 1: The deployment of new, cost-effective designs, materials, recycled materials, and practices to extend the pavement life and performance and to improve user satisfaction

Work Area 2: The reduction of initial costs and life-cycle costs of pavements, including the costs of new construction, replacement, maintenance, and rehabilitation

Work Area 3: The deployment of accelerated construction techniques to increase safety and reduce construction time and traffic disruption and congestion

Work Area 4: The deployment of engineering design criteria and specifications for new and efficient practices, products, and materials for use in highway pavements

Work Area 5: The deployment of new nondestructive and real-time pavement evaluation technologies and construction techniques

Work Area 6: The deployment of effective technology transfer and information dissemination to accelerate implementation of new technologies and to improve life, performance, cost effectiveness, safety, and user satisfaction

From Research to Implementation

Deliverables by FHWA Cooperative Agreement

Technology Transfer of Concrete Pavement Technologies (2012–2018) →Advancing Concrete Pavement Technology Solutions (2018–2024) → Development and Deployment of Innovative Technologies for Concrete Pavements (2024–2029) →View All Coop Publications →

Additional resources and publications also can be found at the FHWA’s Concrete Pavements page.

Impacts

 

Objectives

The ultimate objective of the CP Tech Center and the current FHWA cooperative agreement is to make concrete better. This will be achieved through the following activities.

Developing Education and Training Providing State-of-the-Art Guidance Implementing Best Practices Providing Strategic Solutions Offering Expertise as an Independent Third Party Leveraging Funding

Partners

The following are partners for the current 2024–2029 cooperative agreement, Development and Deployment of Innovative Technologies for Concrete Pavements (2024–2029).

Advancing Organizational Excellence American Concrete Pavement Association Applied Pavement Technology, Inc. Clarkson University Fonte & Company Ingios Geotechnics Louisiana Transportation Research Center Placeholder for Mark E. Felag, LLC NCE – Engineering and Environmental Services Oklahoma State University Oregon State University Snyder & Associates Sutter Engineering University of Alabama University of California Pavement Research Center Placeholder for University of Florida University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign University of Missouri–Kansas City University of North Carolina at Charlotte University of Pittsburgh WJE Consultants