New Efforts to Publicize PCC: Public-relations efforts and new designs combine to help promote benefits of portland cement concrete technologies

摘要

This year the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will launch a bold outreach initiative taking new portland cement concrete pavement technologies out to the state, city and county road agencies and contractors who can use them. The five-year initiative, dubbed Task 65, will reach public and private sector end-users with new research in whitetopping, weekend reconstruction of intersections, the efficacy of sealing transverse joints, and improvements in smoothness criteria. But Task 65 is only part of the new dynamic changes in portland cement concrete (PCC) construction that are unfolding in 2004. FHWA is launching a multifront effort to speed up transfer of PCC technology. The contract for Task 65 is underway by Construction Technology Laboratories in Skokie, Ill., and includes a public relations subcontractor.