Federal Highway Officials to Hold Open House on Latest Concrete Materials, Paving Techniques
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the North Carolina Department of Transportation will hold an open house on Wednesday, May 15, in Salisbury, NC, that will feature the latest technologies in the concrete materials and paving arena. The FHWA’s Mobile Concrete Trailer (MCT) introduces agency and industry personnel to the state-of-the-art concrete technology in materials selection, mixture design, field and laboratory testing and pavement evaluation. The MCT is visiting North Carolina to introduce new test methods related to Performance Engineered Mixtures (PEM) initiative and other innovative tests related to concrete materials and construction relevant to field performance.
Examples of equipment that will be demonstrated/showcased include:
• Super Air Meter (SAM) - Cutting edge technology to measure air void characteristics of concrete
• Surface Resistivity - Rapid measurement to indicate permeability of concrete
• Box Test - Measurement of workability for paving concrete
• V-Kelly - Measurement of workability for paving concrete
The open house is located at the Power Curbers & Power Pavers Global Headquarters Training Center, 727 Bendix Drive, Salisbury, NC 28146 (off exit 76 of I-85). (Please either park in front of the building or to the left of the building in the side parking lot; come in the front entrance and turn right to head to the training facility.) Please register by Friday, May 10, by contacting Melisse Leopold at mleopold@snyder-associates.com or by phone at 515-964-2020.
