All aspects of pavement engineering, including the applications and use of ready-mixed concrete for streets, local roads and parking areas, including conventional concrete, concrete overlays, roller compacted concrete, and pervious concrete....
Pervious Concrete Can Help Check Global Warming & Help Recharge Groundwater
Questions or concerns about ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ? Some of the points to consider: โข Pervious concrete can help check global warming โข Pervious concrete can help reduce ambient temperatures around โข Can recharge groundwater โข Cheaper than conventional concrete ...
Pervious Gravel Paving Part of Award-Winning Agricultural Design
The agricultural equipment storage structure is completely self-sufficient. Innovative materials were used โ โincluding ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด for all open vehicle storage bays and livestock pens, maximizing the amount of rainwater that is filtered back through the the soil... ...
Group celebrates completion of Highway 99 sidewalk section
A community group has been advocating to improve their little stretch of Highway 99 by adding safe sidewalks and bike lanes. They celebrated when their section was completed. The new sidewalks are made with pervious concrete that allows rain to drain through the pavement....
Urban Heat Islands: UHI. We know the definition.
Urban Heat Islands: UHI is when a city experiences much warmer temperatures than nearby rural areas. We know the cause is the different surfaces in each environment and how much heat they absorb and hold. One might assume that concrete is the cause. In fact, it can be a solution....
Save the Salmon โ use pervious concrete!
"Every time a car drives down the road, it leaves little bits of its tires, little bits of its brake pads, little bits of its exhaust. Then when it rains, that rain carries all of that pollution into Puget Sound. That is part of what is killing our salmon and killing the ecosystem."...