Tag: VTRC
BMD Training Starts in January
The 2022 maintenance paving season will see a considerable increase in contracts containing balanced mix design (BMD) tonnage. Unlike the 2021 schedules, where only...
VTRC Program Overview: Fall 2021
Introduction: A Less “Visible” BMD Presence
Since the 2018 construction season, support for Virginia’s Balanced Mix Design (BMD) field trials has been the most visible...
Colony Produces Plastic Asphalt
During the week of September 26, Colony Construction joined in an effort led by the Virginia Transportation Research Council and Virginia Department of Transportation’s...
VDOT-VAA Statewide Asphalt Cooperative Committee Summer Meeting
The summer meeting of the VDOT-VAA Statewide Asphalt Cooperative Committee was held virtually on August 26. It was hoped that this would be the...
THMACO Exceeds Expectations: I-95 Ultra-Thin Bonded AC Overlay
For many years, Virginia’s approach to pavement maintenance involved installing traditional asphalt concrete overlays or inlays and the use of Latex Modified Emulsion Treatments...
VTRC Round Robin Phase I results and Phase II samples
Everyone who participated in 2020's IDT-CT Round Robin should have received a personal email with your lab's results from VTRC's Jhony Habbouche. If you...
VDOT, VTRC, and VAA collaborate on BMD training
With Balanced Mix Design (BMD) progressing towards initial implementation in 2023, VDOT, VTRC, and VAA continue working diligently to determine the training needs of...
VTRC program overview Spring 2021
Introduction and Staff Changes
Even as much of the world retreated to a more “virtual” existence last spring, researchers from the Virginia Transportation Research Council's...
Getting to Know VTRC’s Director of Research: Catherine C. McGhee, P.E.
Cathy McGhee has been with the Virginia Transportation Research Council (VTRC) since 1993. Before her current position, she was Associate Director for Safety, Operations,...
VDOT, VTRC, and VAA collaborate on BMD training
With Balanced Mix Design (BMD) progressing towards initial implementation in 2023, VDOT, VTRC, and VAA are working diligently to determine this major paradigm shift's...