FHWA Announces $70M in Grants

Last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration published a Notice of Funding Opportunity for cities, states, tribal governments and federal lands agencies ...

Bids Wanted for IL Roadway, Bridge Reconstruction

The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority is seeking contractors to perform rehabilitation of two bridges and reconstruction of the Eisenhower Expressway and St. Charles Road in DuPage Count...

USDOT Releases Toolkit for Rural Opportunities

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao unveiled late last week the Applicant Toolkit for the Rural Opportunities to Use Transportation for Economic Success Initiative from the U.S. ...

Can We Save Our Corroding Infrastructure?

by Warren Brand

It's time for a new way of thinking. Let’s first start with a story from a 60 Minu...

Why Your Bridge Needs a Good Bake Sale

by Robert Ikenberry

Americans are great innovators. We develop the coolest technological toys. From perso...

True or false: Some state highway departments have banned the use of silica sand for abrasive blasting.

What organization is engaged in performance testing of bridge coatings for state highway departments?

A Maryland county is the latest jurisdiction to consider banning pavement sealers containing coal tar and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Should these products be banned?

Domino's last week announced a plan to fund road repairs in towns that apply for its help. Should a pizza shop be in the business of fixing infrastructure?

We are restricted to applying road-marking paints during hot, humid summer nights, on surfaces very often below dew point conditions. What is the best generic type of marking paint to use?

Coatings Conversation

from JPCL, July 2018

Coatings Conversation

from JPCL, February 2017

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Conference

September 12, 2017

94th TRB Annual Meeting

January 11 - January 15, 2014

2nd T&DI Green Streets and Highways Conference

November 3 - November 6, 2013

Architectural Coatings: A PaintSquare Video Education Series

A collection of archived webinars focused on architectural coatings.

Concrete: A PaintSquare Video Education Series

A collection of archived webinars focused on concrete coatings and maintenance.

Standard Test Method for Evaluating Degree of Bleeding of Traffic Paint

issued by ASTM

Solvents in a traffic paint may cause bleeding of pavement constituents into the traffic markin...

Standard Practice for Evaluating Degree of Traffic Paint Line Wear

issued by ASTM

This practice is designed to evaluate the resistance to wear of a traffic paint. It must be rem...

Standard Practice for Using a Test Chamber for Humidity Conditioning of Test Panels of Pavement Marking Paints

issued by ASTM

The drying rate of organic coatings varies with changes in temperature, air flow, and relative ...