Rigid pavements

​​Research to advance and promote effective materials, design, construction and maintenance for concrete pavements. Investigates Portland Cement Concrete, aggregates, base courses, drainage, implementation of MEPDG and more.

Please visit the Wisconsin Digital Archives or contact staff at research@dot.wi.gov for research published before FFY 2014.

Research in progress


Project ID

Project information

Completion date
(expected)

0092-23-03

Chemistry and Performance of Supplementary Cementitious Materials (SCMs) for Wisconsin Concrete Pavement
Principal Investigator: Jussara Tanesi, American Engineering Testing, Incorporated

WisDOT Contact: Tirupan Mandal

Request for Proposal

01/2025

0092-22-03

Timely and Uniform Application of Curing Materials
Principal Investigator: John Kevern, University of Missouri - Kansas City

WisDOT Contact: Tirupan Mandal

Request for Proposal

10/2024

0092-22-02

Field Investigation of Dowel and Tie Bar Placement
Principal Investigator: Shreenath Rao, Applied Research Associates, Inc.

WisDOT Contact: Sinan Coban or Peter Kemp

Request for Proposal

10/2024

0092-24-03

Proactive Prevention of Pavement Buckling

Principal Investigator: Jaime Hernandez, Marquette University

WisDOT Contact: Tirupan Mandal

Request for Proposal

10/2025

0092-24-04

Alternative Conditioning Method to Calculate Formation Factor for Wisconsin Concrete Pavement

Principal Investigator: Jussara Tanesi, American Engineering Testing, Inc.

WisDOT Contact: Tirupan Mandal

Request for Proposal

10/2025

Completed research

Project ID

Project information

Completion date

0092-21-03
Evaluating the Impact of Anti-Icing Solutions on Concrete Durability
Final ReportResearch Brief
10/2023

0092-17-07

Evaluation of Current WI Mixes Using Performance Engineered Mixture (PEM) Testing Protocols

Final Report Research Brief

07/2022

0092-20-02

Evaluation of Concrete Pavement Buckling in Wisconsin
Final Report Research Brief

02/2022

0092-19-03

Evaluation of Roadway Concrete Barriers and Materials

Final report Research brief

07/2021

0092-18-01

Evaluation of Penetrating Sealers Applied to Saw Cut Faces in Concrete Pavement Joints

Final report Research brief

03/2020

0092-18-02

Non-Cementitious Repair Materials

Final reportResearch brief

06/2019

0092-14-05

Comparison of Fresh Concrete Air Content Test Methods & Analysis of Hardened Air Content in Wisconsin Pavements

Final report Research brief

02/2019

0092-16-01

Joint Sawing Practices and Effects on Durability

Final report Supplemental report Research brief

08/2018

0092-17-03

Evaluation of the Effects of Deicers on Concrete Durability

Final report Research Brief

06/2018

0092-15-08

Better Concrete Mixes for Rapid Repair in Wisconsin

Final report Research brief

04/2017

0092-15-10

Class F Fly Ash Assessment for Use in Concrete Pavement

Final report

06/2016

0092-13-04

Laboratory Study of Optimized Concrete Pavement Mixtures

Final report Research brief

08/2015

0092-11-05

Laboratory Study of High Performance Curing Compounds for Concrete Pavements

Final report Research brief

03/2015

0092-14-04

Performance and Design of Bridge Approach Panels in Wisconsin

Final report Research brief

02/2015

0092-12-04

Laboratory Study for Comparison of Class C Versus Class F Fly Ash for Concrete Pavement

Final report Research brief

04/2014