Pavement Design and Accelerated Pavement Testing Research Facilities

This is a guest blog by Emil G. Bautista Traditionally, pavement engineers around the world, and mainly in the United States, design flexible and rigid pavements based on the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) method. This methodology was developed in the late 1950s in Ottawa, Illinois, under what was called then […]

Implementation of Research from Accelerated Pavement Testing Facilities

This is a guest blog by Emil G. Bautista In my last blog, I emphasized the importance of our highway system to our society in supporting the economy of countries around the world by continuously moving people and goods from one point to another, and the role that accelerated pavement testing (APT) facilities plays in […]

Accelerated Road Research Facilities – The Key to Improving Our Highways

This is a guest blog by Emil G. Bautista Highways as well as road research are an important part of the infrastructure of every country in the world. They provide the framework to move people and goods from one point to another, and this makes them an important piece to our economy and quality of […]