The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) has released a newly revised Pervious Concrete Pavement Maintenance and Operations Guide. The eight-page guide replaces the Pervious Concrete ...

Permeable pavement allows rainfall to pass through, reducing stormwater runoff and pollution. The most common cause of permeable pavement failure is clogging from sediment and organic debris. Regular ...

When the salesman at a new residential development turned a garden hose on full force, the water disappeared into the driveway. Not one drop ran into the street, the gutter and eventually the ocean.

Permeable Pavements, billed as “the first comprehensive handbook for the proper design, construction, and maintenance of permeable pavement systems,” is now available. Permeable pavements enable ...

Every year, hundreds, maybe thousands of roads fall victim to natural disasters, be they floods, tsunamis or simply light rains that damage the structure and thus destroy everything in their way.

Pervious concrete -- a mix of coarse aggregate, cement, water, and little to no sand -- creates a porous, open-celled structure that allows rainwater to filter through into the ground. This concrete ...

When property is developed, pavements and building roofs decrease the rainfall infiltration into the soil and increase the quantity of stormwater runoff. The rain that previously soaked into the ...

Pervious concrete is not new. Studies show that pervious concrete was first used in 1852. However, pervious concrete is enjoying a new popularity, to the point that pervious concrete pavement is the ...