National Concrete Pavement Technology Center (CP Tech Center)

The National Concrete Pavement Technology Center (CP Tech Center) is a national hub for concrete pavement research and technology transfer at the intersection of agencies, industry, and academia. Founded in 2000, the CP Tech Center has been instrumental in advancing strategic improvements in how concrete pavements are specified, built, and maintained. With a focus on serving the needs of the concrete pavement stakeholder community, the CP Tech Center mission is threefold: ✔️ Helping street and road agencies find answers to their concrete pavement questions ✔️ Identifying critical concrete pavement research needs and sustainable solutions ✔️ Assisting agencies, industries, and contractors in incorporating advanced, sustainable solutions and new technologies into day-to-day practice With federal, state, and industry support, the CP Tech Center also helps set and implement a national research agenda to benefit the concrete paving community. Through partnerships with the FHWA and FAA, state DOTs, ACPA, state concrete paving associations, industry, and academic researchers, we help shorten the time it takes for scientific research to become common practice as we quickly and efficiently get new approaches and technologies into the hands of practitioners. Our approach to technology transfer systematically addresses all groups’ needs and interests. We strive to provide the right information to the right people in the right format (e.g., publications, webinars, etc.) so: ✔️ Executive-level decision-makers (e.g., state agency highway division leaders or district engineers) understand why and how the organization and its customers will benefit from a particular advancement ✔️ Project-level decision-makers (e.g., state agency design or construction engineers) understand the value the advancement adds to a project ✔️ On-site decision-makers (e.g., technicians, project supervisors, inspectors, and crews) understand the nuts and bolts of how to implement the advancement