Skepticism mixes with enthusiasm over 120-year concrete recipe

Published: June 14, 2010
Tags: concrete, Konstantin Sobolev, life span, Sobolev, Tom Walker, Traas, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, UW-Milwaukee, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, WTBA
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By Sean Ryan Road builders question the practicality of concrete that could last 120 years and significantly cut the industry‘s workload. Materials researchers have found ways to extend pavement life to more than a century. Konstantin Sobolev, a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee associate professor, is trying to build on that success and to further improve concrete’s [...]