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.

As stormwater runoff from streets and parking lots becomes an ever-more sensitive environmental issue, eliminating it altogether with pervious pavement can be an elegant solution. Two projects now ...

A Sutton, Mass., pavement demonstration conducted as part of an industry seminar provided designers, contractors and materials producers with important tips on using pervious concrete, a building ...

The new curbs and sidewalks along Ohio Street, just west of College Avenue downtown, look like they were poured with a bad batch of concrete. The texture is that of large-curd cottage cheese. The ...

To demonstrate Beaverton's new concrete, Mark Boguslawski holds up a chunk and pours a glass of water onto it. The water doesn't run off like most concrete -- it disappears. Wait, wait, wait and it ...

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 ...

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.

This post contains sponsored advertising content. This content is for informational purposes only and not intended to be investing advice. With an estimated 10 trillion gallons discharged into clean ...

The environmental and financial benefits of pervious concrete for paving commercial parking lots have long been recognized in the warmer climates of the United States. But as pervious concrete makes ...