Extreme Heat Leads to Pavement Failures

pavement buckling

Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) Senior Research Engineer and Regents Fellow Tom Scullion is no stranger to pavement failure investigations. Scullion has been involved with pavement research for over 35 years and is often called upon to offer his expertise in finding causes and providing solutions to pavement failures throughout the country and the world. (see [...]

Energy Developments and Our Roadways: Impacts and Strategies

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In recent years, there has been a boom of energy-related activities in Texas. While these efforts enhance the state’s ability to produce energy reliably, many short- and long-term impacts on the state’s right of way and infrastructure are not properly documented. The Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) recently completed a project to document some of these [...]