1. AASHTO/NTPEP Polymer Concrete Overlays for Bridges and Pavements (PCO)

2. Alphabet Soup  AASHTO – American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials  NTPEP – National Transportation Product Evaluation Program  e-PEF – Electronic Product Evaluation Form  PCO – Polymer Concrete Overlays

3. Purpose  Develop and Implement a Nationally Standardized Performance Based Evaluation Process for Polymer Concrete Overlay Systems  Reduce Redundancy of Testing  Produce Valuable Unbiased Data

5. Polymer Concrete Overlays  Work Plan Draft Status Draft Status Scheduled for Ballot in November 2011 Scheduled for Ballot in November 2011  Testing Facilities KYTC – Division of Materials KYTC – Division of Materials Field Test Deck Field Test Deck  Sample Submission and Data Reporting Data Mine Data Mine http://data.ntpep.orghttp://data.ntpep.orghttp://data.ntpep.org

6. PCO Work Plan  Manufacturers Participation Annual submission cycle Annual submission cycle Overlay submitted as a system Overlay submitted as a system Resin and AggregateResin and Aggregate Five year resubmission cycle Five year resubmission cycle  Testing Laboratory Laboratory Field test deck Field test deck

7. Laboratory Testing Neat Resin  Viscosity ASTM D2196  Gel Time ASTM C881  Flash Point ASTM D 3278  Infrared Spectroscopy AASHTO T237 Cured Resin  Tensile Strength ASTM D638  Tensile Elongation ASTM D638  Modulus of Elasticity ASTM D638  Absorption ASTM D570

8. Laboratory Testing Cured Resin (Filled)  Compressive strength ASTM C579  Thermal compatibility ASTM C884  Resistance to chloride ion AASHTO T259/T260 Surface Aggregate  GradationAASHTO T27  Soundness AASHTO T10  Absorption AASHTO T84/T85  Shore D hardness ASTM D2240  LA Wear test AASHTO T96  Specific Gravity AASHTO T84/T85  XRF Spectroscopy

9. Field Test Deck Installation  Concrete Pavement, Asphalt Pavement, and Bridge Deck  200 Foot Test Section  Between June 1 and June 30  I-64 Concrete and Asphalt  I-75 over Kentucky River Evaluation  Within 30 Days, 12 Months, and 24 Months  Photographs  Delaminated Area (%)  Bond Strength ASTM C 1583  Skid Resistance AASHTO T242

11. KYTC Skid Testing  Established Skid Testing Program  Quality Control 3 Year Calibration cycle 3 Year Calibration cycle Maintain 3 control sections Maintain 3 control sections

13. What’s Left??  Finalize surface preparation requirements  Develop e-PEF  Develop DataMine module  Develop Technical Committee Documents Evaluation and Reporting time line Evaluation and Reporting time line Quality assurance program Quality assurance program User’s Guide User’s Guide

14. How Can YOU Help  General input on surface preparation requirements  General input on installation equipment/processes  General input on installation time requirements

15. Thank You Derrick Castle, PCS Chemical and Corrosion Laboratory Specialist Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Division of Materials Derrick.Castle@ky.gov