Pervious concrete -- a mix of coarse aggregate, cement, water, and little to no sand -- creates a porous, open-celled structure that allows rainwater to filter through into the ground. This concrete ...

While bright lights, casinos and fabulous hotels come to mind when you hear the name "Las Vegas," pervious concrete probably does not. This zero slump concrete mix is becoming increasingly popular as ...

With the management of stormwater, the demand for pervious concrete has increased and demand will likely continue. Thankfully, modern pervious concrete mixes have dramatically improved in terms of ...

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.

There's a little demonstration Stew Waller enjoys running whenever he gets a chance to demonstrate pervious concrete to a group that's unfamiliar with the product. "Anytime we start a new job, we have ...

EVERETT – Everett Public Utilities employee Paul Crane was so excited about a new type of environmentally friendly concrete that he bought some and tested it in his backyard. The results impressed him ...

One of the oldest concrete parking lot installations in the Greater Kansas City metropolitan area belongs to Geiger Ready Mix, Inc., a ready mix concrete producer. Pervious concrete, a mix of narrowly ...

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 ...

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 ...

The city of Puyallup replaced the deteriorating pavement on a pair of residential blocks with pervious concrete. Other project elements included new traffic curbs, planter strips, luminaires, street ...