Definition
Soil-cement is a highly compacted mixture of soil/aggregate, portland cement, and water. Soil-cement differs from portland cement concrete pavements in several respects. One significant difference is the manner in which the aggregates or soil particles are held together. A portland cement concrete pavements mix contains sufficient paste (cement and water mixture) to coat the surface area of all aggregates and fill the void between aggregates. In soil-cement mixtures, the paste is insufficient to fill the aggregate voids and coat all particles, resulting in a cement matrix that binds nodules of uncemented material. More.

Applications
Soil-cement pavements have many uses from city streets, county roads, state routes, and interstate highways, to parking lots, industrial storage facilities, and airports. In fact, the “family” of soil-sements pavement products can actually be divided up into three main components – each with their own unique contribution to a pavement structure. These components include Cement-Modified Soils (CMS), Cement-Treated Base (CTB), and Full-Depth Reclamation (FDR). Click on product name for more information.

Pavement Application
	Cement-Modified Soils (CMS) Amends undesireable properites of problem soils or substandard materials with a relatively small proportion of portland cement so that they are suitable for construction.
	Full-Depth Reclamation (FDR) Recycles old asphalt and underlying base material to create a stronger, cement-stabilized base for a new road.
	Cement-Treated Base (CTB) Aggregate material and/or granular soils mixed with measured amounts of portland cement and water hardens after compaction and curing to form a durable paving material.

 
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