The International Society of Concrete Pavements (ISCP) presented an all-day workshop titled Concrete Pavement Innovation and Technology Transfer Workshop at the Illinois Department of Transportation District 1 office in Schaumburg, Illinois, USA, near Chicago on June 25, 2015. The workshop was sponsored by Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), Illinois Center for Transportation (ICT), ISCP, and ACPA-Illinois Chapter.
There were 85 participants in the workshop with 70% from government agencies and 30% from consultants. The workshop topics included concrete overlays, emerging technology for concrete pavements, precast slabs, dowel bar alignment, recycled materials, composite pavement design, and roller-compacted concrete. The ISCP Directors who participated in the workshop were:
- Professor Neeraj Buch Department Chair of CEE at Michigan State University and President of ISCP
- Professor Jeffery Roesler University of Illinois and Vice-President of ISCP
- Dr. Mark Snyder Consultant and Past-President of ISCP
- Professor Jake Hiller Michigan Tech University and Secretary/Treasurer of ISCP
- Mr. Robert Rodden Executive Director ISCP
- Professor Lev Khazanovich University of Minnesota and ISCP Director
- Mr. Corey Zollinger Pavement Engineer at CEMEX and ISCP Director
For more information on the workshop, please see the June 4, 2014 ISCP article (published before the workshop), please click here.
For the workshop flyer, please click here.
“I thought it went very well. A number of folks thanked me for the program and the opportunity.” —Randall C. Riley, P.E., IL Chapter, Inc.-ACPA
“I thought the work shop went extremely well, the length of time overall and per topic was just right. I thought the topics spanned and touched on many areas, [and] were good and relevant. Thanks Jeff [Roesler]… I look forward to another workshop in the future!”—Abdul Z. Dahhan, P.E., Bureau Chief of Materials-IDOT, Region-1, D-1
“I think that everything went well. The District 1 facility worked out nicely, and turnout was good.”—Charles Wienrank, P.E., Pavement Design Engineer-IDOT-Bureau of Materials and Physical Research
