The Canadian Airfield Pavement Technical Group (CAPTG) will host a one-day WORKSHOP on Monday, September 19, 2016 prior to the SWIFT Conference and Trade Show to be held September 19-22, 2016 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. The workshop will be held at the SWIFT Conference hotel—the Minneapolis Airport Marriott in Bloomington, Minnesota. CAPTG will be sponsoring technical sessions throughout 2016 SWIFT on a variety of issues related to airfield pavements. The CAPTG participated in ISCP’s 10th ICCP held July 2012 in Quebec, Canada. CAPTG is a national forum to open up new avenues of communications in the Canadian Airport Community for the dissemination of expertise, knowledge, and experience related to airfield pavement technology and other related technical issues as a response to the decentralization and privatization of Canadian airports. Membership includes more than 150 airport managers, engineers, consultants, and academia from across Canada.
The 2016 SWIFT Conference and Trade Show is for the airport community to gather and learn about new pavement design, construction, evaluation and maintenance techniques, materials, chemicals, systems and equipment available to keep airports safe and operational while addressing any challenges, at minimal cost, during all seasons. The 2016 theme is “Addressing Airfields’ Biggest Challenges”. This is the FIRST SWIFT hosted in the United States.
Discover the latest in technical and operational field maintenance • Participate in a behind-the-scenes airport tour, a pre-conference training workshop and over 30 technical and operational sessions • Network with international airport, industry and government organization delegates.
SWIFT provides a forum:
- for technical experts associated with airfield maintenance activities to join together and exchange ideas
- for the discussion of issues and potential technical solutions to problems
- to share results of research and development projects and activities
- to identify issues of national and international concern for showcasing and/or identifying changes to existing regulations, policies, standards and guidelines, technical training, maintenance management and practices
Topics include:
- Design, construction and maintenance of airport pavements
- Snow removal & ice control procedures & equipment
- Regulations as they relate to airfield operations & maintenance
- Measuring and reporting runway surface conditions
- Airline & other user perspectives on airfield operation & maintenance
- Anti-icing and de-icing chemicals and techniques
- Environmental issues related to airfields
SWIFT Early bird registration deadline is Friday, July 29, 2016, and the Final registration date is September 2, 2016.
For the SWIFT Conference and Trade Show 2016 PROGRAM, please go to: https://www.swiftconference.org/ehome/swift2016/program/.
For the 2016 SWIFT website, please go to: https://www.swiftconference.org/ehome/index.php?eventid=149072&.
For the WORKSHOP sponsored by CAPTA and to learn more about CAPTA’s goals and company, please go to: http://www.captg.ca.
Home page PHOTO: https://www.swiftconference.org/ehome/swift2016/program/