The National Concrete Pavement Technology Center (CP Tech Center)‘s
2020 travel schedule January through February:
January 9:
Peter Taylor spoke about mixture proportioning and measurement at the 61st Annual “Nebraska Concrete and Aggregates Association (NC&AA)‘s Quality Concrete Conference“ in Lincoln, Nebraska. The NC&AA serves and promote the concrete industry in the state of Nebraska. The information from this conference useful and encourage you to contact us for related questions or more detailed information. With many Sponsors, Exhibitors & attendees! The highlight of the conference? Of course, making real concrete!
January 12 – 16:
Washington, D.C.: Peter Taylor joined Steve Tritsch, Gordon Smith, and John Adam for presentations and board meetings, including the International Society for Concrete Pavements Annual Board and Membership Meeting at the 99th Annual Transportation Research Board (TRB) Meeting in Washington, D.C.
January 16:
Jerod Gross, Technology Transfer Engineer-CP Tech Center, and Senior Engineer-Snyder & Associates, presented an overview of the CP Tech Center‘s recently published Guide to Concrete Trails at the North Dakota Ready Mix & Concrete Products Association (NDRM&CPA)‘s 54th Annual Convention with Tech Day and Gold Star Award Banquet in Williston, North Dakota. The Tech Day focused on existing and emerging concrete technologies and practices. The “Excellence in Concrete” Gold Star Awards Banquet highlighted several concrete projects constructed around the state in the last year. To view the award winning projects, click HERE. The banquet also included the presentation of three, $1,500 College Scholarships to the winners of the “NDRM&CPA Annual Scholarship Program”—awarded $105,000 to approximately 90 students since its 1993 inception. For more information, please contact: Art Thompson, Executive Director-NDRM&CPA: Phone: 701-425-7106 | Email: Art.NDConcrete@gmail.com
January 23:
Jerod Gross and Gordon Smith led the Technology-Transfer-Concrete-Consortium-(TTCC)-funded training on the CP Tech Center‘s Integrated Materials and Construction Practices for Concrete Pavement (IMCP) manual in Hopkinton, Massachusetts.
January 28 – 29:
Gordon Smith traveled to Salt Lake City, Utah and presented on performance-engineered mixtures (PEM) at the “Concrete Paving Workshop“–Utah Chapter-American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA).
February 5 – 7:
Peter Taylor, Steve Tritsch, Gordon Smith, and John Adam gave presentations at the Iowa Concrete Paving Association (ICPA) 3-day 56th Annual Workshop at the Des Moines-Airport and Conference Center. The workshop included a substantial line-up of technical and business presentations. An estimated 650 attendees from industry, the public sector, and academia were in attendance. Concrete pavement jointing—basics, specs and standards and rehabilitation and preservation methods—was a major focus for the first day. Taylor presented the CP Tech Center‘s ongoing research and overview for the ICPA Board and other CP Tech Center activities. The workshop program also included an awards program and updates and other presentations from: The CP Tech Center, Sustainability Hub-MIT, and other companies and organizations.
February 10 – 11:
John Adam later presented the CP Tech Center‘s “Concrete Pavement Distress Guide” and PEM to around 215 attendees at the Joint Annual Conference of South Dakota-ACPA chapter and Ready Mixed Concrete Association (RMCA) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. More than 200 professionals attended the event, which focused on tech transfer, industry updates, and award presentations.
February 11:
Gordon Smith and Jerod Gross tag-teamed again in leading TTCC-funded training on the topic of concrete overlays in Helena, Montana.
February 14:
On behalf of the CP Tech Center, Dan King, ICPA, Iowa Ready Mixed Concrete Association, and a new Iowa State University Ph.D. student, presented with Jackie Spoor, Wisconsin Concrete Pavement Association (WCPA) and Mike Hammett, Trierweiler Construction Company. Their presentation was about “Optimized Gradation/Mixtures: A Walk Through the Knowledge and Spreadsheet Tools” at WCPA’s Annual Concrete Pavement Conference in Madison, Wisconsin. For the 
ISCP February 29th article titled “Wisconsin Annual Concrete Pavement Conference Reaches New Heights” (within the article “ACPA-February Travels to IA, SD, CA, WI, VA, & NV + Membership Survey“), please go to: www.concretepavements.org/2020/02/29/acpa-february-travels-to-ia-sd-ca-wi-va-nv-membership-survey/
February 19:
Farther south, Jerod Gross and Tom Van Dam, Principal Engineer-NCE, teamed up to present the TTCC-funded Concrete Pavement Inspectors’ Training Workshop in Reno, Nevada.
February 24 – 26:
Steve Tritsch presented at the annual Portland Cement Association (PCA) Concrete Pavement Conference-Missouri/Kansas Chapter-ACPA in Kansas City, Missouri.
February 27:
Hamed Sadati, Assistant Scientist-CP Tech Center, presented on PEM at the 2020 Illinois chapter-ACPA Annual Meeting in Springfield, Illinois. The 2020 meeting brought together engineers, designers, owner agencies, practitioners, contractors, inspectors, material suppliers, academia and others engaged in highway, airport, and street & local road projects. Attendees learned about the state-of-the-practice & innovations in concrete pavement technologies, while earning up to 5 professional development hour (PDH) credits.
AGENDA: www.il.acpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Illinois-Workshop-Agenda-Feb-2020.pdf
Gerald F. Voigt, President & CEO-ACPA presented the “CP Tech Center Industry Update” and “Vision 2040”: He stated, “Transformational change is underway, and as a forward-thinking organization, ACPA is preparing for the future.” Mr. Voigt presented an exciting and bold vision for concrete pavement and its role in the rapidly changing world around us, including important considerations for Illinois.
Peter Taylor, Director-CP Tech Center presented on Performance Engineered Mixes (PEM). He covered, “How do we make better concrete – and how do we know we succeeded? These questions were discussed, and included a review of the factors that make concrete good and how they can be quantified. Also reviewed were some of the data and reports being received from agencies and contractors that have been investigating this approach.
February 27 – 28:
Gordon Smith presented “Performance Engineered Mixtures (PEM) for Concrete Pavements” at the Southeast Cement Promotions Association (SCPA)‘s Virginia Concrete Conference in Richmond, Virginia. All other speaker presentations on VDOT website: www.virginiadot.org/business/materials-download-docs.asp
“Lunch & Learns”
Finally, in terms of the CP Tech Center serving its local as well as national community by delivering informal “Lunch & Learns”—with support from the Iowa Concrete Paving Association (ICPA) and the Iowa Department of Transportation (IowaDOT). Since 2006, the Lunch and Learns are FREE CP Tech Center training for professional development to pavement engineers in ten locations across Iowa every fall, winter, and spring—with each season’s topic is chosen by surveying the interests of previous attendees and concrete industry experts. Over the years, training has provided more than 6,000 total attendees state-of-the-industry insights from around the country and throughout Iowa on more than 40 technical topics related to the design, construction, and preservation of concrete pavements.
JANUARY: John Adam presented at the Winter “Lunch & Learns”: “Lessons Learned and Success Stories for Long-Life Concrete Pavements” to state, county, and municipal engineers in Council Bluffs and Sioux City, Iowa.
FEBRUARY: Jerod Gross presented at the Spring “Lunch & Learns”: “Basics of Concrete Paving Construction and Inspection” in Ankeny, Burlington, Davenport, Dubuque, Fairfield, and Mason City.
Lunch & Learn Questions:
John Adam: E-mail: jfadam@iastate.edu | Phone: 515-294-7323
Jerod Gross: E-mail: jgross@snyder-associates.com | Phone: 515-964-2020
The concrete world stays busy moving forward!
Links:
Concrete Trails Guide: www.intrans.iastate.edu/app/uploads/2019/08/concrete_trails_guide.pdf
Integrated Materials and Construction Practices for Concrete Pavement (IMCP) Manual: www.cptechcenter.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4bf55bc365dca0e5c928442da&id=bc2fa48b87&e=2945805a7f
Gordon Smith‘s Richmond, VA presentation titled “Performance Engineered Mixtures (PEM) for Concrete Pavements”: www.virginiadot.org/business/resources/Materials/Virginia_Concrete_Presentations/2020/Pavement/Pres_1_-_Performance_Engineered_Mixtures_PEM_for_Concrete_Pavements,_Smith.pdf