Meet the CP Tech Center‘s Newest Board Member, Steve Prosek!
Steve Prosek has worked for Kokosing Construction Company, Inc. for more than 25 years. Prosek, Area Manager, Concrete Paving-Kokosing, has led the company’s construction of over $200 million in freeway projects throughout Ohio and mountainous West Virginia. He has also led multiple Kokosing airport paving projects.
He oversees all aspects of Kokosing’s concrete division, including project selection, bidding, procurement, staffing, scheduling, safety, field work, and quality control. He also plays a key role in Kokosing’s concrete equipment purchasing, operations, and maintenance (including managing their two portable central mix batch plants). He is also heavily involved in promoting moving concrete paving innovation and research into construction practice—as when he presented through Ohio’s Local Technical Assistance Program Kokosing’s Cleveland I-271 experience with stringless paving to address constructibility issues such as space limitations and phasing. Prosek serves on the CP Tech Center’s Executive Board of Directors as one of its at-large contractors.
As 2021 winds to a close, the National Concrete Pavement Technology Center (CP Tech Center) staff have been involved in many webinars, seminars, conferences, and meetings.
NOVEMBER 4:
CP Tech Center held a local event held in Overland Park, Kansas.
Steve Tritsch, Associate Director-CP Tech Center, presented at the 24th Annual Concrete Pavement, Parking Lot, and Flatwork Seminar about the “Basics of Current-Day Concrete” to 80 attendees from across the Kansas City metropolitan area.
The transfer of research findings and technological innovation into “Everyday Concrete Paving Practice” is a key focus of the CP Tech Center along with another major focus of “Concrete Paving Research”.
Dan King, Research Engineer-CP Tech Center, and along with Iowa DOT staff performed falling weight deflectometer testing on a fiber-reinforced concrete overlay in Worth County, Iowa. King also joined municipal staff from Ankeny, Iowa, in applying penetrating surface sealer technology to the saw cut joints of a new concrete pavement.
NOVEMBER 9:
The CP Tech Center Concrete Pavement Technology Tuesday Webinar
Dr. John Kevern, University of Missouri-Kansas City and Kevin Fouch, Casey’s, shared how penetrating sealers can help protect concrete pavement investments with 184 participants.
Annual CP Tech Center investing in the next generation of concrete researchers by sponsoring a Student Poster Competition at the Annual Meeting of the Iowa Chapter-American Concrete Institute in Ames, Iowa.
VIDEO of webinars:
NOVEMBER 10:
The Iowa Better Concrete Conference by the CP Tech Center
More than a dozen presentations on a wide range of concrete-related topics to 173 attendees.
NOVEMBER 12:
A series of 4 webinars addressing local concrete pavement design strategies organized by the CP Tech Center via sponsorship from Aggregate & Ready Mix Association of Minnesota and Concrete Paving Association of Minnesota came to a close. Steve Waalkes, Michigan Concrete Association and Michael Hoeft, K&M Concrete Construction held the final webinar on “parking lot design”, and presented to 53 participants.
NOVEMBER 15:
Peter Taylor, Director-CP Tech Center and Gordon Smith, Associate Director-CP Tech Center joined discussions among Massachusetts DOT representatives and the concrete pavement industry on the potential for future project plans to consider concrete pavement alternatives.
NOVEMBER 2nd, 16th, and 30th:
Each year the CP Tech Center and Iowa Concrete Paving Association organize the Municipal Streets Seminar for the personnel at Iowa Public Works. This year 208 attendees joined 3 Municipal Streets sessions held via webinar.
1 – The Iowa Public Works Service Bureau established to help Iowa’s municipal employees “communicate to innovate” and Iowa DOT’s Local Systems Bureau established to assist in local compliance with state and federal requirements.
2 – The second featured an update from the fly ash industry on the fly ash supply today and its future outlook.
3 – The third highlighted the city of Cedar Rapids’ “Paving for Progress” program that won the 2013 voter support for a 10-year 1% local option sales tax to maintain, repair, construct, and reconstruct the city’s public streets. Recently, the city’s citizens voted to renew the 1% local option sales tax for another 10 years of local infrastructure improvements. VIDEOS of 3 different webinars:
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For the CP Tech Center Webinars, please go to: https://cptechcenter.org/webinars-and-videos/?utm_source=CP+Tech+Center&utm_campaign=18abbfe688-RESOURCES+Newsletter+March–April+2021_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_07a32343e1-18abbfe688-169971045
NOVEMBER 30, DECEMBER 1, 2, 3, & 4:
American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) held their 58th Annual Meeting in Huntington Beach, California, and it was a tremendous success. Not only did they surpass the attendance of the last in-person Annual Meeting in New Orleans in 2019, but for the first time in a while, all were able to come together in person to celebrate the achievements of the concrete paving industry. The gathering was full of energetic, forward-looking discussions and decisions, and capped with an engaging Excellence in Concrete Pavement Awards banquet.
If you haven’t already, please take a moment and let ACPA know what you thought of the 58th Annual Meeting by filling out a short, 15 question survey to help ACPA deliver an even better Annual Meeting next year in Nashville, Tennessee.
Peter Taylor, Gordon Smith, and CP Tech Center technical staff attended the Annual Meeting Plenary Session:
Taylor presented on future plans related to “Performance-Engineered Mixtures (PEM)“.
Smith provided an update regarding CP Tech Center Efforts
Smith gave a presentation titled “PEM: The Tech That Makes It Happen” during a “Concrete Pavement University” Session
DECEMBR 9:
The Lake of the Ozarks:
Smith held a cooperative meeting of the Associated General Contractors of Missouri and the Missouri Department of Transportation. Here, he also spoke about “…Delivering better concrete pavements via PEM”.
2022 & Beyond!
Laura O’Neill Kaumo, President and CEO-ACPA reported on the ACPA Annual Meeting in December:
Presentations that reflect 2022:
Mike Ireland, President-PCA: Presentation: PCA Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality
Brian McGuire, President-Associated Equipment Distributors and Brian McGuire,CEO-Associated Equipment Distributors: Discussion on Hot Market for Machinery in 2022
ACPA Passed its 2022 Government Affairs Agenda
Installation: ACPA‘s New Chairman, Ed Griffith
Matt Zeller, Executive Director-Concrete Paving Association of Minnesota (CPAM)-ACPA: Rejoined ACPA and leading Minnesota Chapter through 2022
ONGOING IMPLEMENTATION INTO 2022:
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)
January 9-13, 2022:
101st Transportation Research Board (TRB) Meeting—
***Will Require Proof of Vaccination***
January 10, 2022 at 5:15 pm:
• ACPA Hosting—25th Reception at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel
Gathering of industry professionals, industry allies, officials, and staffers, and serves as a relaxed environment alongside the important business of TRB. ACPA reception during TRB will NOT require proof of vaccination, but will adhere to health guidelines issued by the District of Columbia. Please note, there are still opportunities to SPONSOR this anticipated TRB reception! For details, please go to: HERE.
January 18-20, 2022:
World of Concrete—Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
January 26-27, 2022:
FIRST IN-PERSON “Pavewise Concrete Pavement Conference”—Orlando, Florida
Hosted by Florida Concrete & Products Association (FC&PA) and the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)
• Laura O’Neill Kaumo, President & CEO-ACPA will be speaking