Forum Presentation

The morning sessions saw Peter Carson (Carson Group) deliver a Holbrook Case Study on Concrete Overlay Performance , followed by Mohammed Ibrahim Mostazid (UNSW) walking us through Developing Accelerated Tests Criteria for Assessing Geopolymer Concrete Durability. After morning tea, Frank Grech (Kaysand) presented  ‘Engineering the best sustainable concrete sand". Next,...

The morning session included Peter Carson (Carson Group) delivering a Concrete Pavements Overview of Hexham Straight, followed by David Kelly (Transport for NSW) who walked us through Transport for NSW’s Sustainable Infrastructure Program. After morning tea, Jason Chandler (Concrete Insights) examined the innovation process and its impact on lower carbon...

For the first F2F Forum of the year , we will kick off this Forum with a presentation delivered by Dr Anna - Carin Brink (BG&E) as she reports on the  ‘EU Pave 14th International Symposium on Concrete Roads’ and gives insight into the European concrete paving Industry. Dr Hamidreza...

Concrete Pavements: Lessons Learned, SCM's and Sustainability The days sessions consisted of Nandini Mehta (NATSPEC) present on specifications for concrete pavement in local roads, followed by an exploration of SCMs in construction by Dr Daksh Baweja (BG&E). Mike Auty (AECOM) presented on lessons learned during a recent Crack and Seat/Rubbilisation...

                Following on from our March 2023 F2F Forum, this Online Forum continues the ‘Concrete 101’ series. John Hodgkinson (Hon. Member, AM) presents all things Thickness Design, with David Slingsby (Hon. Member) providing an insight into the development of Non-erodible Subbases for Australian...

                Concrete 101: Tiebars, Doweling, AGM & Reinforcing grids - we hope that our attendees enjoyed this opportunity to engage with our presentations and contribute to discussion. Forum Topics and Presentations: Tiebars Doweling Annual General Meeting Reinforcing Grids SRA Updates QTMR and Transport for...

Vale Arvo Tinni AM (1935-23) Arvo Tinni, the first ASCP Honorary Member, passed away peacefully on 17 January 2023. He was born in 1935 in a small village Keila, to the south west of Tallinn in Estonia. He was an epic man; a giant in physique, personality and achievement. Known...

Concrete Pavements: Design; Construct; Maintain; Recycle, & Whole of Life Costing – we hope that our attendees enjoyed this opportunity to engage and understand various SRA’s evolving policy around Sustainable Procurement in Infrastructure for Transport. Good design, construction techniques and material selection are not the only considerations for good concrete...

Construction, Contractor Capability & Innovation: How can we achieve these outcomes in a risk adverse concrete pavements was another successful (ONLINE) event. With over 100 attendees registered and almost 90 joining the event - this forum brought together a range of key experts within the concrete pavement supply chain where each...

Innovation, Sustainability, Low Carbon Concretes: How can we achieve in Pavements – was the hotly anticipated topic of our May 2022 Forum. The Australian cement and concrete sector has a long history of reducing its CO2 emissions having delivered a 25 percent reduction since 2000 [VDZ 2022] being a critical...

Tunnels allow rapid and unobstructed transport facilities in big congested cities. Think the recent NorthConnex! Whilst considered an expensive solution, tunnels provide a protected system for the pavement, thus tunnels reduce the maintenance cost of the system, but there are wider considerations in the design, detailing, materials selection and construction...

With an eye to future rehabilitation solutions, John Hodgkinson re-visited a CRCP overlay constructed on the Hume Highway, just north of Holbrook, in 1992. A significant milestone was reached in June 2021 as the first BCSA Rapid Set Concrete slab celebrated its 10th Birthday in Australia at Sydney International Airport. Since this...