Construction

The morning sessions saw Peter Carson (Arcadis) & Tim Hodge (CPB Contractors) deliver an update on the Waringah Freeway, followed by ASCP Honorary member John Hodgkinson discussing whether Erosion Analysis in Thickness Design Necessary Where A Lean Concrete Subbase is Used. After morning tea, Hamid Khan (FOSROC) presented Holistic and...

ISCP has also provided increased visibility and accessibility to the proceedings of past international conferences. This system allows for seamless publication and management of all conference materials in a centralized, open-access platform and will feed into worldwide search engines for better visibility of our field's research efforts. Key Features of the...

The International Society of Concrete Pavements (ISCP) has published proceedings for the 13th International Conference on Concrete Pavements, held on August 25-29, 2024 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Under the Memorandum of Understanding  between the ISCP and the ASCP, we are making the proceedings available online and can be downloaded in...

ASCP Forum Series - F2F Event, 9am – 3pm Wednesday, 27th November 2024, Melbourne. Host: NTRO Headquarters (formerly ARRB) 80 Turner St, Port Melbourne VICTORIA 3207 The November 2024 ASCP Pavement Technical Forum featured speakers across the full spectrum of the concrete paving industry, with topics as widely varied. The...

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,...

It would be great if the ASCP members can volunteer to review the following attached AUS-SPEC rigid pavements work sections: 1131 Roller compacted concrete subbase 1132 Lean mix concrete subbase 1133 Plain and reinforced concrete base 1134 Steel fibre reinforced concrete base 1135 Continuously reinforced concrete base Attached below is...

Industrial Floor Joints: Design and Construction Challenges Arslan Awan1, Masoud Hashemi2 1 Structural Engineer, Leviat Aus/NZ 2 Floor Joint Systems Product Manager, Leviat (MIEAust|CPEng|CMEngNZ) ABSTRACT Joints play a significant role in the performance of concrete industrial floors. To achieve desirable load transfer capability across the joint and meet the flatness...

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...

Salamanca Place in Hobart is a unique historic area dating from the 1830s. Georgian sandstone warehouse buildings flank a 24-m-wide roadway built over a reclaimed area originally used by the whaling fleet and shipping lines. The refurbished warehouses now function as professional offices, restaurants, a foundation covering most facets of...

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...