Forum Presentation

This presentation was given at the ASCP Forum on 8 September, 2008. It gives an overview of Eupave - the recently formed paving association in Europe.

Presentations from Peter Wellings, Geoff Ayton, Justin Moss, George Vorobieff on: Construction Quality RTA training RTA 3211 update Austroad publications update Concrete industry quality forum

The paper draws attention to the major differences in design methodology of flexible and rigid pavement designs. For concrete pavements, the design is based on the Equivalent Strength (CBR) of 1000 mm of subgrade. This includes the Selected Material Zone (SMZ) and is calculated using the widely accepted Japanese Public...

The ASCP forum on Industrial Pavements provided valuable information on design, detailing, materials and construction issues related to industrial pavements. It also highlighted several differing opinions and challenges to existing practices. This presentation by Royce Ratcliffe covers: Fibres vs conventional reinforcement Testing of fibres How fibres increase load carrying capacity...

The ASCP forum on Industrial Pavements provided valuable information on design, detailing, materials and construction issues related to industrial pavements. It also highlighted several differing opinions and challenges to existing practices. This presentation by Ryan Pearce covers: Issues discussed; traditional methods of drying shrinkage crack control, different types of fibre...

Reform & changes in the Pavements & Geotechnical Discipline • Updates on: - Specifications & test methods - Standard drawings - Technical directions & guides - Quality Alerts • Concrete mix register • Training

This forum addressed design & construction related to Ports & Airports. The range of expert speakers included: Shane Dunstan - Roller Compacted Concrete Pavement Brian Shackel - Interlocking Block Paving Weeks White - Construction & Geotechnical John Knapton - Ports Robert Smith - Airports Bruce Rodway - Airports