Notice is hereby given to Members of the 17th Annual General Meeting of the Australian Society for Concrete Pavements to be held on Tuesday 26th March 2024, during the ASCP Forum Series at Ryde Eastwood Leagues Club.
Jamie Egan, President and Craig Heidrich, Executive Director will conduct the Annual General Meeting for the Australian Society for Concrete Pavements.
The International Society of Concrete Pavements (ISCP) is pleased to announce that the 13th International Conference on Concrete Pavements will be held August 25-29, 2024 at The Depot in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
The International Conference on Concrete Pavements (ICCP) is held every four years as the preeminent series of conferences in the concrete pavement area. Many Professionals from different continents attend this conference and present their research works and exchange ideas, knowledge, and network to promote the latest in our field. At the 13th ICCP, we anticipate 90 technical paper presentations from researchers and practitioners as well as participation of 25+ countries across the globe. The conference will also include 10 practical workshops, numerous exhibitors, and several local technical tours, including the famous MnROAD Pavement Test Track. The Fall 2024 meeting of the National Concrete Consortium (NC²) will also be held in conjunction with the 13th ICCP in Minneapolis.
In addition to the technical program, the 13th ICCP has several social events planned including the following:
• Welcome Reception at the Mill City Museum on Sunday evening
• Minnesota Twins vs. Atlanta Braves baseball game on Monday evening (tickets are limited to 250 and are first-come, first-serve, so please register for the conference early to guarantee your spot at the game)
• BBQ reception at American Engineering Testing in St. Paul on Tuesday evening (transportation provided by AET)
• Awards Dinner and Cruise on the Stillwater River Boats Wednesday evening (transportation included)
• MnROAD and Minneapolis municipal streets tours available on Thursday morning (transportation included)
With conference registration, breakfast, lunch, and two coffee breaks on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday will also be provided at the Depot hotel.
The ICCP has several sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities as well with information available on the conference website.
For specific questions on sponsoring or exhibiting at the conference, please contact the ICCP sponsorship Co-Chairs at conference.sponsorships@concretepavements.org
The International Grooving & Grinding Association (IGGA) recently joined forces with its partner organisation, the American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) to host a press conference at the World of Concrete Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada. The press conference was aimed to disseminate the latest in industry news and research.
Announcing a new white paper titled “Diamond Grinding: A Safe, Sustainable, Quiet and Cost-Effective Solution to Better Roadways.”
The paper holds significance in enhancing the industry’s knowledge base by emphasising the potential benefits in sustainability and cost reduction through the implementation of effective pavement preservation and maintenance.
It consolidates research findings, case studies, and additional evidence, illustrating how agencies and engineers can attain durable, efficient, comfortable, and safe highway travel.
The study also addresses challenges such as sustainability, noise levels, the urban heat island effect, and budget constraints, which are all achieved by employing pavement diamond grinding.
“Diamond grinding is the only highway surface treatment that is, in many situations, cost and carbon negative,” said Nick Davis, the Director of Technical Services at the IGGA.
The ACPA has also unveiled new tools and resources for 2024 to assist decision-makers in tackling global challenges, such as growing inflation and adapting to new Federal funding structures, all aimed at optimising financial resources. Some of the new resources that can be accessed are:
New Report – ‘How Agencies can reduce Costs by Improving the Competitiveness of their Bid Environments’. The report provides a comprehensive overview of industry research, including studies conducted by the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub (CSHub). This research delves into the examination of how the allocation of Department of Transportation (DOT) paving expenditures among various industries influences paving unit costs.
Reduced-Carbon Concrete Consortium – With the assistance of the APCPA, the RC3 aims to distribute funding details, streamline application submissions, offer technical support, and bolster contractor readiness by focusing on crucial next steps, including the preparation of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs).
Case Study Library – Check out the ever-growing library of long-life pavement case studies here.
New South Wales Transport is propelling Australia towards a cleaner future, with progressive plans aimed at accelerating the transition to net zero operations in the transport sector.
Contributing approximately 20 percent of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions, transportation stands as the fastest-growing contributor to Australia’s emissions.
The Net Zero and Climate Change Policy of Transport for NSW outlines ambitious goals for decarbonisation and climate action, aiming to achieve net zero emissions across the entire transport sector in New South Wales by the year 2050.
In line with Australia’s commitments to the 2016 Paris Agreement, these targets acknowledge the industry’s challenges and emphasise the imperative need for urgent action.
Key targets include:
Transport for NSW will collaborate with National Highways, the organisation overseeing the management of the UK’s motorways and major roads and recognised as a global leader in the decarbonisation of transport infrastructure.
This comes after a year of collaboration on ‘The Future of Carbon Accounting in Infrastructure Contracts’, with the MOU including two initial deliverables.
The first MOU deliverable will develop integrated carbon cost management processes and technology that will:
The latter MOU deliverable focuses on the Digital Engineering Framework to help partners automate workflows on decarbonisation, driving costs and resource efficiencies.
Transport for NSW will monitor progress and produce annual reports on the agency’s carbon footprint.
Transport Minister Jo Haylen said “Australian Governments and industry are beginning to make serious moves to greener infrastructure, and I’m pleased that Transport for NSW has been taking a leading role in this important work.”
Infrastructure Sustainability Council CEO Ainsley Simpson was quoted: “With around 70 per cent of Australia’s emissions enabled by infrastructure, sustainability is more important than ever. That’s why we strongly endorse the continued positive measures the NSW Government is undertaking in this field.”
“The targets set out are challenging but important, and the Memorandum of Understanding with National Highways means we have two global leaders collaborating to accelerate to net zero.”
Austroads have reviewed jurisdictional practices of developing supplements to its Guide to Road Design and devised a process that will reduce the need for supplements. This includes a pathway for adding supplement material to the Guide.
The Guide to Road Design offers guidance to designers on how to create secure, cost-effective, and effective road designs. Although most components of the design process are covered by the Guide, there are some local factors and circumstances that call for additional assistance on occasion. The presence of multiple sources of information present a difficulty for road planners.
Michael Nieuwesteeg, Austroads Road Safety and Design Program Manager states that “there is a vast repository of supplementary guidance developed across Australia and New Zealand. We looked at how current supplements can be minimised and more efficiently managed to provide greater harmonisation of practices and reduce the need for practitioners to check multiple sources”.
The project classified the jurisdictions’ supplementary material and identified new content that can be considered in further updates of the various Parts of the Guide. The recommended changes were based on the relevance of the material, how significant it is for jurisdictions to have that material included in the Guide, and resources required to implement the inclusion.
With the objective to improve the management of content, a pathway was developed for including supplement material in the Guide. A ‘push-pull’ approach is used to identify new content for inclusion in the Guide. “With this approach Austroads looks to ‘pull’ information from the supplements, and the road agencies look for a means to ‘push’ information into the Guide,” said Michael.
Additionally , Nieuwesteeg has also stated that “Austroads strive to keep the Guide to Road Design contemporary, relevant, well researched and world-class. Jurisdictional supplements often include unique or innovative approaches to design, and that content needs to be added to the Guide so that it is available broadly and helps maintain the Guide as the principal road design document for Australia and New Zealand”.
This project recommends that new guidance be based on national and international research and practices, future needs, and supplement material. In any case, the background or evidence of new guidance should be documented for designers when there are design constraints. If a review demonstrates that existing guidance should be modified or eliminated, then this change should be justified and documented.
“While supplements are important and demonstrate a deep understanding gained through years of experience, departures from the Guide must be taken seriously, and jurisdictions should adopt the requirements in the Guide,” the statement continued.
For more information regarding the Guide to Road Design: Download Recommended Changes to the Austroads Guide to Road Design
Download A Platform for Managing Supplements to the Austroads Guide to Road Design
The Australian Society for Concrete Pavements (ASCP) is excited to welcome Eric Ferrebee from the American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) as a keynote speaker to the 2023 ASCP conference. Eric is an accomplished expert and leader in the concrete paving industry, and we look forward to his participation in this year’s event.
Eric Ferrebee is the Senior Director of Technical Services with the ACPA, and joined the ACPA staff in the summer of 2014.
He is responsible for providing technical resources and consulting services to ACPA members, as well as the agencies and owners they serve. Eric is a key team member in the development of industry resources including the pavement thickness design tool PavementDesigner.org and the WikiPave concrete pavement encyclopedia. He is also the lead engineer on ACPA’s sustainability and resilience efforts. Similarly, Eric supports the association’s mission through development of technical literature; overseeing research projects; and enhancing concrete paving technology transfer and information sharing.
Eric has earned both his bachelors and masters degrees in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and is a registered professional engineer in Illinois.
As a keynote speaker at the ASCP conference, Eric will share his insights and knowledge on various topics related to concrete paving. Participants can look forward to engaging and informative presentations covering “ACPA’s concrete pavement’s role in a sustainable resilient future” and “U.S. Agency approaches to pavement sustainability” everything from the fundamentals of concrete mix design and construction to the latest innovations shaping the industry.
The ASCP is thrilled to have Eric Ferrebee as a keynote speaker at our upcoming conference. We believe that his expertise and knowledge will benefit our attendees, and we look forward to his presentation. Do not miss out on the opportunity to learn from one of the best in the industry.
The Australian Society for Concrete Pavements (ASCP) is proud to have Jeb S. Tingle, a ground-breaking concrete pavements pioneer from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, on board as the special conference keynote speaker at this year’s biannual conference.
Mr. Tingle routinely leads large multi-disciplinary teams to solve complex engineering problems. Mr. Tingle has 28 years of experience focused upon transportation research and development with an emphasis on full-scale pavement construction and testing. His individual areas of expertise include soil stabilization, aggregate roads, pavement design, pavement construction, and pavement evaluation.
Mr. Tingle is the primary author or co-author of more than 200 technical papers and ERDC/WES reports that encompass such topics as soil mechanics; geosynthetics; soil stabilization; pavement evaluation, pavement design, dust abatement, and airfield damage repair. Mr. Tingle’s research has earned him numerous awards.
Tingle’s keynote speeches will focus on airfield pavements and are titled “Performance of dowelled versus un-dowelled joints for relatively thin airfield pavements” and “Emerging materials in concrete airfield pavements”.
For those attending the ASCP conference, Tingle’s keynote speech is an opportunity to learn from a true industry pioneer. His insights and knowledge are invaluable for anyone involved in the design, construction, or maintenance of concrete pavements. For the whole of the ASCP, he presents a most interesting and exciting figure to contribute to the conference this year.
The ASCP is honoured and thrilled to have Jeb S. Tingle as our special conference keynote speaker this year. His presence is sure to make this year’s ASCP conference an unforgettable experience for all attendees.
Nicol Botha is a renowned specialist in airport pavement engineering and consulting services, with over 12 years of international experience. He will be joining us as a special keynote speaker at the upcoming Australian Society for Concrete Pavements (ASCP) Conference this year, and we couldn’t be more excited to learn from his knowledge and expertise.
Botha’s professional journey began in South Africa, where he earned his master’s degree in civil (pavement) engineering and joined the Dutch-based Netherlands Airport Consultants (NACO), where he currently serves as a senior pavement specialist.
Throughout his career, Botha has shown exceptional leadership, innovation, and a unique approach to airport pavement engineering. He has played an instrumental role in various international projects, including the design of various new airports, expansion of existing airports like Amsterdam Schiphol and London Heathrow, and the development of maintenance and rehabilitation designs and strategies for other airports like Doha International Airport and Luxembourg Airport.
His contributions to these projects and many others have earned him recognition as a global leader in the field of airport pavement engineering.
At the ASCP Conference this year, Botha will be sharing his insights on several important topics related to airport pavement engineering. His keynote speech “Airport concrete pavement design and construction: Challenges and opportunities” will cover the latest developments, challenges, and opportunities in airport pavement design and maintenance. Attendees can expect to learn about the latest best practices and technologies in the field.
We are thrilled to welcome Nicol Botha as our special keynote speaker at the upcoming conference. We look forward to learning from his vast knowledge and experience in airport pavement engineering, and we expect his speech to be one of the highlights of the event.
With the upcoming ASCP 2023 Concrete Pavements Conference approaching in October, hype and anticipation is building as we welcome the Australian concrete pavement industry and a host of international speakers to the shores of Wollongong, NSW.
If you’re unsure as to whether you’d like to attend or not, here are 5 reasons why you cannot miss this conference!
Secure discounted early bird tickets by Friday the 23rd of June before the early bird discount ends!
1. Networking Opportunities
With hundreds of people set to attend our 2023 Conference, there will be ample networking opportunities for everyone!
Several networking sections such as the Welcome Reception and Gala Dinner give you and your company ample opportunity to meet and connect with the entire concrete pavement industry.
2. Unique Welcome Reception
Opening the conference with a laid-back beer tasting with other figures in the concrete pavement industry, right next to the beaches of North Wollongong in the middle of spring – does it get much better?
Featuring beer-tasting and food on a Sunday evening in the middle of spring, there’s no better way to open our conference with the entire concrete pavement industry than our Welcome Reception (Sponsored by Power Curbers).
3. High-Quality Gala Dinner
Presented by the Novotel North Wollongong, our first full day of conference presentations conclude with a Gala Dinner (Sponsored by CPB Contractors) on the Monday evening, where you can connect with other members of the concrete pavement industry and witness our Industry Awards (Sponsored by Wirtgen).
4. World-Renowned Speakers
What would a conference be without world-class, industry specific speakers? Featuring a total of 27 speakers, and five well-renowned international speakers within this group – the quality of content and presentations at the ASCP 2023 Concrete Pavements Conference is of the quality of the best conferences in the country.
Our international speakers feature Professor Moon Won (Texas Tech University), Fer Mooren and Nicol Botha (Netherlands Airport Consultants), Eric Ferrebee (American Concrete Pavement Association) and Jeb S. Tingle (U.S Army Engineer Research and Development).
5. Industry Knowledge
As mentioned with our speakers, the concrete pavement industry knowledge on offer for attendees is invaluable and sure to make the trip to Wollongong worth the drive or flight.
Conference presentation topics include ‘Low carbon concrete pavements‘, ‘Performance of dowelled versus un-dowelled joints for relatively thin airfield pavements‘, ‘Airport concrete pavement design and construction: Challenges and opportunities‘ as well as a final Q&A session with leading domestic and international figures in the concrete pavements industry.
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Fer Mooren, an esteemed consultant in airport development and infrastructure, will be joining the Australian Society for Concrete Pavements (ASCP) Conference this year as a keynote speaker.
With over 25 years of experience in the aviation industry, Mooren brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the conference.
Currently serving as a Leading Professional in Airside Engineering at Netherlands Airport Consultants (NACO) ,Fer Mooren is an accomplished airport engineer and pavement specialist with vast experience in working in diverse cultures and climates across the globe. His unwavering motivation to develop and innovate for clients has made him an asset to the industry.
Fer’s expertise in airport pavement design and extensive knowledge of civil airport engineering topics has cemented NACO’s leading role in airside projects. His personal mission is to remain at the forefront of state-of-the-art developments in airport design and construction by staying in touch with international organisations such as International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Fer contributes to various international conferences and guides innovative research and development projects. Fer’s analytical and problem-solving abilities enable him to tackle complex issues and devise tailored solutions for specific situations. His keen sense of the big picture ensures that he maintains the appropriate focus in a broader perspective.
At the ASCP Conference, Mooren will be exploring the importance of concrete pavements in airport infrastructure, and the role they play in ensuring the safety and efficiency of airport operations. He will be discussing the new Western Sydney International Airport as well as sharing insights on the latest trends and innovations in airport design and development, and how these trends are shaping the future of the industry.
As a keynote speaker at the conference, Mooren’s presence will undoubtedly enhance the quality and relevance of the event. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn from a leading expert in airport development and infrastructure whilst gaining valuable insights into the latest trends and practices in the industry.
Fer Mooren is a prominent figure in the aviation industry, and his involvement in the ASCP Conference is a testament to the conference’s commitment to promoting sustainable and innovative airport infrastructure. We are thrilled to have him as a keynote speaker, and we look forward to hearing his insights and learning from his experiences.
Moon Won, a renowned professor at Texas Tech University, will be a special keynote speaker at the upcoming Australian Society for Concrete Pavements (ASCP) Conference. His vast experience in civil engineering, specifically focused on designing, evaluating, and rehabilitating concrete pavements, makes him an ideal candidate to be at the conference.
Professor Won is known for his research and publications in the field of concrete pavement engineering. He has over 25 years of experience as a civil engineering professor and in his field of research and has been recognised with numerous awards and honours. Recently, he was awarded the prestigious Richard J. Goss Transportation Civil Engineering Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers for his outstanding contributions in transportation research.
At the ASCP Conference, Professor Won will share his knowledge through two keynote speeches focused on “CRCP Slab Thickness, not as critical as you think” and the “Importance of materials and construction quality for CRCP performance”.
In addition to his keynote speech, Professor Won will also participate in a panel discussion, where he will join other experts to discuss the latest techniques and experiences in concrete pavement engineering. This will provide attendees with an opportunity to ask questions and discuss their own experiences in the field.
Professor Won’s presence at the ASCP Conference will be a great benefit to all attendees, as his expertise and knowledge in the field of concrete pavement engineering will provide valuable insights and information. Don’t miss the opportunity to hear Professor Won speak and learn from his extensive experience.
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NATSPEC is holding seminars across the country in July to early August.
Specifications: Overview, Production and Word processing, provides a brief introduction to specification writing and covers the detailed use of SPECbuilder Live (the new version) which has been developed for use on all operating systems. The seminar will also cover features of Microsoft Word as it applies to specification writing and using NATSPEC and/or AUS-SPEC. This seminar is suitable for new specification writers and those wanting to learn more about SPECbuilder Live.
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