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ASCP August 2023 F2F Forum: Local Road Pavements, SCM’s and Sustainable Cements, Trial Report and Lesson’s Learned, GFRP and Cast in Loops.

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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...

ASCP May 2023 Forum: Concrete 101 Thickness Design, Non-Erodible Subleases, M12 Motorway project and more.

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                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...

ASCP March 2023 Forum: Concrete 101 – Tiebars & Doweling, AGM, Reinforcing grids, SRA Updates, Lessons learned

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                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...

Tribute Hon. Member Arvo Tinni January 2023

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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...

ASCP Forum – Concrete Pavements: Design, Construct, Maintain, Recycle & Whole of Life Costing – 20 Oct 2022

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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...

ASCP Forum (Online) – Construction, Contractor Capability & Equipment Innovation – 16 Aug 2022

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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...

ASCP Forum – Innovation, Sustainability & Low Carbon Concretes – Tuesday 31st May 2022

Highways, Industrial, Local Government Members Only

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...

ASCP Forum (Online) – Tunnels Pavements, Concrete Supply, Procurement – Tuesday 12 April 2022

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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...

ASCP Forum – Pavement Maintenance and Upgrades, Annual General Meeting, Occasional Speaker, Inaugural Industry Awards Evening

Highways, Local Government Members Only

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...

ASCP Forum (Online) – Specification Updates, Are You Trusted?, New Exec Director, Open Mic

Highways, Industrial Members Only

Concrete is used throughout the World every day in countless diverse applications but it is critically important in terms of performance and durability to understand why the mix design and placement need to be appropriately tailored to suit each application. The inimitable Geoff Ayton will explore what it takes to...

ASCP Forum – Maturity testing | Roller Compacted Concrete | M1RT project | Industry Initiatives

Highways, Industrial Members Only

Maturity testing of concrete, and applications for concrete pavements will be explored by Sabrina Garber from Transtec (USA). On a recent motorway project in Sydney roller compacted concrete was adopted as a working platform for pavement construction on local government roads. The successes and lessons learnt will be explored by...

ASCP Forum – Sustainability- Mecla, Westconnex 3b Rozelle & Slab Replacement

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The objectives of MECLA and why cutting embodied carbon matters will be put forward by Hudson Worsley.  How MECLA came to be set up, the findings of its foundation research, who is involved, how it works and what it hopes to achieve will be addressed. Veronica Prado, Timothy Cook and...