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What Happens When the Fly Ash Runs Out? Bruce Perry1 1 National Customer Technical Support Manager, Cement Australia ABSTRACT For many years, the replacement of cement with fly ash in pavement concrete mixes has been mandated by infrastructure asset owners. In NSW, R82 requires a minimum 40% replacement level whereas...

Research Outcomes and Future Needs for Australian Rigid Airport Pavements Greg White1 & Sean Jamieson2 1 Director, Airport Pavement Research, PhD, MEng, MTech, BE(Civil), CPEng, University of the Sunshine Coast 2 PhD Candidate, MSc(Eng), BE(Civil), CPEng, University of the Sunshine Coast ABSTRACT Since the time that the Australian airports were...

Eric 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 encyclopaedia. He is also...

FROM THE PRESIDENT On behalf of the Conference Steering Committee, it is our pleasure to invite your organisation to participate in the 7th ASCP Concrete Pavements Conference. This event will be held at Novotel Northbeach in Wollongong, NSW -- kicking off Sunday 22nd (welcome reception) with two (2) days of...

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...

          Words delivered by Peter Tamsett I expect most of you are aware that David Dash passed away on Saturday 7 August 2021 and I was asked by Jamie Egan to prepare this short video tribute. To put it briefly, David’s achievements have been enormous but...

Financial Statements for the Year Ended December 31, 2022, Together with Statement by Committee and Independent Auditor’s Review Report. Fiscal results: During the year the Incorporated Entity continued to pursue its objectives actively. The operations for the year ended December 31, 2022 resulted in total income of $249,709. Expenditure for the Incorporated Entity...

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...

Over the service life of a heavy-duty concrete pavement, concrete pavements will gradually degrade in ride quality and the slab surface may lose some of its initial texture, leading to a reduction in skid resistance and/or increased risk of aquaplaning. This Pavement Note summarises the types and causes of occasional...