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Greetings From the
President
President: Dan
Zollinger ( Vice-President:
Kathleen Hall ( Secretary-Treasurer:
Mark Snyder ( Directors: 1. Jamshid Armaghani ( 2. Jose Balbo ( 3. Michael Darter ( 4. Anna-Carin
Brink (S.AFRICA) - 4 years 5. Neeraj Buch ( 6. Jean-Pierre Christory
(FRANCE) - 4 years 7. Juan-Pablo Covarrubias
( 8. James Grove ( 9. Fred Hejl ( 10. Andre Jasienski
( 11. Gerry Krozel ( 12. Tatsuo Nishizawa
( 13. George Vorobieff
( 14. Leif Wathne ( In addition to the
above leadership, we also have many members who serve as liaison to the Board
– representing their organizations or their countries. The incoming officers
and directors will be installed at the January 2006 Board and Membership
meeting. All officers will serve
4-year terms. As shown, seven
directors will serve 4-year terms and another seven will serve 2-year terms,
in accordance with the board action taken at the The state of the
Society is very good, both financially and in terms of membership. We have a
good core membership and are striving hard to increase the core membership
and organizational members. During the conference years, our membership
swells and the core members continue to renew membership every year
thereafter. The society will also
be in good hands, under the new leadership of Dan/Katie/Mark and the new
Board. Work will continue on initiatives already in progress and we can count
on new activities that will make the Society more progressive and more
dynamic. We will be discussing many of these items at the next Board and Open
meeting and we will be seeking your advise on the these items. As you have been
alerted by Mark and as noted elsewhere in the newsletter, our next Board and
Open meeting will be held on Sunday, January 22, 2006 at the Marriott Hotel
(Carolina Room) at 5:30 PM, in conjunction with the 85th Annual Meeting of
the Transportation Research Board in Washington, DC. In closing, I would
like to thank you all for your continued support of the Society. It has been
my good fortune and a pleasure to have served as your President over the last
four years. I hope to see most of you on January 22. stayabji@concretepavements.org Renew your ISCP
Membership Online Now! This may be your last ISCP
newsletter if you haven’t renewed your ISCP membership for 2006! ISCP memberships of all types
can now be renewed online using a credit card at https://www.concretepavements.org/Membership/regrenewal.htm. This secure, online renewal site offers
members the option of prepaying their dues at current rates through 2007,
2008 or 2009 for convenience and to avoid possible rate increases in those
years. Receipts are automatically e-mailed for online payments. All nonmember registrants for
the 8th International Conference on Concrete Pavements received
complimentary membership in ISCP for the remainder of 2005, but must renew
that membership now! Please continue to support ISCP’s efforts to further technical education and
research in all areas related to concrete pavements – renew your membership
online today! Note: There is a discrepancy in
the due dates listed on membership invoices (typically January 1) and the
renewal form itself (January 15). Dues
are being considered due on January 15 and memberships will lapse on Annual Meeting and Dinner Reminder The annual meeting of the ISCP board of directors and
membership will be held in the Carolina Room of the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in The meeting will be followed by an optional informal
(social) group dinner in the Cedar Room of the Lebanese Taverna Restaurant at
2641 Connecticut Avenue, NW (across from the Woodley Park Metro Station) from
7:30p – 9:30p. The cost of the dinner
to current ISCP members will be about $10(USD), with the remainder of the
cost subsidized by the Society. The
reservation deadline for the dinner has been extended to January 16, but
remaining space is very limited. Please reserve your space by e-mail to the
secretary-treasurer, Mark Snyder, at msnyder@concretepavements.org. International Journal of Concrete Pavements Vol. 1 No. 1 is out!!! The inaugural edition of the International Journal of Concrete
Pavements (IJCP), the new peer-reviewed electronic journal of ISCP, is
now available for viewing at http://www.concretepavements.org/ijournal.htm. A table of contents of this first edition,
including direct links to the published papers, is listed below. Volume 1, Number pp. i pp. ii Improvement of Aggregate
Interlock Equation Used in Mechanistic Design Software Anna-Carin Brink, Emile Horak, and Alex Visser pp. 1-22 The Effect of Slab
Curvature on IRI Values for Jointed Concrete Pavements Christopher R. Byrum pp. 23-32 Use of Shear
Connectors to Improve Bond in Concrete Overlays Dong-Uk Choi,
Norbert J. Delatte, David W. Fowler, and James O. Jirsa pp. 33-47 Special section –
award winning papers from the 8th International Conference on
Concrete Pavements, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA Eldon J. Yoder Award for Best Paper Improved Techniques
for Assessing Ride Quality in Concrete Pavements Hans Prem and Geoff Aytan pp. 48-65 Bengt Friberg
Award for Best Paper by a Young Author (2 award winning papers) Large-Scale Airfield
Concrete Slab Fatigue Tests Jeffery R. Roesler, Jacob E. Hiller, and Paul C.
Littleton pp. 66-87 Tire-Pavement
Interaction Noise: Recent Research on Concrete Pavement Surface Type and
Texture Narayanan Neithelath, Rolando
Garcia, Jason Weiss, and Jan Olek pp. 88-105 Robert G. Packard Award for Outstanding Paper on
Concrete Pavement Design Design and
Construction of Seamless on Westlink M7 Sydney,
Australia Steve Griffiths, Geoff Bowmaker,
Chris Bryce, and pp. 106-127 For manuscript guidelines and
editorial policies of the IJCP, please go to www.concretepavements.org/Membership/ejournalCFP.htm Specific questions on the
Journal can be directed to Norb Delatte. ISCP Welcomes New
Member Holcim (US) ISCP welcomes Holcim (US) Inc. as one of its newest organizational
members and supporters! Holcim (US) is one of the nation’s leading manufacturers
and suppliers of cement and mineral components. The company has 2400 employees and operates
14 manufacturing plants and over 70 distribution facilities in the Holcim Ltd was founded in 1912 in the While Holcim’s
core business continues to focus on the manufacture, distribution and
marketing of building materials, Holcim recognizes
that there is an accompanying responsibility to tackle the ecological and
social issues associated with industrial operations. Holcim is
committed to sustainable development through good environmental practices and
respectful relations with employees and neighbors. ISCP’s member contact for Holcim (US) Inc. is Mr. Peter Deem, Vice-President of
National and Regional Promotion, 400 Centennial Parkway, Suite 190,
Louisville, CO 80027. Tel. (303)
984-6020. Members are also encouraged to
visit the Holcim website at www.holcim.com.
As a new feature to the
quarterly e-newsletter, ISCP will feature an
honorary member to pay tribute to their respective contributions to the field
of concrete pavements. The first
honorary member to be featured is Gordon Ray, who unfortunately passed away
earlier this month. “Dean of Concrete Paving”
A registered professional
engineer, Mr. Ray was employed by the Portland Cement Association (PCA) for
38 years, directing the As a young civil engineer at
PCA, Mr. Ray teamed up with When this research conclusively
demonstrated that concrete pavements outperformed competing asphalt, Mr. Ray
and other PCA engineers toured highway departments to promote the use of
concrete in the then newly authorized Interstate Highway System and other
roads. Mr. Ray traveled to all 50
states, 10 Canadian provinces, and 19 other countries and wrote numerous
technical papers to promote concrete pavements to public works agencies,
engineering schools, and others.
Eventually 65 percent of interstate highways were built of
concrete. Ray’s Influence Charts and their
successors guided the design of roads and civilian and military airports
during much of the postwar construction boom.
A Fellow of the American Society
of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Mr. Ray served on ASCE committees on structural
design, construction, maintenance, and operation of roads and runways and on
the Permanent International Association of Road Congresses’ Technical
Committee on Concrete Roads. His
contributions to his profession were honored with several awards, including the
American Road Builders Association’s Paul F. Phelan Memorial Award and the
American Concrete Pavement Association’s H.W. Hartman Outstanding Achievement
Award. The International Society for
Concrete Pavements also conferred the status of honorary member to Mr. Ray
during the 8th International Conference on Concrete Pavements in For more than 30 years, Mr. Ray
participated in the National Research Council’s Highway Research Board. There, he chaired its Steering Committee
for the First International Conference on Concrete Pavement Design in 1977
and its successor in 1981. Over time,
as traffic and weather led to the need to upgrade and replace roads, Mr. Ray
also helped shape the agenda for the Transportation Research Board’s National
Seminar on PCC Pavement Recycling and Rehabilitation in 1981. Mr. Ray’s enduring interest in
concrete pavements extended beyond working hours, according to his daughter
Katherine Nelson. “Dad loved to drive the interstates, and it wasn’t uncommon
for him to pull off a highway on a family vacation to walk along a shoulder
inspecting pavement,” Ms. Nelson said.
“He would look for symptoms like cracks or scaling in the pavement,
and could diagnose whether a stretch of rough or crumbling road was caused by
the wrong aggregate, improperly sawed joints, poor design, or some other
problem.” The International Society for
Concrete Pavements offers its condolences to Mr. Ray’s family and regrets the
loss of a great leader in our field. Article adapted from obituary
written by his son, Dan Ray. ACPA Newsletters Concrete Pavement Progress The
latest issues of the American Concrete Pavement Association
is dedicated to Streets & Local Roads. Articles on this topic,
plus Products & Services Spotlight, Tech corner and more. Visit http://www.pavement.com/cpp/2005/CPP-December-05p.htm
Recent
Publications A Field Verification Instrument to Assess the
Placement Accuracy of Dowel Bars and Tie Bars in PCCP October
2005, Kansas Department of Transportation The full report can be obtained
from the KDOT Research Reports Catalog at http://www.ksdot.org/burmatrres/kdotlib2.asp#results
Changing the Shape and Location of Pavement Load Transfer Devices November 2005, in Transportation
Research Record 1907 A field
research project in
November 2005, FHWA Report The report,
Volume II of a three-volume set, provides general instructions on the use and
application of the HIPERPAV II. TRB 85th Annual
Meeting Theses are the titles of some of
the session in this year TRB meeting addressing issues in our industry. For
more details visit www.trb.org ·
Quiet Concrete Pavements: Taking Knowledge to Solutions ·
Portland Cement Concrete Pavement Rehabilitation and Maintenance
Initiatives ·
Portland Cement Concrete Pavement Construction: New Developments
(Poster Session) ·
Contractors' Perspective on Building Portland Cement Concrete
Pavements Through Specifications ·
Innovative Construction Techniques from National Concrete Pavement
Technology Program ·
Mechanistic-Empirical Concrete Pavement Design ·
Concrete Mixtures and ·
Edge and Corner Phenomena in Concrete Pavements ·
Properties and Performance of Materials Used in Joints and Cracks 6th International DUT-Workshop
on Fundamental Modeling of Design and Performance of Concrete Pavements
(formerly the CROW Workshop) In conjunction with the timing
of the 10th International
Symposium on Concrete Roads, the 6th International DUT-Workshop on
Fundamental Modeling of Design and Performance of Concrete Pavements will be
held The main themes of this workshop include the following: 1.
Fundamental modeling of material properties 2.
Theoretical models for concrete pavements 3.
Theoretical models related to pavement performance 4.
Theoretical design of innovative pavement structures Abstracts
are being accepted for review through International
Conference on Long-Life Concrete Pavements The
Federal Highway Administration, American
Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, American Concrete Pavement Association, Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute, Illinois Department of Transportation,
International Society for
Concrete Pavements, and the Portland
Cement Association are sponsoring a the International Conference on
Long-Life Concrete Pavements to be held October 25-26, 2006 in Chicago,
Illinois, USA. This
conference is targeted at pavement, materials, and geotechnical engineering
professionals who are involved in various aspects of concrete pavement
design, construction, testing and evaluation, and rehabilitation. These
professionals include federal, state and municipal engineers; consulting
engineers; contractors; materials suppliers; and academia. Implementable design, construction, maintenance, and
rehabilitation techniques that result in long-lasting concrete pavements will
be the focus of this conference. Abstracts
(one-page) are being accepted for review through Every issue, the ISCP Quarterly
E-Newsletter features a recent thesis or dissertation relating to concrete
pavements and materials from around the world. Interested individuals should submit their
abstract, former university affiliation/advisor, and current position
information to newsletter@concretepavements.org. This quarter, we have a featured abstract
from Dr. Chul Suh. The effect of early opening to traffic on
fatigue life of concrete pavements Dr. Chul
Suh Currently working as a
Postdoctoral Fellow Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at Thesis Advisors: Professors David
W. Fowler and B. Frank McCullough Concrete pavements are subjected
to many traffic-load repetitions prior to achievement of their full design
strength. The effect of early opening to traffic on the life of portland cement concrete pavement systems was evaluated
using experiments and mathematical model. To quantify the loss of life due to
early opening of a rigid pavement system, an appropriate fatigue equation is
fundamentally required. A series of laboratory fatigue tests was performed on
simply supported beams to develop appropriate fatigue relationships for
typical, normal strength
World of Concrete
2006 http://www.worldofconcrete.com/WOC2006/public/enter.aspx Transportation Research
Board 85th Annual Meeting 2006 T&DI Airfield and Highway Pavement
Specialty Conference: Meeting Today’s Challenges with Emerging Technologies http://www.asce.org/conferences/pavements2006 ECF 16 - 16th
European Conference of Fracture 6th International
DUT-Workshop on Fundamental Modeling of Design and Performance of Concrete
Pavements (formerly the CROW Workshop) 10th International
Symposium on Concrete Roads http://www.concreteroads2006.org/ International
Conference on Long-Life Concrete Pavements 8th International
Concrete Conference and Exhibition "Concrete in Hot and Aggressive
Environments" http://www.engineer-bh.com/icce/ Transportation
Research Board 86th Annual Meeting Advanced Characterisation of Pavement and Soil Engineering
Materials http://www.paris2007.route.equipement.gouv.fr/index.en.html 9th International
Conference on Concrete Pavements Organized by ISCP August 2008 at Location to be determined http://www.concretepavements.org/ If you wish to submit an upcoming conference, meeting, or
call for papers for the next ISCP quarterly newsletter (April 2006), please
contact us at newsletter@concretepavements.org. The ISCP Quarterly Newsletter is
edited and maintained by Jake Hiller and Erwin Kohler. Any suggestions or additions to future
newsletters are welcomed at newsletter@concretepavements.org.
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