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What’s
New at ISCP Honorary
Member Profile: Paul Teng Industry
Notes Upcoming
Events
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The annual
combined membership and board of directors meeting was held on January 20 at
the Marriott Hotel in
• A discussion of the need for newsletter
article submissions from ISCP members.
These can be research news, industry news, thesis abstracts, event
announcements, etc. All submittals
should be sent electronically to: newsletter@concretepavements.org • Volunteers are needed to provide
translations of the newsletter and website into languages other than English. • A budget and plans were presented (and
approved) for the August 2007 ISCP Strategic Planning Meeting and Conference
to be held in • Plans were presented for a pre-conference
workshop on Fundamental Modeling of Concrete Pavements, to be held in advance
of the 9th International Conference.
• New honorary members Hermann Sommer ( • The Society operating budget for 2007 was
reviewed and approved. More details on
these highlights and other meeting details are available in the meeting
minutes, which are posted on the ISCP website at www.concretepavements.org. After the
meeting, Juan Pablo Covarrubias led a brief roundtable discussion of concrete
pavement curling and warping issues.
An optional group dinner was held later at a local restaurant. 9th International Conference, Call for Papers Announced
The 9th Conference is expected to
attract more than 500 attendees.
Current plans call for as many as 70 paper presentations, several
technical workshops, an exhibition hall, and a student posterboard
competition. Registration packets will
be mailed to all ISCP members and previous Conference attendees in early May. A pdf version of the
Announcement/Call for Papers is available on the ISCP website at http://www.concretepavements.org/CFCS_CallforPapers.pdf.
For more information, contact Kathleen Hall (Conference Chair) at kthall64@comcast.net. Support for 9th Conference is International! The following organizations have
agreed to co-sponsor ISCP’s upcoming 9th Conference: ·
U.S.
Federal Highway Administration ·
American
Concrete Pavement Association ·
CALTRANS ·
Cement Association of Canada ·
Cement & Concrete Institute
(South Africa) ·
Concrete Reinforcing Steel
Institute (CRSI) ·
Transportation Research Board ·
University of California Pavement Research Center. ISCP thanks these co-sponsors for their support! (Additional co-sponsorship
opportunities are available; representatives of interested organizations
should contact ISCP Secretary-Treasurer Mark Snyder at mbsnyder@concretepavements.org.) ISCP Website Viewed from 92
different countries! ISCP’s
website usage is monitored by Globat.com. A review of their
statistics for 2006 reveals that the website is becoming a valuable resource
for concrete pavement technology information for users from around the world! For example, in 2006, an average
of 845 viewers per month visited the ISCP website and viewed a total of more
than 80,000 pages. The top 5 ISCP
pages viewed in 2006 were: International Journal of Concrete Pavements, the
8th Conference Fracture Workshop Proceedings, the 8th International
Conference homepage, the Membership page, and the ISCP homepage. The international appeal of the
organization is reflected by the following statistic: the website was visited
by viewers from 92 different countries in 2006. The top 10 countries (based
on numbers of pages viewed on the website) in 2006 were: United States,
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Brazil, Italy, Germany,
India, and Portugal. Recent interest in translation of the ISCP e-newsletters
led to an interest in the languages of those who view the website. The top 3
languages of viewers are: English, Portuguese and Spanish.
Paul Teng was born in Mr. Teng joined the Mississippi
State Highway Department in 1966, and held a range of engineering and
research positions with the Department between 1966 and 1981. He conducted many field experiments with
soil cement stabilization, and was responsible for a research and evaluation
program on Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement (CRCP) that laid the
groundwork for improving the design and construction of CRCP, and also
established guidelines for the maintenance and rehabilitation of CRCP. In 1976, he worked with the late Bengt
Friberg on the design and construction of a large prestressed concrete
pavement research project for the Mississippi State Highway Department. In 1981, Paul joined the FHWA as
Federal Program Manager for the Office of Research, where he directed
research programs in pavement design and rehabilitation. In 1983, he was transferred to the Office
of Highway Operations’ Construction and Maintenance Division. He developed the concept of FHWA’s Pavement
Design and Rehabilitation Review Team and visited almost all of the 50 In 1986, Mr. Teng was promoted to
the position of Chief of the Pavement Design and Rehabilitation Branch in the
Office of Engineering. Under his
leadership, FHWA published the much acclaimed Pavement Rehabilitation Manual
and Pavement Notebook for FHWA Engineers.
In 1991, he established the Long-Term Pavement Performance Division in
the Office of Research, Development and Technology, and he was responsible
for the transition of the Strategic Highway Research Program activities from
the National Research Council to the FHWA in 1992. Paul became the Chief of the
FHWA’s Pavement Division in 1994, where he was responsible for providing
direction and leadership in the development of national policy, standards and
guides for the structural design and rehabilitation of roadway pavements and
pavement management practices. Mr. Teng was appointed Director
of FHWA’s Office of Infrastructure Research and Development in March 1999,
where he directed a multi-level R&D staff that was responsible for the
improvement of highway infrastructure-related technology. He also represented FHWA in many
international professional activities, including: the World Road
Association’s (PIARC) Pavement Committees; European Union’s highway R&D
projects; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Road
Transport and Intermodal research; and active participation in all
international pavement related technical activities. Paul retired from the FHWA in May
2005, but still maintains an active interest in pavement design, performance,
construction and research activities.
He and his wife Rita live in In recognition of his
accomplishments and contributions to the concrete paving profession, Mr. Teng
was inducted into the International Society for Concrete Pavements as an
Honorary Member on Last Call for Papers – IBRACON Workshop on Best Practices The Brazilian Concrete Institute
(IBRACON) and ISCP are co-sponsoring an International Workshop on Best Practices for Concrete Pavements
on The organizers have received 36
abstracts from authors across the world.
In addition to presentations by authors, this workshop will be
highlighted by six presentations (around 90 minutes each) from international
experts concerning the best practices around the world for the design,
specifications, structural analysis, construction issues, maintenance and
performance of concrete pavements. Final papers for this workshop are due by
Monday, March 5, 2007. Workshop registration will begin
in March 2007. Publication of
individual papers will require advance registration by at least one of the
authors. To find more information on the Workshop online, please visit the
official website at: http://ibracon1.locaweb.com.br/eventos/pavement.workshop/informacoes.asp State-of-Practice Manual Published for Concrete Pavements
Seventeen concrete materials and
construction experts from across the A limited number of copies can be
obtained for free through state concrete paving association chapters and
through the American Concrete Pavement Association. More information can be
found at: http://www.cptechcenter.org/publications/imcp/index.cfm CRCP for a section of the
Zhang-Shi Freeway in China
In
just four years (from 2001 to 2005), the Chinese expressway network grew by
24,700 km (15,350 miles), more than doubling the total length of the network
to more than 41,000 km (25,500) miles.
By comparison, the
A
new Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement (CRCP) with Asphalt Concrete
(AC) wearing course will constitute one section of the Zhang-Shi Freeway,
which begins at the city of Approximately
25 percent of Chinese expressways are paved using ( Contributed
by Prof. Yang Jun, Other
source: http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-01-29-china-roads_x.htm 2007 FAA Worldwide Airport
Technology Transfer Conference and Exposition http://www.airporttech.tc.faa.gov/naptf/att07/ National Conference on Pavement
Management http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/pavement/management/2007pmconf.cfm 18th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Division
Conference: Symposium of Pavement Mechanics and Materials June 3-6, 2007 in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA http://www.cpe.vt.edu/emd2007/index.html http://www.cee.mtu.edu/~zyou/EM2007-Pavement.pdf Fifth International Conference on
Concrete under Severe Conditions: Environment and Loading
Fifth International
Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements and Technological
Control http://www.paris2007-route.fr/index.php?lang=en First International Conference on
Recent Advances in Concrete Technology
http://www.ibracon.org.br/pavement.workshop International Conference on
Optimizing Paving Concrete Mixtures and Accelerated Concrete Pavement
Construction and Rehabilitation http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/pavement/concrete/2007cptpconf.cfm 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation
Research Board First International Symposium on
Transportation and Development Innovative Practices 6th RILEM International Conference
on Pavement Cracking 6th International Conference
on Road and Airfield Pavement Technology http://www.jsce.or.jp/committee/pavement/icpt2008.html
Organized
by ISCP http://www.concretepavements.org/ 3rd International Conference on
Accelerated Pavement Testing
Organized
by ISCP Tentatively
scheduled for August 2012 in http://www.concretepavements.org/ If
you wish to submit an upcoming conference, meeting, or call for papers for
the next ISCP e-newsletter, please contact us at newsletter@concretepavements.org. The
ISCP Newsletter is maintained by Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Erwin Kohler, Associate
Editor, Jake Hiller, and Assistant Editor, Amanda Bordelon. Suggestions for future e-newsletters are
welcomed at newsletter@concretepavements.org.
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