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What’s
New at ISCP Corporate
Profiles: CMC and Dynatest Industry
Notes Research
News Honorary
Member Profile: Bill Dearasaugh, Jr. Upcoming
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The
9th International Conference is Approaching!
Register
online NOW for the 9th International Conference on Concrete Pavements in San
Francisco, California, August 17-21, 2008 at: http:// www.concretepavements.org/9thiccp/registration.html More
than 20 technical sessions are scheduled, featuring more than 80 papers on
almost every major concrete pavement-related topic under the sun, presented
by many of the foremost experts in concrete pavement technology from around
the world! Check out the preliminary
conference program online at: http://www.concretepavements.org/9thiccp/Event%20program_web.pdf And,
as if that isn’t enough, there will also be nine different workshops on
topics including Sustainability in Concrete Pavement Technology, 100-year
Concrete Pavements, Precast Concrete Paving and many more! Throw in a poster board competition
presenting cutting edge research–in-progress by graduate students from
leading universities, and you have an event that you can’t afford to miss!
Come early… Stay late… See and experience Updates
on ISCP Workshop in The
registration process is almost completed for the 2nd Workshop on
Advanced Characterization, Modeling, and Design of Concrete Pavements on https://nevis.globat.com/~concretepavements.org/workshop_registration.htm The
workshop hotel is at the Berkeley Marina and reservations can be made at: www.berkeleymarina.doubletree.com. A negotiated
rate of USD$149/night (includes internet connection) is available until Final
abstracts for workshop presentations should be sent to chairmen Jeff Roesler or Lev Khazanovich before For
more information please visit http://www.concretepavements.org/2ndworkshop/ B.F.
McCullough Award Student Poster Competitors Receive Conference Fee Waivers Twenty
students from 10 different universities in Elin
Jensen, the Chair of the Poster Committee, invites conference attendees to
stop by the posters to discuss the work with the student authors and
congratulate them on their achievements and contribution to the concrete
pavement industry. Call
for Nominations of Honorary Members The
Society is seeking nominations for Honorary Membership for consideration by
the Board of Directors. Honorary
members are individuals that have provided exemplary service to the
International Society for Concrete Pavements and/or to the improvement of
concrete pavement technology over his/her career. ISCP
has honored 16 individuals with honorary member status since 2001. Current ISCP Honorary Members can be viewed
at: http://www.concretepavements.org/honorary_members.htm Nominations
for honorary membership may be submitted to the ISCP Secretary mbsnyder@concretepavements.org using the
standard nomination form at any time by any ISCP member in good standing. On
June 30 of each year, the ISCP secretary prepares copies of all active
nominations and distributes them to the ISCP Board of Directors for
consideration at their mid-year meeting. Honorary members will be inducted at
the next annual membership meeting of the ISCP. For more details on the
Honorary Member procedures and details, please go to: http://www.concretepavements.org/Membership/honorary.htm Come
Check out the New ISCP Website!
ISCP
has recently revamped our website (http://www.concretepavements.org) to provide a cleaner
look and easier access to our more popular online features such as the
following: ·
9th
International Conference on Concrete Pavements ·
Second
Workshop on Advanced Characterization, Modeling, and Design of Concrete
Pavements ·
Updated
international event calendar · Archived versions
of the e-Newsletter · Online
registration and membership renewals · And much more!!! Come
to see the changes and keep coming back for the most up-to-date information
on the Society as we continue to grow.
Comments and suggestions on improving the website are welcomed and can
be sent to Jake Hiller at website@concretepavements.org.
ISCP welcomes its two newest organizational members: Commercial
Materials Company and Dynatest. For
more information on supporting the ISCP mission as an organizational member,
please contact ISCP Secretary/Treasurer, Mark Snyder at mbsnyder@concretepavements.org or go to: https://nevis.globat.com/~concretepavements.org/Membership/organization_registration.htm Commercial Metals
Company (CMC)
For
over 50 years, CMC has been a leading supplier of rebar and
construction-related products for highway, road and bridge construction
across the Learn more about
CMC at their website: http://www.cmc.com/ Dynatest Dynatest was founded by a group of engineers and technicians who
combined science, technology and business into the development and
manufacturing of highly specialized equipment and a methodology for pavement
engineering. The first Dynatest
product, the Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD), has become a product
acknowledged for its quality and reliability since it was first introduced
more than 30 years ago. In addition to
FWDs, Dynatest now offers a wide range of equipment and services for pavement
structural and functional evaluations and research, such as pavement friction
testers, Road/Runway Surface Profilometers®, Digital Highway Data Vehicles
(DHDV) for automated pavement condition surveys, Heavy Vehicle Simulators
(HVS), pavement instrumentation sensors, and Pavement Management Systems.
TRB Committee AFH50 Holds Mid-year Meeting The
mid-year meeting of TRB Committee AFH50 (Portland Cement Concrete Pavement
Construction) was held in The
following sessions were proposed for the 2009 Annual TRB Meeting: Design-Build Concrete Pavement
Projects: Size Doesn’t Matter;
Specialty Applications for Concrete Pavements (co-sponsored with TRB
Committee AFN40); Concrete Paving Mixture Optimization (co-sponsored with TRB
Committee AFN40); and Construction Techniques to Minimize Curling and
Warping. The AFH50 committee is also
proposing a webinar on Construction of PCCP General Aviation Airports Around
the Nation. The committee will be
co-sponsoring a full-day workshop emphasizing research, construction
applications, sustainability, and their interaction with the CP Road Map. The
AFH50 committee also notes that two open houses will be held on recent
concrete pavement construction projects: in Norfolk, Virginia, USA on July 30
for a CRCP project on I-64 (hosted by the Virginia DOT), and near Abilene,
Kansas, USA in September for a 2-lift construction project on I-70 (hosted by the Kansas DOT).
TRB Papers Now Being Accepted
The
The
spotlight theme for 2009 is Transportation, Energy, and Climate Change. Although all transportation- or
pavement-related papers are welcome many workshops and sessions will focus on
the spotlight theme. The specific concrete pavement-related calls for papers
included: · Advances
in Recycled and Alternate Concrete Materials · Coefficient
of Thermal Expansion for Concrete · Emerging
Concrete Technologies Maintenance
and Preservation of Transportation Structures · Nanotechnology-based
Concrete Materials
· New
Developments in Air Entrainment Technology of Concrete · Widening
the Vision of Acceptable Materials for Sustainable Concrete For
more information, visit http://trb.org/. CP Tech Center Investigates
Surface Texture The
The
section is over two miles long and includes 18 different textures. Some have burlap or turf pretexture and
others don’t. The surface texture includes
longitudinal and transverse tining at different spacing and depths, as well
as drag textures from turf and burlap.
One diamond grinding section is also included. Testing was initiated immediately after
construction (pre-broom; pre-traffic), just prior to traffic (post-broom),
six months after opening, 1.5 years after opening, and 2.5 years after
opening. Tests
include On Board Sound Intensity (OBSI) at the tire-pavement interface,
texture measurements with the Robo-Tex, wayside noise, in-vehicle noise, and
friction measurements with the skid trailer and dynamic friction meter. Results can be found on the CP Tech Center
website: www.cptechcenter.org. Other
work activities for the project include development of a better practices
manual for constructing and texturing concrete pavements. That manual should be available in late
summer.
Bill Dearasaugh,
Jr. was born in Then came his real opportunity to serve the
cement and concrete industry as a paving engineer with the Portland Cement
Association, covering After 8 years with the PCA, he became a Senior
Staff Officer in the NCHRP program, administering approximately 20
pavement-related research projects a year.
He also participated in the Scanning Tour of European Concrete
Highways in 1992. While at TRB, he
was the Engineer of Design in the Technical Activities Division, with staff
responsibility for 24 Standing Committees in the General Design, Pavement
Management, and Structures Sections. Bill is now enjoying retirement by playing on two
softball teams, golfing often and playing racquetball at least once a
week. He has successfully battled and
recovered from pancreatic cancer. He
has led a full life, much of which has been dedicated to concrete pavements. ISCP is proud to have Bill Dearasaugh, Jr. as an
Honorary Member! 6th International Conference on Road and Airfield
Pavement Technology
8th International Conference on Creep, Shrinkage, and
Durability of Concrete and Concrete Structures (CONCREEP 8) 3rd International Conference on Accelerated Pavement
Testing ASCE TD&I Pavement Conference 6th Symposium on Pavement Surface Characteristics
(SURF 2008) ACI Fall Convention
88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research
Board January 11-15,
2009 in Washington, D.C., USA http://trb.org/meeting/2009/default.asp
April 22-24, 2009
in St. Louis, Missouri, USA http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/pavement/concrete/2009CPTPconf.cfm
Eighth International Conference on the Bearing
Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields
Sixth International Conference on Maintenance and
Rehabilitation of Pavements and Technological Control (MAIRE PAV 6)
GeoHunan International Conference on Challenges and
Recent Advances in Pavement Technologies and Transportation Geotechnics
If
you wish to submit an announcement and/or link for 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 produced by Editor-in-Chief, Amanda Bordelon, Associate Editor,
Dr. Jake Hiller, and Assistant Editors: Cristian Gaedicke, Corey Zollinger,
and Nancy Whiting. Suggestions for
future e-newsletters are welcomed at newsletter@concretepavements.org.
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