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Message from the President
More than ever before, good understanding of concrete
pavement technology is needed to address the demanding longevity and
sustainability requirements associated with the quality of life we all seek,
and we can visualize being immeasurably benefited by the more effective application
of concrete pavement technolgoy. ISCP
is genuinely committed to technology transfer on a worldwide basis, but there
is a need to step up our efforts to develop the information infrastructure of
the Society. We have gotten a start on
a variety of outreach efforts, but need to double these efforts in order to
accelerate the progress that has taken place to date. The task is enormous but nonetheless worthwhile; improving
the transfer of technology through conferences (either national, regional, or
international conferences), workshops, seminars, workshops, document caches,
etc., will continue for many years to come.
Key members of the Board are initiating efforts to facilitate
technology transfer in a variety of forms.
George Vorobieff and José Balbo have been successful in coordinating co-sponsorship
of a conference in Dan Zollinger International Conference on
Concrete Pavements – ISCP is pleased to announce that the Society is
co-sponsoring the International Conference on Concrete Pavements – Papers and conference presentations are being solicited for
a wide range of topics dealing with concrete pavement innovations, including
(but not limited to): concrete pavement analysis, design, and construction;
concrete materials and pavement performance; joint performance; different
types of concrete pavements and overlays; post-construction evaluation;
long-term performance; ecological issues; economics; and more. Papers and presentations dealing with emerging topics are
also encouraged. Additional details
(including specific areas of interest, preliminary technical program and
abstract submittal form) are provided in the Conference Announcement and Call
for Papers that will be posted very soon on the ISCP website at www.concretepavements.org.
A spouse/guest program is also planned; details will be presented in the
conference registration packet. Letters of intent to submit (abstract submittals) are due Watch the ISCP website for additional information on this
important event! ISCP “Mid-Year” Board Meeting
moved to The 2009 “mid-year” meeting of ISCP’s Board of Directors
has been reset for the week of November 16-19, 2009 in Santiago, Chile. Tentative plans include a one-day ISCP Board
meeting on Monday (Nov 16), followed by a 2.5-day Congress on Concrete
Pavements at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in Santiago (with
presentations being made by Board members and proceeds of the Congress being
used to defray the travel and meeting costs).
Special thanks go to Juan Pablo Covarrubias, along with his
son, Juan Pablo Jr., and Mr. Guillermo Thenoux of the The agenda for the Board meeting is expected to be very
full as many important decisions regarding ISCP’s future direction and
management need to be addressed.
Additional details concerning the meeting and Congress will be mailed
to all Board members and posted on the ISCP website (www.concretepavements.org)
as they become available. As always,
the Board meeting will be open to all members. ISCP Board and Officer Elections
Planned Terms will expire in January 2010 for all ISCP Officers
(President, Vice-President and Secretary-Treasurer) as well as seven
Directors. Elections are being planned
to follow the November Board Meeting (when the Nominating Committee’s slate
of candidates will be finalized and approved) and newly elected officers and
directors will serve 4-year terms beginning Directors with terms that expire in January 2010 are: ·
José Balbo, ·
Anna-Carin Brink, UWP Consulting ( ·
Jean-Pierre Christory, LROP (FRANCE) ·
Juan Pablo Covarrubias, Litoral Ingeniería Ltda. ( ·
Michael I. Darter, Applied Research Associates, Inc. ( ·
James Grove, ·
André Jasienski, FEBELCEM ( New criteria and procedures for the nomination and election
of officer and director candidates were established at the August 2008 Board
meeting. These can be found on the
ISCP website at: http://www.concretepavements.org/Meetings/8-16-08%20Draft%20Bd%20Meeting%20Minutes.pdf Standard nomination forms and nomination instructions will
soon be made available on the ISCP website.
Members are strongly encouraged to identify and nominate worthy
candidates for any and all positions.
Check the ISCP website and upcoming newsletters for additional
information on the call for nominees and election details. Call for Honorary Member Nominations
The Society is seeking nominations for Honorary Membership
for consideration by the Board of Directors at the upcoming mid-year meeting
in http://www.concretepavements.org/honorary_members.htm Nominations for honorary membership may be submitted to the
ISCP Secretary using the standard nomination form (available at the link
below) at any time by any ISCP member in good standing. The deadline for nominations for induction
in 2010 has been extended to For more details on the Honorary Member procedures and
details, please go to: http://www.concretepavements.org/Membership/honorary.htm
EUPAVE 11th Symposium
Call for Abstracts Deadline Extended The deadline for submitting abstracts for the EUPAVE 11th
International Symposium on Concrete Roads, 2010 has been extended to August 15th. Abstracts
for proposed manuscripts should be submitted in English by email to the
Symposium Secretariat at info@eupave.eu. For more information on the 11th International Symposium on
Concrete Roads 2010, which will be held from International Conference on
Sustainable Concrete Pavements to be Held in California The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)'s Advanced
Concrete Pavement Technology (ACPT) Program and the National Concrete
Pavement Technology Center (NCPTC) at Iowa State University are sponsoring
the "International Conference on Sustainable Concrete Pavements: Practice,
Challenges, and Directions". This
conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency hotel in downtown This 2.5-day
conference is being developed to provide highway and airport agencies and the
concrete paving industry with the most current information on sustainability
considerations for concrete pavements. Through an international forum, the
conference will discuss the sustainable attributes of concrete pavements by
presenting existing technologies, emerging research, approaches to measuring
energy and environmental impact, user considerations, and international
practices and experience. The forum will present improved and innovative
processes for achieving sustainable concrete pavements throughout the
pavement’s life cycle. Papers and conference presentations are solicited both
nationally and internationally on a wide range of topics dealing with best
practices for building new sustainable concrete pavements and for sustainably
managing and preserving existing highway and airfield concrete pavements. Some
of the topics of interest are: sustainable strategies for concrete materials,
mix designs, pavement design, construction, rehabilitation practices,
life-cycle assessment, and quantification of environmental and social
considerations. Papers on international best practices and future directions
are especially welcomed. The papers
will be peer-reviewed by the Technical Program Subcommittee. One-page abstracts are due on For further information about the conference please go to
the website: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/pavement/concrete/2010acptpconf.cfm 7th International DUT-Workshop
Call for Abstracts In
cooperation with CROW
Technology Centre,
Netherlands
Cement Industry ENCI B.V.,
FEBELCEM, EUPAVE and the International
Society for Concrete Pavements,
the Delft
University of Technology
(DUT) is organizing the 7th International DUT-Workshop on Design and
Performance of Sustainable and Durable Concrete Pavements on October, 10-11,
2010 near Seville, Spain. In the
spirit of previous workshops, this event will be held in conjunction with the
11th
International Symposium on Concrete Roads (organized by
EUPAVE) on The
Workshop is of special interest to experts and researchers in the field of
design and performance of sustainable and durable concrete pavements for
roads, bridges, airports, industrial yards and railways. Past workshops have included researchers
from around the globe and have been conducted in unique settings with an
interactive format to promote discussion and hospitality. In order to ensure a maximum amount of
time for discussion, the number of participants will be limited to 40. A call for abstracts (in English with
maximum of 200 words) has been issued with a deadline of For
more information, please go to the workshop website at: http://www.citg.tudelft.nl/live/pagina.jsp?id=46c8bc2d-df2b-44c7-8cda-fc456c6c9648&lang=en
The
engineering staff and technical committees at CRSI actively participate in
building code and specification groups to ensure that reinforcing steel
issues are appropriately represented. CRSI members and staff actively
participate in technical committees at relevant professional organizations including
American Concrete Institute ( CRSI’s
highly respected technical publications such as design handbooks, manuals of
standard practice, construction manuals, and software programs are used
throughout the Corporate
members have access to the latest in reinforced concrete detailing,
fabrication and construction information, participation in employee training
programs or industry representation at trade shows, conferences and state and
federal government functions. CRSI market development efforts focus on
regional and national promotions.
Regional programs specifically target key decision makers on a local
level. National programs promote the
advantages of using reinforced concrete as a structural system and also
provide the tools for effective regional promotion. For
more information about CRSI or to learn about membership, please visit the
website:
ACPA’s Mid-Year
Meeting in July The
American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) is holding its mid-year meeting
from For
more information on the mid-year meeting, please visit ACPA’s website: Workshop on
Computer Modeling Hosted by ACBM/NIST The
Center for Advanced Cement-Based Materials (ACBM), the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST), and The
focus of the workshop is on cement-based materials, showing how
microstructure development during hydration and subsequent properties can be
computed with three- dimensional models. An emphasis of the workshop is how
experimental materials science data can combine synergistically with
computational materials science results to help solve the complex problems of
concrete. The
3-day workshop is tutorial in nature, and is intended to be useful both to
those who do experimental work and would like to learn how computer models
can contribute to their research, as well as to those who themselves do
computer modeling. The workshop is made up of lectures from NIST personnel,
invited lectures from distinguished researchers in academia and government,
and 15-minute talks from the workshop attendees themselves highlighting their
areas of technical interest. An
electronic version of the announcement and schedule can be found online
entitled “Modeling and Measuring the Structure and Properties of Cement-Based
Materials”. Registration is free for
the workshop, however those interested in attending must register for the
workshop and reserve their hotel for the workshop rate by http://ciks.cbt.nist.gov/~garbocz/workshop.html ACPA Offers
Publication on Stormwater Management with Pervious Concrete Pavement The
American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) announces the availability of
“Stormwater Management with Pervious Concrete Pavement” (IS334-P). This publication is one of the
Association’s most popular publications, which covers the very timely topic
of pervious pavements. The
popular publication covers topics such as application, construction and
design considerations, limitations, maintenance and effectiveness. Detailed sample cross sections for several
scenarios are also included. All
figures have been updated to now include both English and metric units. Also, the “References” and “Additional
Resources” sections have been greatly expanded and updated to better reflect
the relatively recent adoption of pervious concrete pavement by an ever
expanding number of specifying agencies.
Just a few examples include: • American Concrete Institute (ACI)
guidance documents and specifications, • • Research by the National Ready Mixed
Concrete Association, and • State Department of Transportation
research reports. The
publication also cites ACPA’s “PerviousPave,” a new software program
currently in development by ACPA. This
program will be the first formal design procedure/software created
exclusively for the purpose of designing pervious concrete pavements. The price of IS334-P is $4.50 for members,
$18 for non-members. The
publication is available by contacting ACPA’s Gloria Hallman at 847-966-2272
(
TRB Data Analysis
Working Group (DAWG) (Held in conjunction with MAIREPAV6) Sixth
International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements and
Technological Control (MAIREPAV6) GeoHunan
International Conference on Challenges and Recent Advances in Pavement
Technologies and Transportation Geotechnics 9th International
Conference of Chinese Transportation Professionals (ICCTP 2009) 20th
ACBM/NIST Computer Modeling Workshop
4th International Conference on Modern Technologies in
Highway Engineering XV Argentine
Congress on Road Safety and Traffic 21st
Ninth
International Symposium on Brittle Matrix Composites ( TREMTI 3: 3rd
International Symposium on Stabilization and Recycling
International RILEM
Conference on Progress of Recycling in the Built Environment 89th
Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 13th International
Winter Road Congress 1st International
Conference on Pavement Preservation 2010 First
International Conference on Nanotechnology in Cement and Concrete 7th International
Conference on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures GeoShanghai 2010 International
Conference on Sustainable Concrete Pavements: Practices, Challenges, and Directions
10th International
Conference on Low-Volume Roads 24th
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 E-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 newsletters are welcomed at newsletter@concretepavements.org.
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