Pavement
NRMCA recently joined the Wyoming Technology Transfer Center and the American Concrete Pavement Association's Colorado/Wyoming Chapter in sponsoring a program entitled "What’s New in the Concrete Pavement Industry" in Riverton and Buffalo, WY. NRMCA Vice President, Local Paving, Don Clem provided several presentations on concrete parking lots, including overlays, as well as the NRMCA DAP program. Angela Folkestad, PE, and Jamie Johnson, PE, ACPA CO/ WY provided several presentations focused on streets and local roads. More than 30 professionals from Cody, Casper, Riverton, Green River, counties of Sheridan and Campbell, as well as engineers from WYDOT, BLM, and other firms, attended the program. While in northern Wyoming, Clem also met with member company representatives and documented the performance of several concrete overlay projects in Sheridan.
For more information, contact Don Clem at dclem@nrmca.org.
NRMCA Senior Director, Local Paving, Amanda Hult recently discussed basic concrete pavement design with students at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Auburn University. The presentations were coordinated by Alabama Concrete Industries Association’s John Sorrell and focused on conventional, pervious and roller compacted concrete, and concrete overlays. The students were encouraged to include a well-designed concrete option for every project, as competition is good, noted Hult. She also praised the professors for allowing the concrete industry to present to the students.
"Thank you for allowing the concrete industry to expose your students to the different concrete paving options out there in the market," Hult said. "Hopefully, we have planted a seed in their minds so when they enter the marketplace, they may present other options to their clients. This was something that I learned 10 years after entering the working world."
For more information, contact Amanda Hult at ahult@nrmca.org.
Swederski Concrete Construction, Inc. met the owner’s challenge of minimal out-of-service time by placing 80,000 square feet of paving and material receiving area in one day, reports NRMCA Senior Vice President, Local Paving, Jon Hansen. Utilizing three laser guided placement screeds and a Saturday commitment from a ready mix producer for just this job, the project northwest of Chicago highlights the speed and back in service time that concrete is capable of yet so often is seen as a disadvantage.
"Swederski Concrete Construction, Inc. continually pushes the envelope in parking lot paving, whether it be in tackling a challenging overlay or like this project, meeting the customer requirement of reducing the onsite time," Hansen said.
Check the more than 60 project videos on the Swederski Concrete channel on YouTube. For more information, contact Jon Hansen at jhansen@nrmca.org.
NRMCA Senior Vice President, Local Paving, Julie Buffenbarger was moderator of the "Stormwater Management with Permeable Surface Solutions Workshop" hosted at RPM International headquarters in Medina, OH, on Friday, October 28. The full-day(seen here) workshop was delivered to a sold-out audience of over 110 engineers, planners and other decision makers. The program, underwritten by an Ohio Environmental Education Fund grant, was co-developed among NRMCA, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Chagrin River Watershed Partners and the city of Cleveland’s Office of Sustainability. Topics included Site Planning, Hydrological Performance of Permeable Pavements, Permeable Pavement Design, Porous, Pervious and Permeable Pavements, Installation of Permeable Systems, Lessons Learned, Vegetative Roofs and Roofing BMPs for Low Impact Development, Pervious Maintenance Needs, Methods and Practices, and Pervious Maintenance and Cleaning. Ken Justice, NRMCA senior director, local paving, was a featured speaker at this conference, explaining the benefits of pervious concrete.The NRMCA Local Paving Division kicks off its Webinar season by hosting the ever-popular Introduction to Concrete Pavement Analyst Webinar on Tuesday, November 29, at 2 p.m. Eastern time. Concrete Pavement Analyst (CPA) software is a flexible, market-specific and comprehensive sales and promotion tool. Using ACI and the Asphalt Institute recommendations, CPA compares total ownership costs, giving specifiers and owners the information they need to make sound parking lot pavement decisions.
Presented by Vice President, Local Paving Phil Kresge, this Webinar provides step-by-step instructions on how to use CPA to produce equivalent concrete and pavement designs as well as detailed life-cycle cost comparisons. Additionally, attendees will learn about strategies for making effective use of this outstanding tool. NRMCA members pay only $35 to register for the one-hour program. Non-member registration fee is $70 per person.
Click here to register. For more information, contact Phil Kresge at pkresge@nrmca.org.
