January 26-27, 2022

Holiday Inn, Orlando Airport

Matt Sitter
President
Florida Concrete & Products Association

Florida Concrete and Products Association Welcome Remarks

Florida Concrete and Products Association has a long history in the State of Florida and is the newest chapter of the American Concrete Pavement Association with dedicated staff supporting local concrete paving projects. Join the conference to hear how we are working hard to help Florida transition to a more resilient state.

Laura O’Neill Kaumo
President
American Concrete Pavement Association

American Concrete Pavement Association Welcome Remarks

ACPA update on the U.S. concrete paving industry, ACPA recent activities and accomplishments. Outlook for the paving industry with new infrastructure funding. The role concrete pavements can play in fostering healthy inter-industry competition as well as in strategic applications like high truck traffic routes and flood-prone corridors.

FDOT welcome update on budget and new funding

Update on Department projects with stimulus funds as well as plans for new infrastructure bill funds. Long rang planning for Florida growth continuing at approximately 900 persons per day moving to Florida.

Tim Lattner
Director, Office of Design
Florida Department of Transportation

Florida Concrete Paving Projects

Current state of the concrete paving market in Florida. Including past concrete pavement projects (including quantities placed and cost) for the last 5 years and concrete pavement candidate list  (current list of committed projects with schedule and cost) for next 5 years.

Mike Praul
Senior Concrete Engineer
FHWA, Office of Preconstruction, Construction, & Pavements

FHWA Mobile Concrete Technology Center

The FHWA MCTC works with agencies, industry, and academia to develop and implement concrete technologies. The program emphasis is to assist agencies with improving their quality assurance programs and also with industry to improve quality control programs. Mr. Praul will present an overview of the program, including tools that Florida can use today to improve concrete infrastructure.

James Greene
Pavement Research Engineer
Florida Department of Transportation

FDOT Test Road Update

The Florida Concrete Test Road includes 2.5 miles of experimental concrete pavement and is expected to open to traffic in Spring 2022. It will allow for a comprehensive in-service performance assessment of new and emerging concrete pavement technologies while giving full consideration to factors such as traffic loading, design features, materials properties, construction practices, and environmental conditions. The test road is the only full-scale concrete pavement test facility in the Southeastern United States. This presentation will include a description of the experiments and construction as well as some initial findings.

Tim Ruelke
Director, Office of Materials
Florida Department of Transportation

NEXTGEN Concrete

FDOT needs new tools to better assess concrete mixes for specific applications, including minimizing cracking in structural elements. This assessment needs to adapt to the ever changing physical, chemical and market issues associated with concrete’s constituent ingredients. Specifically, we need tests that: Measure a mix’s shrinkage potential, Sulfate and Chloride durability and potential to generate excessive heat. These are the key materials related factors generating cracking in FDOT’s concrete elements. The tests should be simple, low cost, avoid use of hazardous materials and take no longer than 30 days to complete. FDOT is sponsoring research to develop new performance tests.

Jagan Gudimettla
Project Manager
Federal Highway Administration
Office of Preconstruction, Construction, & Pavements

New and Innovative Concrete Testing Technologies

This presentation introduces recent technologies or concepts related to testing concrete during mixture design and production. The tests / concepts outlined are simple, practical and field implementable. Some of the tests that would be showcased include the Box Test, Optimized Gradation, Semi-Adiabatic Calorimeter, Surface Resistivity, W/Cm ratio measurement, nondestructive pavement thickness measurement etc.

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RECEPTION

Garrick Delony
Area Manager

GLF Construction Company

Mary Jane Hayden
Pavement Design Engineer
Florida Department of Transportation

FDOT Policy Updates, Recent Standards/Revisions

Presentation will cover changes to policy and design standards and revisions made during the past year.

Georgene Geary
Principal Engineer, Owner
GGfGA Engineering, LLC

Truck-Only Lanes Coming Soon to a State Near You!

Georgia DOT is in the middle of a First-of-its-Kind-in-the-Nation Public-Private-Partnership (P3) project to construct truck-only lanes in Georgia. This presentation will cover the specifics of the proposed 42 mile project (which is currently in the middle of the procurement process), describe what other States (including Florida) have found when looking at the possibility of TOLs, and share some perspectives from the inside of a P3 project.

Rickey Fitzgerald
Manager, Freight & Multimodal Operations
Florida Department of Transportation

Freight and Logistics Update

This session will provide an overview of the FDOT Resiliency Policy and discuss current efforts related to resiliency, including an update on one of the ongoing research projects, “Improved Resilience of Rigid Pavement Systems.

Ty Chiles
Paving Solutions Engineer
Cemex

What’s Percolating with Pervious Pavements?

Ty will discuss the design and construction of pervious concrete pavements. While highlighting specific project examples throughout the state of Florida, a focus will be places on the most recent completion of the Florida Turnpike Turkey Lake Headquarters parking lot in Orange County.

Jamie Farny
Director, Environmental Measurement and Metrics
Portland Cement Association

Reducing Concrete’s Carbon Footprint with Portland-Limestone Cement

With a growing interest in sustainability, the construction industry is looking for solutions to help reduce its carbon footprint. The Portland Cement Association’s newly released Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality lays out the cement and concrete industry’s commitment to a lower carbon future. With its proven performance, portland-limestone cement, or PLC, will play a key role. This presentation explains what PLCs are, how to use and specify them, and presents results of research comparing ordinary portland cement concrete to PLC concrete, along with several examples of successful PLC projects in the U.S. over the past decade.

Eric Ferrebee
Director of Technical Services
American Concrete Pavement Association

Design and Construction of Concrete Roundabouts

Roundabouts have become a popular intersection type due to their safety and efficiency for the traveling public. Concrete roundabouts are an excellent option that deliver the safety and efficiency for the travelling public in a way that is both long-lasting and low-maintenance for the owner. This presentation will review the main design and construction considerations for bringing a concrete roundabout to life.

Jerod Gross
Senior Project Manager
Concrete Pavement Technology Center

Early Opening to Traffic

This discussion includes strategies for early opening of concrete pavement to traffic. In most instances, concrete does not need to reach its design strength for opening. However, there are options to provide for rapid strength gain and strength monitoring.

Amy Wedel
Director of Concrete Pavements
Florida Concrete & Products Association

Florida Streets and Local Roads Design Guide

Cities and counties now have a new reference for lower volume roadways. The guide comes with free project assistance. It walks users through the steps for best practice in concrete pavement design. It is based on the industry’s newest free web-based software PavementDesigner.org.