Paving Florida’s Future

Pavewise Concrete Conference, bringing together industry, agency and academics to share best practice and new research. Creating an atmosphere for open discussion, learning and collaboration to grow and foster a healthy concrete paving industry in Florida.

This discussion focuses on the maturity method which relates time and heat of hydration to concrete strength. AASHTO T 413 focuses on concrete’s early age properties which offers benefits to agency and industry.

Minnesota has been constructing concrete overlays for 35+ years with great success. This presentation will discuss the various applications and designs as well as how to develop a successful project with a focus on concrete overlays of existing asphalt pavements. Design attributes such as thickness, opening to traffic, jointing, traffic control will be touched on as well as some lesson learned.

Discussion of key aspects for successful use of concrete pavement for reconstruction and widening of an urban roadway and interchange reconfiguration in District 1. The presentation uses the recently completed FDOT project, US 27 at SR 60 interchange, as an example of design, construction, and public interaction techniques that led to completing concrete pavement more efficiency with higher quality and reduced impact to traffic. The project included reconstructing and widening over 1 mile of US 27 to a 6-lane divided urban typical with 9” Plain Cement Concrete Pavement (46,481 SY) and two new interchange ramps with 8.5” Plain Cement Concrete Pavement (6,805 SY).

FDOT District Four is advancing concrete pavement solution for SR 710/Beeline Highway, a high-speed, freight-critical corridor with heavy truck volumes to address pavement distress, improve durability, and reduce life-cycle maintenance. This presentation offers an overview of why concrete is being considered, interoffice coordination, the pavement design approach, temporary traffic control phasing to minimize community impacts, and drainage strategy.

This presentation provides an overview of the Okeechobee Road Reconstruction Project, focusing on the District Six’s process for selecting candidate corridors for concrete pavement. It covers the ongoing project lifecycle, including pavement selection methodology, planning, design, and construction phases. The presentation concludes with engineering lessons learned from reconstruction projects within the corridor to inform future applications.

FDOT District Four is advancing concrete pavement solution for SR 710/Beeline Highway, a high-speed, freight-critical corridor with heavy truck volumes to address pavement distress, improve durability, and reduce life-cycle maintenance. This presentation offers an overview of why concrete is being considered, interoffice coordination, the pavement design approach, temporary traffic control phasing to minimize community impacts, and drainage strategy.

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Artificial intelligence is transforming road distress management by enhancing the accuracy, efficiency, and scalability of pavement condition analyses. This presentation explores how AI-driven techniques process vast datasets of road surface images to detect and quantify various types of distress. By improving detection precision and automating large-scale assessments, AI enables faster data processing and better integration with maintenance planning. The presentation will introduce a framework that focuses on integrating AI with automated reporting and predictive maintenance tools to enhance operational efficiency, improve long-term infrastructure planning, and optimize budget allocation. By leveraging AI-driven insights, this approach aims to extend pavement lifespan, improve safety, and enable more proactive maintenance across diverse transportation networks.