Howey-In-The-Hills
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.
PaveWise 2023 Florida’s Concrete Pavement Conference is your once-a-year opportunity to exchange information and technology with transportation industry professionals. No matter your role, planner, engineer, contractor, owner or academic there is something for you. Learn how to incorporate resiliency into the road planning process. Follow a panel discussion on best practices where industry and government experts will share their knowledge and experiences in their field of expertise. This year’s conference will be held at the Mission Inn, Howey-In-The-Hills, on September 12-13.
Conference Schedule
Tuesday
September 12
Opening Session | 1:30pm – 3:00pm
Matt Sitter
President
Florida Concrete & Products Association
FCPA Welcome
Florida Concrete and Products Association has a long history in the State of Florida and is the local 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.
Steve Friess
VP of Concrete Operations Current Chairman of the Board National ACPA
Milestone Contractors LP Indianapolis Indiana
ACPA Welcome
Update on the state of the American Concrete and Pavement Association.
Jared W. Perdue, P.E.
Secretary
Florida Department of Transportation
FDOT Welcome
The Framework for Freedom Budget includes $13.9 billion for projects in FDOT’s Five-Year Work Program, a collaborative statewide plan of strategic transportation projects. The Department will continue to leverage innovative planning, design, and technology to provide a diverse and robust transportation system and maintain Florida’s position as a leader in transportation.
Jim Mack, P.E.
Director, Market Development Infrastructure
Cemex
How increasing industry competition benefits the pavement market:
And how agencies can use it to lower their pavement expenditures
Agencies need to find ways to be more efficient within their constrained budgets to get more out of their roadway and pavement investments. Florida has invested significantly in its roads (funding increased from $9.7 billion in 2019 to more than $10.3 billion in 2021). It still has many and growing challenges due to a rising population, increase in congestion, and increased resiliency and sustainability needs. (ASCE, 2021) This presentation will show how competition across paving industries can bring value to Transportation Agencies by lowering pavement unit costs.
Coffee Break
Session 2 |Paving a Sustainable Future | 3:30pm – 5:00pm
Deputy Director
MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub
US Decarbonization through Pavement Life Cycle Strategies
Pavements play an important role in achieving net-zero emissions in a decarbonized economy. This presentation will discuss the life cycle of pavements and their GHG emissions. Opportunities for reducing the pavement life cycle emissions at the design, procurement, and planning will be explained. The Streamlined MIT Pavement LCA Tool is also demonstrated as a comprehensive way to assess the whole life cycle emissions of pavement projects.
Jerod Gross, P.E., LEED AP
Senior Project Manager
Snyder and Associates, Inc.
Concrete Overlay Applications & Performance
Concrete overlays are a sustainable and resilient pavement preservation option. This presentation includes design standards, maintenance of traffic during construction, as well as research and case studies on concrete overlay performance.
Eric C. Ferrebee, P.E.
Senior Director of Technical Services
American Concrete Pavement Association
Concrete Pavement’s Role in a Sustainable, Resilient Future
Bringing the big picture together for practical actions we can take today to improve the social, economic and environmental impacts of the paving industry.
Wednesday
September 13
Session 3 | Projects | 8:30am – 10:00am
Guangming Wang
Interim State Pavement Material Engineer
Florida Department of Transportation
Performance Evaluation of US-1 Concrete Overlay After 35 Years in Service
This presentation presented performance evaluation of US-1 concrete overlay test road between Daytona Beach and Titusville after 35 years in service. Cracking, faulting, smoothness (IRI), and structural conditions were evaluated. Factors influencing performance, including concrete overlay thickness, joint spacing, traffic, and dowel bar configuration, were analyzed. Key findings were summarized to highlight the lessons we learned and importance of appropriate design considerations from this test road.
John Roberts
Executive Director
International Grooving and Grinding Association
Safety Grooving – Sustainable safety solutions at a competitive cost
Pavement grooving using diamond tipped sawblades dates back to the 1950’s and was one of the first major steps in achieving safer pavement surfaces in wet weather conditions. Studies conducted by the California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) showed that these surfaces could reduce wet pavement accidents (hydroplaning) by 70%. This presentation will discuss the history and research related to safety grooving; the improved performance due to grooving; the design, layout and cost savings when installing grooving; and FDOT’s efforts to introduce diamond saw-cut grooving as a low cost, safety enhancement tool in Florida.
State Construction Pavement Engineer
Florida Department of Transportation
Florida Grooving & Grinding
Grooving & Grinding – Review Current Practices, Successes, as well as Potential Future Uses
Coffee Break
Highway Group Section Manager
HDR Engineering, Inc.
Resident Engineer Construction Manager
Central Florida Expressway Authority
Using Concrete Pavement to Wirelessly Charge Electric Vehicles at Highway Speeds
Ohhoon Kwon
Accelerated Pavement Testing Program Manager
Florida Department of Transportation
Test Road Data Collection
Gale Tschuor
Business Development Estimating-Concrete Paving
Prince Contracting, LLC.
President, P&S Paving Concrete Division