Event Details
Ames, Iowa
Scheman Building
1805 Center Drive
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa
November 14, 2023
7:30 a.m. Breakfast and registration table available
Event Contact
Audience
For public works directors, engineers, street superintendents, maintenance personnel, consultants, city administrators, and elected city officials.
Agenda
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 7:30 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast Available (2nd floor) |
| 8:00 a.m. | Introduction & Welcome - Moderator, Jerod Gross, representing the CP Tech Center (Rooms 220-240) |
| 8:15 a.m. | Concrete Pavement Surface Defects - Peter Taylor, P.E., Ph.D., Director, National CP Tech Center, ISU |
| 9:00 a.m. | Statewide Urban Design and Specifications (SUDAS)/Iowa Public Works Service Bureau (IPWSB) Update - David Carney, P.E., SUDAS Director & Beth Richards, SUDAS/IPWSB Program Coordinator. Welcome new SUDAS Director David Carney and Beth Richards as they provide an update to SUDAS and the IPWSB. |
| 9:30 a.m. | Iowa DOT Local Systems & Federal Funding - Nicole Moore, P.E., Director, Iowa DOT Local Systems Bureau This discussion will include the new federal funding bill as well as Local Systems general information that cities and consultants can use for assistance on federal aid and state aid projects and grants. |
| 10:00 a.m. | Break |
| 10:15 a.m. | Understanding ADA Compliance, PROWAG, and Concrete’s Important Role – Jesse Jonas, P.E., MO/KS Chapter ACPA Accessibility is not just a project completion checklist item, it’s an ongoing requirement throughout the lifetime of the asset. Learn how concrete is being used to make the life of millions much more enjoyable. |
| 11:15 a.m. | Concrete Pavement Preservation – Lee Shepard, Concrete Promotions Director, Iowa Concrete Paving Association Lee will provide an update on concrete preservation treatments. |
| 11:45 a.m. | Lunch |
| 12:45 p.m. | In the Hot Seat - Richard Fosse, P.E., University of Iowa, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Learn about essential skills for encounters with the press and the legal system. |
| 1:30 p.m. | Maintenance of Traffic Impacts to Local Roads - Danielle Alvarez, P.E., Iowa DOT District 6 Construction Engineer and JD Schulte, CPFP, PWLF, Hutchison Engineering, Inc. This presentation focuses on DOT and municipality perspectives for the impact to local traffic related to a large multi-year bridge project on I-74 in Moline, Illinois, and Bettendorf, Iowa. |
| 2:00 p.m. | Break |
| 2:15 p.m. | Performance Engineered Mixtures for Municipalities - (tentative)
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| 3:00 p.m. | Municipal Concrete Trails - (tentative)
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| 3:30 p.m. | Adjourn |
