Event Details
Milwaukee, WI
Hyatt Regency Milwaukee
333 West Kilbourn Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53203
414-276-1234
September 15, 2015 — September 17, 2015
Breakfast begins at 6:30 a.m.
Meeting Summary
The Fall 2015 National Concrete Consortium was held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on September 15-17, 2015, with 47 representatives from 29 states and the Illinois Tollway present. Total attendance was over 150. Maria Masten, Concrete Materials Engineer from the Minnesota Department of Transportation, is the current chairperson. The meeting agenda is available below. All technical presentations are available as PDFs to download from within the agenda. A detailed summary of the Fall 2015 meeting is also available to download (PDF).
Agenda
Day 1 | Tuesday, September 15, 2015
| Time | Event Details |
|---|---|
| 6:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast (served in the atrium) |
| 7:00 a.m. | Registration |
| 7:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | DOT Breakfast Meeting (Executive Ballroom): |
| 9:30 a.m. | Morning Break |
| 10:00 a.m. | General Session (Regency AB) Welcome (PDF) |
| 10:15 a.m. | Performance Engineered Mixes (PEMs): Super Air Meter (SAM) and Box Tests (PDF) Formation Factor and LTDSC Test Results (PDF) Illinois Tollway Experience with Performance Engineered Mixes (PDF) FHWA Mobile Lab Field Experiences with New/Innovative Tests (PDF) 2015 Start Experiences with New PEM Tests |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. | Joint Sawing and Sealing Practices: State Survey Summaries (PDF) State Summaries (PDF) |
| 1:45 p.m. | Wisconsin Unsealed Joint Performance (PDF) |
| 2:30 p.m. | Open Q&A |
| 2:45 p.m. | Afternoon Break |
| 3:15 p.m. | Indiana Sawcutting Research (PDF) |
| 3:45 p.m. | Topical Sealants Performance: Nebraska Penetrating Sealers (PDF) MnRoad Topical Sealants Performance (PDF) |
| 4:45 p.m. | Open Q&A |
| 5:00 p.m. | Adjourn for the day |
Day 2 | Wednesday, September 16, 2015
| Time | Event Detail |
|---|---|
| 6:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8:00 a.m. | FHWA Updates (PDF) LTPP (PDF) |
| 8:30 a.m. | Performance Engineered Concrete Mixtures and Quality Assurance Program (PDF) Draft PEM Specification: The What's and How's (PDF) PEM Specification Commentary |
| 9:30 a.m. | Open Q&A |
| 9:45 a.m. | Morning Break |
| 10:15 a.m. | Early Entry Saw Best Practices (PDF) |
| 10:45 a.m. | Conventional Sawing Best Practices (PDF) |
| 11:15 a.m. | Use of Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity to Assess Sawing Time (PDF) |
| 11:45 a.m. | Open Q&A |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. | Dowel Bar Task Force (PDF) |
| 1:45 p.m. | Business Meeting: Business Meeting Minutes (PDF) Special Election/Bylaw Approval (PDF) Bylaws (as approved September 16, 2015) (PDF) CP Tech Center Technology Transfer Products/Deployment (PDF) TTCC Financial Update National Road Research Alliance (NRRA) Pooled Fund (PDF) |
| 2:45 p.m. | Afternoon Break |
| 3:15 p.m. | Wisonsin DOT Zoo Interchange Project (PDF) |
| 3:45 p.m. | ACI Concrete Research Network (PDF) |
| 4:00 p.m. | Meeting Adjourns |
| 6:00 p.m. | Group Dinner |
Day 3 | Thursday, September 17, 2015
| Time | Event Details |
|---|---|
| 6:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 7:30 a.m. | Presentations on the Technical Tour of the WE Energies Oak Creek Power Plant Oak Creek Power Plant Expansion Overview Combustion Products for Concrete and Other Applications: Oak Creek Power Plant (PDF) |
| 9:00 a.m. | Board buses for 9:15 a.m. departure |
| 9:45 a.m. | WE Energies Oak Creek Power Plant Tour |
| 11:15 a.m. | Board buses for 11:30 a.m. departure to the Milwaukee Airport or the Hyatt Regency hotel |