Event Details
Reno, NV
Hotel information not available
April 21, 2015 — April 23, 2015
Breakfast begins at 6:30 a.m.
Meeting Summary
The semi-annual meeting of the National Concrete Consortium (NC²) continues to be an outstanding forum for concrete technology transfer. The meeting was attended by 145 practitioners from across the nation, representing industry, academia, the FHWA, 27 of the 30 pooled fund member-state departments of transportation, and the Illinois Tollway. Maria Masten, Concrete 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 Spring 2015 meeting is also available to download (PDF).
Agenda
Day 1 | Tuesday, April 21, 2015
| Time | Event Details |
|---|---|
| 6:30 a.m. | Breakfast (Exposition Hall A) |
| 7:15 a.m. | Registration (Exposition Hall B) |
| 8:00 a.m. | Welcome Self Introductions NC2 Background (PDF) Moderator |
| 9:00 a.m. | Assessing Air Void System of Fresh Concrete Using SAM (PDF) Update on Testing Methods (PDF) |
| 9:30 a.m. | Morning Break |
| 10:00 a.m. | State Reports on Curing: Start Reports on Curing Presentation (PDF) State Reports Summary (PDF) State Reports – All (PDF) Internal Curing (PDF) Performance Engineered Mixtures (PDF) Concrete Durability Performance Specifications (PDF) Plan to Move Resistivity (Formation Factor) Specification Ahead (PDF) |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. | Internal Curing Research on U.S. 54 in Allen County, Kansas (PDF) |
| 1:45 p.m. | Brief Performance Updates on Internally Cured Bridge Decks: Update: Illinois Tollway HPC Bridge Decks (PDF) Internal Curing of Concrete Bridge Decks in Utah (PDF) Internal Curing Report, Utah DOT (PDF) HP Curing Compounds for Concrete Pavement in Wisconsin (PDF) |
| 2:30 p.m. | Afternoon Break |
| 3:00 p.m. | Curling and Warping of Concrete Pavements (PDF) |
| 4:00 p.m. | Update on Curing Test Method and Pumping Model (PDF) |
| 4:30 p.m. | FHWA Updates: Sustainable Pavements, Mix Designs and Quality Assurance (PDF) |
| 5:00 p.m. | Adjourn for the day |
Day 2 | Wednesday, April 22, 2015
| Time | Event Details |
|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. | Cement Task Force Changes in Cement Fineness and Implications for Performance (PDF) Update on PLC and the Potential for Enhance SCM Performance (PDF) |
| 9:00 a.m. | Calcium Sulfoaluminate-Belite Concrete: Structure, Properties, Practice (PDF) |
| 9:30 a.m. | Morning Break |
| 10:00 a.m. | Brief performance updates on rapid setting patching materials: CA Experience with Rapid Setting Patching Materials (PDF) Performance Updates on Rapid Setting Patching Materials (PDF) Rapid Setting Patching, Texas DOT (PDF) |
| 10:30 a.m. | SCMs CODT's SCM History and Usage (PDF) Fly Ash Supply and Quality (PDF) Coal Ash Regulatory Update (PDF) |
| 12:00 p.m. | Break to take personal items to your room, pick up box lunches, and return to meeting room. |
| 12:20 p.m. | Box lunch Brief introduction to technical tour |
| 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Buses leave for technical tour Nevada Cement Company Plant Tour (producers of 1N cement) Local Paving Project |
| 6:30 p.m. | Group Dinner |
Day 3 | Thursday, April 23, 2015
| Time | Event Details |
|---|---|
| 7:30 a.m. | Business Meeting: Election of Officers (PDF) Bylaws – Updated (PDF) Future Research Topic for Funding (PDF) Update on Cement Reciprocity Agreement (PDF) Cement Reciprocity Form (PDF) Dowel Bar Task Force Update (PDF) TTCC Financial Report (PDF) Format for Future Meetings Business Meeting Minutes (PDF) |
| 9:30 a.m. | Morning Break |
| 10:00 a.m. | Update on CRC Pavements (PDF) |
| 10:30 a.m. | MIT Concrete Science Durability Program (PDF) |
| 11:00 a.m. | CP Tech Center Updates: Research Activities at the CP Tech Center – Performance Engineered Mixtures (PEMs) (PDF) Technology Deployment at the CP Tech Center (PDF) |
| 11:45 a.m. | Adjourn |