Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Optional pre-conference tour for early arrivals
2:00 PM Registration Opens
2:45 PM Meet in Hotel Lobby for bus to Indianapolis Motor Speedway
3:30 PM Tour of Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home of the Indy 500
(Optional; additional fee applies)
6:30 PM Return to Hotel
Evening Dinner on your own
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
7:00 AM Registration, coffee & continental breakfast
8:00 AM Welcome to Indianapolis
Troy Woodruff, Chief of Staff & Deputy Commissioner, Indiana DOT
8:15 AM Attendee Introductions & Setting the Stage
Lee Gallivan, Recycled Materials Program Manager, FHWA
8:30 AM DOT Roundtable
Moderator: Jim Pappas, Chair, AASHTO Recycling Task Force &
Assistant Director of Quality, Delaware DOT
10:00 AM Break with Exhibitors
10:30 AM Tools & Resources Supporting Sustainable Industrial Materials in Highways
Moderator: Michael Blumenthal, IRC Chair & Vice President, Rubber Manufacturers Assn.
Industrial Resources Council & IRC website
Elizabeth Olenbush, President, EO Associates, Inc.
PennDOT’s Specification Survey & Case Study Database
Ken Thornton, Chief, SEMP Section, Bureau of Maintenance, Pennsylvania DOT
Recycled Materials Resource Center-3G
Dr. Tuncer Edil, Director, RMRC-3G & Director, Wisconsin Highway Research Program,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
12:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM Technical Session #1: Subbases, Soil Stabilization & Embankments
Introduction: Functions and Types of Subbases, Soil Stabilization & Embankments
Moderator: Cecil Jones, President, Diversified Engineering Services; former Chair, AASHTO Recycling Task Force
“Use of Tire Derived Aggregate for Embankments”
Dr. Dana Humphrey, Dean of Engineering & Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Maine
“Foundry Sand Use in Geotechnical Projects: Characteristics and Project Examples”
Mike Lenahan, President, Resource Recovery Corp. of West Michigan
3:00 PM Break with Exhibitors
3:30 PM Continuation of Technical Session #1:
“Use of Pulp and Paper Byproducts in Soil Stabilization”
Dr. William Thacker, Senior Research Engineer, National Council for Air & Stream Improvement (NCASI), Western Michigan University
“Use of Steel Slag in Geotechnical Applications: Research and Implementation”
Dr. Monica Prezzi, Professor of Civil Engineering, Purdue University
4:30 PM Adjourn for the day
6:00-7:30 Cocktail Reception Sponsored by Industrial Resources Council
Evening Dinner on your own
Thursday, November 29, 2012
7:00 AM Registration, coffee & continental breakfast
8:00 AM Working Session (All participants)
What is needed in terms of information, resources and training in order
to increase the use of industrial materials in the highway environment?
Moderator: Ron Walker, Chief, Materials Management Division, Indiana DOT
- Website portals?
- Material mapping?
- Online training & webcasts?
- CEU/PDH credits?
- How to overcome the “not invented here” syndrome?
- Can traditional suppliers become partners??
9:30 AM Break with Exhibitors
10:00 AM Technical Session #2: Base Courses
Introduction: Functions & Types of Base Courses
Steve Mueller, Pavement & Materials Engineer, FHWA Resource Center, Lakeland, CO
“Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA) in Base Courses”
Cecil Jones, President, Diversified Engineering Services
“Foundry Sand Use in Blended Bases”
John Dingeldein, Senior Principal/Vice President, Soil and Materials Engineers
“Dual Level Pavement Systems - Back to the Basics”
Keith Bargaheiser, National Manager for CCP Utilization, Headwaters Resources
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Technical Session #3: Pavement Surfaces
Introduction: Functions of and Differences between Flexible and Rigid Pavements
Moderator: Lee Gallivan, Recycled Materials Program Manager, FHWA
“Steel Furnace Slag in Hot Mix Asphalt”
Dr. Rebecca McDaniel, Technical Director, North Central Superpave Center
“Scrap Tire Use in Quiet Pavements”
Ali Zareh, Senior Pavement Design Engineer, Arizona DOT
"Use of High Performance Concrete in I-35W Bridge Reconstruction"
Kevin MacDonald, Principal Engineer, Beton Consulting Engineers
“Recycled Shingles in Asphalt”
Robert E. Lee, Flexible Pavements Branch, Texas DOT
2:30 PM Break with Exhibitors
3:00 PM Wrap-up Roundtable: (All Participants)
What are three things that your organization could do to increase
your use of sustainable industrial materials in the next 3-5 years?
Moderator: Steve Mueller, FHWA
4:30 PM Adjourn