ICPA Concrete Paving Workshop & Paving Awards

The Iowa Concrete Paving Association’s 56th Annual
Concrete Paving Workshop at the Holiday Inn
Des Moines-Airport/Conference Center on February 5-7 2020.
 
The ICPA Board of Directors kicked off the 3-day workshop with the election of Mark Freier, Godbersen-Smith Construction Co., as their 2020 Chairman during the first day of the Workshop.

​The Concrete Paving Awards Luncheon, which highlights the “best of the best” concrete paving projects within the state of Iowa began with two special awards given to Worth County in recognition of their 100th mile of paved concrete. They become the 39th county in Iowa to achieve this momentous milestone. In addition, Richard Brumm was recognized for completing 100 miles of concrete paving in two counties (Worth & Mitchell).  The luncheon continued with the recognition of 77 projects nominated for the 2019 Concrete Paving Awards. The ICPA and the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) jointly evaluated and recognized projects as the best concrete pavements built in 2019. Plaques were presented in 16 categories to personnel from the companies dedicated to the winning projects.

Paving Awards Press Release

​Later that evening, the workshop’s annual banquet served as an opportunity to recognize some of the state’s top engineering students through the presentation of eight ICPA academic scholarships for 2020. Through the awarding of scholarships, the ICPA hopes to recognize the best and brightest of our state’s students and encourage them to consider careers in Iowa’s concrete paving industry. This year’s scholarship recipients are:

Austin Allard, Iowa State University
Jared Benson, Iowa State University
Sadie Brockett, Iowa State University (Bernard Larson Scholarship)
Caleb Jansen, Iowa State University
Jay Johnston, Iowa State University
Dirk Snyder, Iowa State University
Carter VonEssen, University of Northern Iowa
Andrew Welty, Iowa State University

Scholarship Press Release

​2020 SPEAKER PRESENTATIONS

Jointing Basics for Concrete Pavements - Dan King
Joint Standards & Specifications - Chris Brakke
Rehabilitating & Preserving Joints to Extend Service Life - Steve Tritsch
What's New at the CP Tech Center - Peter Taylor
Doing More with Less - Dr. Jeremy Gregory
2019 Flooding Impacts - Jud Kneuvean
Iowa DOT Pavement Story - Greg Mulder
Paving with the New P-501 Specification - Gary Mitchell
Runway Reconstruction at the Des Moines International Airport - Adam Wilhelm & Mark Gorton
I-29 Reconstruction, Sioux City - Dean Herbst
Veterans Parkway - Brian Hemesath
What's Important to Building Quality Pavements? - John Hart
What to Look for in Urban Paving - Jerod Gross
Guidelines for Building Smooth Concrete Pavements & Specifying & Measuring Concrete Pavement Smoothness in the 21st Century - Gary Fick
National Concrete Pavement - Jerry Voigt
Concrete Overlays - Dr. Armen Amirkhanian
Developing Wisconsin's Future Construction Workforce - Jackie Spoor
Performance Engineered Mixtures in Iowa 2019-2020 - Todd Hanson

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