ICPA Concrete Paving Workshop & Paving Awards

February 7-9, 2018
Workshop Recap
Paving Awards Recap
54TH ANNUAL CONCRETE PAVING WORKSHOP RECAPThe Iowa Concrete Paving Association’s (ICPA) 54th Annual Concrete Paving Workshop welcomed over 770 attendees at the Meadows Events and Conference Center in Altoona, Iowa on February 7-9, 2018.

The ICPA Board of Directors kicked off the 3-day workshop with the election of Matt Triggs, President of Absolute Concrete, as their 2018 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 a special award presented to Linn County in recognition of their 200th mile of paved concrete. Linn County is only the 4th county in Iowa to achieve this momentous milestone. The luncheon continued with the recognition of 103 projects nominated for the 2017 Concrete Paving Awards. The ICPA and the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) jointly evaluated and recognized projects as the best concrete pavements built in 2017. Plaques were presented in 19 categories to personnel from 65 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 seven ICPA academic scholarships for 2018. 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:

Benjamin Burds – Construction Engineering, Iowa State University
John DeVries – Civil Engineering, Iowa State University
Tyler Duster – Construction Management, University of Northern Iowa
Christian Kleve – Civil Engineering, Iowa State University
Hunter Mandernach, Civil Engineering, Iowa State University
Carissa Moyna – Civil Engineering, Iowa State University
Abbey Teubel, Civil Engineering, University of Iowa

Scholarship Press Release

​​The evening’s celebration continued as the concrete industry recognized the service of Gordon Smith, one of its long-time leaders, who retired from the ICPA in 2017 after 31 years. Gordon continues his dedication to the concrete industry as the associate director of the National Concrete Pavement Technology Center in Ames.

Gordon's Retirement Tribute Video

The evening ended with a captivating performance by world-renowned painting artist, David Garibaldi. His on the spot portrait creations of Hayden Frye and Johnny Orr will be auctioned off at a later date with proceeds going to the ICPA Scholarship Fund.

The Workshop concluded on Friday morning with special guest speaker, Nick Mitchell, head wrestling coach at Grandview University, who shared his motivational philosophy on living a “Championship Lifestyle”.

The event’s thirty-two sponsors and eighteen exhibitors truly made this year’s event a success. In addition, the event would not have been possible if it wasn’t for the hard work and dedication of the association’s Workshop Planning committee and the many speakers who volunteered their time and expertise. Through its many educational sessions, the three-day Iowa Workshop featured presentations focused on the technology of building and maintaining the safest, most cost-effective, and long-lasting pavements in our industry.

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​2018 SPEAKER PRESENTATIONS
Pavement Designer - Eric Ferrebee
Pavement Construction - Dan King
The ConcreteState - Gordon Smith
Iowa's Role in Developing Pavement of Tomorrow - Peter Taylor
LeMar's Urban Overlay Experience - Pat Bickett
Performance & Spacing Studies - Jerod Gross
Linn County - Brad Ketels
CPR Type Cements - Matt Ross & Mitzi McIntyre
CPR Project Reviews - John Roberts
Non-Destructive Thickness Testing - Jeff DeVries
Update on New Era Testing - John Cunningham & Xuhao Wang
Fort Dodge Cross - Town Connector - Chad Schaeffer, Jeremy Purvis & Wade Greiman
Wisconsin Urban - Kevin McMullen
PCI & the Role of IRI - Chris Brakke
Preservation Guide in PMS - Dale Harrington
US 20 Celebration: History & Progress - Todd Hanson
ASCE Grand Challenge - Terry Neimeyer
ACPA Topic - Jerry Voigt
Championship Lifestyle - Nick Mitchell

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