Design Professionals Continuing Education Seminar on Concrete Pavers and Permeable Interlocking Pavers
November 7, 2006

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Architects, civil engineers and landscape architects are invited to receive continuing education credits while you discover the latest design insights for interlocking concrete pavers and permeable pavements. This rare opportunity is being offered November 7, 2006 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco during the Eighth International Conference on Concrete Block Paving – "Sustainable Paving for Our Future."

Morning Sessions on Interlocking Concrete Pavements

Fit for the Design
Speaker: Dave Hein, P. Eng. ARA Consultants, Toronto, Ontario
An eye-opener on how interlocking concrete pavements enhance the design intent of commercial, municipal and residential projects. A range of project examples demonstrate how interlocking pavers fit, support and enhance design ideas and concepts in a range of projects and engineering requirements. The projects demonstrates sustaining local economic, social and cultural needs.

Keys to Successful Project Specs & Details
Speakers: Rob Burak, P. Eng. Director of Engineering, Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute; Bill Schneider, LPS Pavement Company, Oswego, IL
Writing a spec for interlocking pavers relies on knowing what the pavement system needs to work in a pedestrian or vehicular applications and some construction basics. Walk through ICPI guide specifications and ICPI resources to understand what works, what doesn't and why.

• Interlocking Concrete Pavement Components
• A load-bearing surface: design decisions impacting interlock
• Base options: aggregate, stabilized, open-graded
• Small is beautiful: The critical differences between pavers and paving slabs
• Selection setting beds: sand, bitumen and mortar
• Engineering basics: structural design for vehicular applications
• Essential construction steps
• It's all in the details: sidewalks, crosswalks, roads, roof plaza decks, snowmelt systems
• Accessible design: the latest on ADA design guidelines for the public right-of-way
• Overview of  www.icpi.org resources for design professionals.

Participants receive all 16 of ICPI's popular Tech Spec series on segmental concrete pavement and a CD copy of ICPI Lockpave software for structural design.

Afternoon Session on Permeable Interlocking Concrete Pavements

Porous Pavements with Open-Jointed Blocks
Speaker: Bruce Ferguson, FASLA, Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia and author of the book Porous Pavements.

Design & Construction Perspectives on Permeable Pavement - Panel Presentation & Discussion
Successful case study projects from across the U.S. provide a rich resource of how to's and lessons learned.

Speaker: Bruce Morton – Aqua Solutions, Marlborough, CT, USA
Dampening Runoff Hydrograph Peaks and Increasing Lag Times by Using Interlocking Pavement: Jordan Cove, A Case Study Glen Brook Cove Subdivision, Jordan Cove Watershed
This US EPA funded monitoring project demonstrates the advantages of integrating PICP into new residential construction.

Speaker: Steve Townsen, P.E. – City of Portland, OR, USA
Westmoreland Neighborhood Permeable Pavement, Portland, Oregon
PICP in the streets addresses combined sewer overflows in al older residential neighborhood.

Speaker: Steve Roy, P.E. – GeoSyntec Consultants, Action, MA, USA
Silver Lake Retrofit Project Porous Pavement Design
Performance comparisons among permeable and porous pavements demonstrate PICP advantages.

Speaker: John Duncan, P.E. – Gibbs Olson Engineers, Longview, WA, USA
Design and Construction of LaCenter, Washington Municipal Park Parking Lot
An ordinary parking lot becomes extraordinary way to meet stormwater requirements in rural Washington.

Speaker: Chuck Taylor, Advanced Pavement Technology, Oswego, IL
Construction Perspectives on Permeable Interlocking Concrete Pavement
One of the foremost permeable pavement contractors provides insights for making PICP designs specifications work.

Speaker: Mark Kinter, Elgin Sweeper Company, Elgin, IL
Effective Maintenance with Vacuum Equipment
Learn the effectiveness of various sweepers on maintaining high PICP surface infiltration rates.

Participants receive ICPI's manual on selection, design, specifications, construction and maintenance of permeable interlocking concrete pavements.

Register for $195 through October 16th ($245 after October 16th) at  www.icpiconferences.org.  Handout materials, lunch, and coffee breaks are included in the registration fees.

Continuing Education Credits – Plus Discounted Registration for the 8th International Conference on Concrete Block Paving

Practicing design professionals will receive continuing education credits toward licensure renewal. This special seminar will offer credits for architects (AIA CES) and landscape architects (ASLA CPE), and professional development hours (PDHs) for civil engineers.

Design professionals attending this continuing education seminar AND the Eighth International Conference on Concrete Block Paving technical paper sessions will receive discounted registration for both. Attend the design professional seminar on Nov. 7 and registration is only $100 per day for attending the technical paper sessions on Monday, November 7 and Wednesday November 8. Also, design professionals can tour the Port of Oakland on the morning of Thursday, November 9. This is the largest installation of interlocking concrete pavement in the western hemisphere (4.7 million sf or 470,000 sq. meters)! The tour only costs $25 and features concrete pavers in a heavy-duty pavement application. Register for these events at www.icpiconferences.org.

Co-Sponsors

California Nevada Cement Promotion Council • Angelus Block - Rialto, CA 
Basalite - Tracy, CA • Calstone -Sunnyvale, CA
McNear Brick & Block - San Raphael, CA • Mutual Materials - Bellevue, WA 
Oldcastle - Fontana, CA • Orco Block - Stanton, CA 
Pavestone - Winters, CA • Willamette Graystone - Portland, OR