Pavement Design, Rehabilitation and Sustainability Seminar
Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 – 11:30 am
Lunch (On your own): 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Afternoon Session: 12:30 – 4:30 pm
Principles of Pavement Design
Functions and design criteria of pavements
Considerations in pavement design
• Traffic
• Subgrade soil
• Environment
• Construction material
• Pavement type selection
• Use of base/soil improvement
• Drainage
• Life cycle cost analysis (LCCA)
Pavement modeling and design guidelines
New Flexible Pavement Structural Design
AASHTO 93 and AASHTO Pavement ME design method
How to collect/determine design inputs
Reclamation and recycling
New Rigid Pavement Design
AASHTO 93, AASHTO Pavement ME, ACI and ACPA design methods
How to collect/determine design inputs
Optimizing the design
Pavement Preservation, Maintenance and Rehabilitation
Determining the cause of pavement deterioration (common distresses)
Intro to pavement preservation and maintenance techniques
Pavement rehabilitation (overlays)
Sustainability of Pavements
Intro to pavement asset management
Life cycle assessment (LCA)/Carbon footprint analysis
• Pavement-vehicle interaction
• Carbon footprint – production of raw material, construction and user phase
• Albedo
Extreme weather conditions
• Flood and pavement design
Environment and LEED credits
• Recycled materials
• Pervious pavements
Credits
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar offers 6.5 PDHs/continuing education hours to professional engineers in all states. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in New Mexico.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
This event offers contractors a non-credit continuing education opportunity.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Feng Mu
Senior Flatwork Engineer at PNA
Dr. Mu is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Texas, and he has over 10 years of experience in concrete paving, engineering and research. Dr. Mu has a master’s degree in Geotechnical Engineering and a doctorate degree in Pavement Engineering. He has authored over 30 peer-reviewed technical papers, some of which have been highly recognized or awarded in the pavement community. He currently serves on the Pavement Maintenance Committee of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies. He is also the co-chair of the Pavement Design Committee of the American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA). Dr. Mu has developed optimized paving solutions and life cycle analysis/assessment for many roadway, commercial and industrial projects.
Thomas Van
NCEDr. Van Dam is a principal at NCE with more than 30 years of civil engineering experience, specializing in pavement design and evaluation, forensic investigations, materials assessment, and sustainability. Dr. Van Dam has an excellent record in both the private sector and in academia. Over the past 10 years he has been a principal responsible for directing pavement design, materials, and sustainability groups with great success. In total, Dr. Van Dam has published over 100 technical articles and is a frequent presenter on pavements, concrete materials, and sustainability.