Agenda

Registration:                    8:00 – 8:30 am

Morning Session:             8:30 am – 12:15 pm

Lunch (On your own):       12:15 – 1:15 pm

Afternoon Session:           1:15 – 4:30 pm

Principles of Pavement Design         C. Decker, 

   Goals of pavement design

   Consulting guidelines and standards

   Obtaining information on site

   Analyzing anticipated use

   Pavement selection process and criteria        K. Justice

   Economics and lifecycle analysis

Design of Flexible Pavements         C. Decker

   Soil support and subsurface preparation

   Reclamation and recycling

   Preparing existing pavement

   Flexible pavement design

   Overlay of existing pavement

Design of Rigid Pavements         K. Justice

   Soil support and subsurface preparation

   Pavement thickness

   Overlay of existing flexible pavement

   Overlay of existing rigid pavement

   Joint design

Design of Specific Elements         C. Decker

   Design of shoulders

   Design of shared-use pavements

   Design of parking lots and driveways        K. Justice

   Design of paths and walkways

Credits

Architects

     6.5 HSW Contact Hours
     6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units

Professional Engineers

     6.5 Contact Hours/PDHs

Contractors

     Non-Mandatory Cont. Ed.

Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.5 HSW continuing education hours to architects and 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers in all states.

HalfMoon Education is deemed a New York-approved continuing education provider for architects via its affiliation with the American Institute of Architects. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education provider for New York engineers (NYSED Sponsor No. 35) and New Jersey engineers (Approval No. 24GP00000700).

The American Institute of Architects has approved this event for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Courses approved by the AIA qualify for New Jersey and District of Columbia architects.

This event offers a continuing education opportunity to construction contractors, but it has not been approved by any state with a continuing education requirement for contractors.

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

Christopher Decker

RDM International, Inc.

Vice President/Project Manager at RDM International, Inc.Mr. Decker has more than two decades of experience in pavement design, materials testing, quality control/quality assurance, and construction management. He is currently licensed in 22 states.  Mr. Decker serves as RDM’s vice president and as a project manager for various airport, roadway and forensic investigation projects.  Over the past five years he has successfully completed over 70 projects across the U.S. and abroad.  Mr. Decker has provided numerous training courses, project presentations and paper presentations for clients, professional society conferences and state, federal and international government organizations.  He has presented on topics including Proper Paving Techniques, P-401 Mix Design Requirements, P-401 Placement Requirements, P-501 Mix Design Requirements, P-501 Placement Requirements, Current Airfield Pavement Initiatives, FAA Update to P-401 (Superpave), From Pavement Design to Durability and Performance, Smoothness and Drainage, GMIA Paving in the Bullseye, Runway 10R/28L Replacement:  A Case Study of a Large Airfield Project at CMH, ACC Construction Session on Quality Acceptance and Testing, Resurfacing the Runway to the Nation’s Capitol, P-501 Placement using Slipform Pavers, Soil Cement Stabilization, Sustainable Design and Construction of Airfield Pavements, and Compaction of HMA Pavements.

Kenneth M. Justice P.E. LEED AP

Senior Director, Local Paving, Pave Ahead
Mr. Justice is based in the Philadelphia area, and works with local, regional and state technical and promotion partners to help deliver concrete parking and street paving projects by supporting promotion, design and construction activities as well as provide training and presentations on concrete applications and promotion. Mr. Justice is also a pervious concrete and pervious pavements specialist, having been involved in over 300 pervious pavement projects and has spoken at hundreds of industry events, workshops and webinars. Prior to joining the NRMCA, Mr. Justice was the promotion director for the Portland Cement Association Northeast for over 10 years. Prior to that, Mr. Justice worked as a civil engineer with over 25 years of experience as an engineering project manager, concentrating on pavement projects for airports, parking lots and roads.