Event Details
Ames, Iowa
Gateway Hotel and Conference Center
2100 Green Hills Drive
Ames, IA 50014
515-292-8600
November 21, 2024
Event Contact
Conference Sponsors
Iowa Chapter ACI
Iowa Department of Transportation
Iowa Concrete Paving Association
Iowa Ready Mixed Concrete Association
Portland Cement Association
Iowa State University CCEE Department
National Concrete Pavement Technology Center
Conference Agenda
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| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. | Registration desk, check-in, and coffee – Outside the Garden Room |
Morning Session – Garden Room | |
| 8:45 a.m. | Welcome |
| 8:50 a.m. | Utilizing Artificial Intelligence in the Concrete Industry – Stephanie Hampton, Summit Materials |
| 9:35 a.m. | Emerging Cementitious Materials: Advancements, Acceptance, Adaptation – Joe Clendenen, Holcim |
| 10:15 a.m. | Break |
Morning Concurrent Sessions | |
| AM1 Concurrent Session – Prairie Room Central | |
| 10:45 a.m. | Our Responsibility to Improve Testing, Construction, Durability, and the Success of Lower Carbon Construction: Things We Can Do Today to Address This! – Jim Casilio, Pennsylvania Aggregates and Concrete Association |
| 11:15 a.m. | Innovations in Low Carbon Concrete Materials and Construction – Ryan Cialdella, Ozinga |
| AM2 Concurrent Session – Prairie Room South | |
| 10:45 a.m. | Not Your Grandfather's Concrete - Matt Fonte, Fonte and Company |
| 11:15 a.m. | Specifying Novel Materials and Admixtures – Kevin MacDonald, Beton Consulting Engineers |
| 12:00 p.m. | 31st Annual Excellence in Concrete Awards Luncheon, Steve Mallicoat, Iowa Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Presiding – Garden Room |
Afternoon Concurrent Sessions | |
| PM1 Concurrent Session – Prairie Room Central | |
| 1:15 p.m. | Evaluating and Implementing C-C-I-L Cement – Kejin Wang and Dan King, Iowa State University |
| 1:45 p.m. |
Performance of Blended Cements in Iowa – Lisa McDaniel, Federal Highway Administration |
PM2 Concurrent Session – Prairie Room South | |
| 1:15 p.m. | Application of Innovative Admixtures on Iowa Bridge Deck Projects – Justin Dahlberg, Bridge |
| 1:45 p.m. |
How, What, Why, and When of Evaporation Retarders and Finishing Aids – Brent Rollins, Spray-Lock |
| 2:15 p.m. | Ice Cream Break |
Afternoon General Session – Garden Room | |
| 2:45 p.m. | Concrete Case Study: I-80/380 Interchange – Hugh Holak, Iowa DOT, and Andy Stone, United Contractors |
| 3:15 p.m. | Type IL Field Observations – Rob Young, Lithko Contracting |
| 4:00 p.m. | Adjourn |