Event Details
Ames, Iowa
Gateway Hotel and Conference Center
2100 Green Hills Drive
Ames, IA 50014
515-292-8600
November 12, 2026
Event Contact
Conference Sponsors
Iowa Chapter ACI
Iowa Concrete Paving Association
Iowa Ready Mixed Concrete Association
Iowa State University CCEE Department
National Concrete Pavement Technology Center
Iowa Chapter ACI Dinner
The Iowa Chapter ACI Dinner will be held the evening before the conference, on Wednesday, November 11 at the Gateway Hotel and Conference Center, South Prairie Room. The social hour will begin at 5:30 p.m., with dinner beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Conference Agenda
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. | Registration desk, check-in, and coffee – Outside the Garden Room |
Morning Session – Garden Room | |
| 8:30 a.m. | Welcome |
| 8:40 a.m. | Laboratory Testing and Small-Scale Demonstrations: The Pathway to Success for Low Carbon Concrete – Tom Van Dam, WJE |
| 9:25 a.m. | Evaluation Tools for Diagnosing Issues in Hardened Concretes – Peter Taylor, CP Tech Center |
| 10:10 a.m. | Break |
Morning Concurrent Sessions | |
| AM1 Concurrent Session – Prairie Room Central | |
| 10:40 a.m. | Assessing Thermal Resistivity in Concrete for Data Center Construction – Kevin Macdonald, Beton |
| 11:20 a.m. | Development of Non-Proprietary Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) Mixtures – Behrouz Shafei, Iowa State University, and Jesse Peterson, Iowa DOT |
| AM2 Concurrent Session – Prairie Room South | |
| 10:40 a.m. | How Joint Sawing, Workability, and Workmanship Affect Aesthetics – Paul Jaworski, Minnich |
| 11:20 a.m. | Constructing Decorative Concrete with Type IL Cement – Chris Sullivan, ASCC |
| 12:00 p.m. | 33rd 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. | Finishing Aids – Armen Amirkhanian, University of Alabama |
| 1:45 p.m. | Type S Admixtures: Potential Pathways to Better Concrete – Tom Van Dam, WJE |
PM2 Concurrent Session – Prairie Room South | |
| 1:15 p.m. | Paving with Multi-Crystalline Admixture in Dallas County – TBD, ICC Distribution Group |
| 1:45 p.m. | Digital 3D Delivery of Carson Bridge Deck Project – Cedric Wilkinson, Iowa DOT |
| 2:15 p.m. | Ice Cream Break |
Afternoon General Session – Garden Room | |
| 2:45 p.m. | Applying AI-Optimized Mix Designs to Data Center Construction – Nishant Garg, University of Illinois |
| 3:30 p.m. | Lessons Learned from Long-Life Concrete Structures – Paul Giroux, Purdue University |
| 4:15 p.m. | Adjourn |
Download a map of the Gateway Conference Center.