Spring 2025 National Concrete Consortium

LOCATION

Rosemont, Illinois

VENUE

DATES

April 8, 2025 — April 10, 2025

TIME

General Session begins at 8:00 AM Central on Tuesday, April 8th.

Day 0 | Monday, April 7, 2025

Time	Event Details
4:00 p.m.	Early Registration
6:00 p.m.	Meet in Lobby to Join Others for Dinner

Day 1 | Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Time	Event Details
6:30 a.m.	Breakfast Buffet and Registration
8:00 a.m.	General Session Welcome and Introductions – Dan Miller, Ohio DOT (PDF) Illinois DOT & Illinois Tollway Welcome Presentations FHWA/Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center Updates - Mike Praul, FHWA (PDF) State Reports Summary (PDF) Q&A
10:00 a.m.	Morning Break
10:30 a.m.	Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR) North Carolina DOT ASR Projects – Chip Lichtenwalner, North Carolina DOT (PDF) P3C Update - Peter Taylor, CP Tech Center (PDF) Mitigating Potential ASR – Jason Ideker, Oregon State University (PDF) Q&A
12:00 p.m.	Lunch (Provided)
1:00 p.m.	Cement and Supplementary Cementitious Materials State DOTs Blended Cement Survey Summary – Jamie Farny, PCA (PDF) NCHRP Synthesis 55-05: Use of SCMs for Concrete – Tara Cavalline, UNC Charlotte (PDF) Admixtures – Mark Niemuth, Cemex (PDF) Q&A
2:30 p.m.	Afternoon Break
3:00 p.m.	Construction with Low Clinker Materials MnROAD Update – Tom Burnham, MnDOT (PDF) AASHTO Cement and Fly Ash Harmonization Committees - Larry Sutter, Sutter Engineering LLC (PDF) Calorimetry – Jagan Gudimettla, FHWA MCTC and Peter Taylor, CP Tech Center (PDF) Q&A
5:00 p.m.	Reception at Hotel

Day 2 | Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Time	Event Details
6:30 a.m.	Breakfast Buffet
8:00 a.m.	Structural Materials Textured Reinforcement – Dan Tobias, Illinois DOT (PDF) Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) Discussion – Will Gold, American Concrete Institute (PDF) Basalt Reinforcement – Mohsen Issa, University of Illinois-Chicago (PDF) Q&A NCC Executive Committee Elections
9:45 a.m.	Morning Break
10:15 a.m.	Repair, Friction, Rideability Precision and Bias for SAM and Resistivity Test Methods – Dan King, CP Tech Center (PDF) Next Generation Concrete Surfaces – Nick Davis, IGGA (PDF) I-490/I-294 Construction – Illinois Tollway Q&A
12:00 p.m.	Lunch (Provided)
1:00 p.m.	Afternoon Tech Tours – Local Concrete Paving Projects
5:00 p.m.	Adjourn

Day 3 | Thursday, April 10, 2025

Time	Event Details
7:00 a.m.	Breakfast
8:00 a.m.	Implementing Next Generation Cementitious Materials Workshop (PDF)
10:00 a.m.	Morning Break
10:30 a.m.	Implementing Next Generation Cementitious Materials Workshop (continued)
12:00 p.m.	Boxed Lunch
12:30 p.m.	State DOT Reps
3:00 p.m.	Adjourn

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