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Airport Pavement Design Seminar

WASHINGTON, D. C.?EUR??,,????'??+Responding to overwhelming demand for this seminar, the American Concrete Pavement Association has scheduled the next popular Airport Pavement Design seminar. The February and October 2003 Airport Design seminars sold out within weeks of the announcement. ACPA urges interested members and affiliates to sign up as soon as possible.

Scheduled for February 9-11, 2004 at the ACPA/Portland Cement Association (PCA) offices in Chicago, the three-day seminar is geared toward entry-level and project engineers. It will consist of a comparative analysis of the FAA, PCA, and military design methods; an explanation of Federal Aviation Administration specifications and design requirements; preparation for construction and construction techniques for pavements, concrete mix designs, and adjustments.

Pertinent publications, software programs, and other materials will be provided. For more information visit www.pavement.com

BIA Marketing Forum

RESTON, Va.?EUR??,,????'??+Registration is now taking place for the fourth annual Brick Industry Marketing Forum at the Sawgrass Marriott Resort, Ponte Vedra, Fla. on December 3?EUR??,,????'???5. Full registration includes fees for all forum sessions, receptions and banquet. Spouse/guest registration includes fees for all receptions and banquet. Golf registration includes Stadium course green fees, cart and box lunch. Tour registration for the St. Augustine tour includes the private guide, private bus and lunch at A1A Ale Works.

Full registration is $210 for members. Golf registration includes Stadium course green fees, cart and box lunch for $193. The guided tour of St. Augustine and lunch at A1A Ale Works costs $94.50.

ICPI to Host 2006 International Conference

WASHINGTON, D. C.?EUR??,,????'??+The Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute (ICPI) will host 2006 International Conference on Concrete Block Paving in San Francisco, California. The tentative conference date is early November 2006. The three-day conference is aimed at design professionals, manufacturers of concrete pavers, suppliers to the concrete paver industry, government officials, university professors, and industry associations.

The International Conference on Concrete Block Paving is held every three years. Past conferences have attracted several hundred delegates. The conferences have been held in Japan, Israel, New Zealand, The Netherlands, and England.

Concrete block paving is also called interlocking concrete pavement with over 400 million square feet sold last year in the U.S. and Canada. This is a small fraction of over 6 billion square feet sold in the world each year. Pavement is seeing increased use in residential, commercial, municipal, and port paving projects in North America. Since the mid-1990s, the industry in the U.S. has been growing at least 15 percent a year, according to the ICPI. Even with this rate of growth, per capita consumption of concrete pavers in the U.S. is one of the lowest among developed nations, indicating a significant potential for expansion of the market.

According to ICPI Chairman Bruce Camper, ?EUR??,,????'??The international conference mission is to educate the industry and design professionals, especially civil engineers. The event will be an opportunity to attract design professionals to education sessions on design, specification, construction and maintenance. The conference will be the place where industry, academics, and design professionals can exchange information and grow the market in North America.?EUR??,,????'??