18 - 21 October 2009

Buenos Aires Sheraton Hotel & Convention Center, Argentina

"Concrete Block Paving as a sustainable tool for a comprehensive development"


General Secretariat

P.O. BOX 73 - C1084ZAA
Buenos Aires - Argentina
Tel 54 11 5252 9801 // Fax 54 11 4813 0073
email

Comercial Secretariat

R. Santi y Asociados S.A.
comercial@rsanti.com.ar
www.rsanti.com.ar

Executive Director

Timoteo Gordillo, Argentina

Academic Committee Members

Rob Burak, Canada

Allan Dawson, United Kingdom

Timoteo Gordillo, Argentina

Ilan Ishai, Israel

John Knapton, UK

Germán Madrid, Colombia

Alan Pearson, Australia

Brian Shackel, Australia

David Smith, United Sates

Giles Wilbanks, United States

Program

Sunday
1:00pm - 6:00pm Conference Registration
 
3:30pm - 6:30pm Pre Conference Seminar
      Opening Words - Timoteo Gordillo, Argentina
      History of block paving - Allan Dowson, UK
 
4:45pm Break
     Permeable paving: evolution and development - John Cairns, South Africa
 
5:30pm Break
     Use of block paving in public areas - Germán Madrid, Colombia
     Block paving and market devolping - Lina Montoya,  Colombia  
 
6:30pm - 7:00pm Trade Exhibition Inauguration
 
7:00pm - 8:30pm Welcome Reception in Exhibit Area and cocktail
 

Monday, October 19 – Technical Papers Session

 
8:30am - 9:00am Opening Ceremony
 
9:00am - 10:00am Sustainability Chairperson - Carlos Brunatti, Argentina
·          Improvement of water quality by coarse graded aggregates in permeable pavements– John Knapton, UK
·          The storage and protection of rainfall resources stored in permeable paving – Stephen Coupe, UK
·          Hydrologic and water quality evaluation of four permeable pavements in North Carolina, William Hunt, USA.
·          Water stored within permeable paving and the effect of ground source heat pump applications on water quality – Stephen Coupe, UK
 
10:00am - 10:30am Break
 
10:30am - 11:30pm Durability, performance and life cycle costs -  Chairperson John Cairns, South Africa
·          Cooperation as a factor of success international product + project development in the concrete stone industry Stephan Steffen, Germany
·          Life-cycle cost comparison for municipal road pavements – David Hein, Canada
·          Development of a national certification program for permeable interlocking concrete pavement – David Smith, USA
·          Economic evaluation of paving rural roads with concrete blocks – Rodrigo Archondo-Callao, USA
 
11:30am - 12:30pm
·          Landscaping, public space and municipal development - Chairperson Patricio Guarinzoli, Argentina
·          Program for urban paving by the government of the Argentinean Province of Chubut. A sustainable model with a great social impact- Fabian Pérez, Argentina
·          Influence of the precast-concrete unit called “paver” in the development of the director plan in Medellin, Colombia – Lina Montoya, Colombia
·          Concrete paving blocks as protagonist in the development urban residencial neighbourhoods – Claudio Herrera, Argentina
·          Improvement of rural and urban marginal areas through concrete block paving – Arturo Rafael Olguin Noriega, Peru
 
12:30pm - 2:00pm Lunch
 
2:00pm - 3:30pm
·          Standard, Codes, Test, Design, Construction and Evaluation - Chairperson Ilan Ishai, Israel
·          Quality improvement with continuous job-site monitoring Soenke Borgwardt, Germany /
·          The testing of concrete block pavers – John Cairns, South Africa
·          A pilot study of cement-treated basecourses for use in permeable interlocking concrete pavements– Markus Oeser, Australia
·          Quality control of concrete pavers by a colorimetric method Claudio Oliveira Silva, Brazil Deflection basin measurements and seasonal structural behaviour of interlocking concrete block pavements in a urban northern context– Pascale Pierre, Canada
·          Implementation of the flexural strength test for concrete pavers Alejandra Benitez, Argentina
 
3:30pm - 4:00pm Break
 
4:00pm - 5:30pm
·          Industrial, port, airport and road applications - Chairperson: Alan Pearson, Australia
·           Concrete block pavement as solution for a rail crossing subjected to loads of heavy traffic in an urban area – Timoteo Gordillo, Argentina
·          Application and testing of concrete block paving in urban light rail transit lines. Ilan Ishai, Israel
·          British Port Association port and heavy duty pavement design manual– John Knapton, UK
·          Construction and rehabilitation of aircraft pavements using concrete blocks having mechanical interlock– John Emery, UK
·          Concrete block pavements for container storage areas in Argentina– Claudio Herrera, Argentina
·          A study of the performance of concrete block pavements in container terminals – Alastair Macleod, China 5.30pm –
 
5.45pm Break
 
5.45pm – 6.30pm Round Table
 
 
Tuesday: Technical Papers Session
9:00am - 10:30am Sustainability - Chairperson: John Knapton, UK
·          Development of the permeable design pro - permeable interlocking
concrete pavement software design program– Dj Swan, Canada
·          Development of design software (storm water management) for concrete segmental permeable pavements– Brian Shackel, Australia
·          Recycle of municipal solid waste by concrete paving blocks – Keiji Tomaru, Japan
Study of urban heat island mitigation on interlocking block pavement – Yutaka Ando, Japan
·          Storm water management for urban environments
– Charles Taylor, USA.
·          Permeable paving and renewable energy: how to heat buildings using sustainable drainage infrastructure– Stephan Coupe, UK
 
10:30am - 11:00am Break
 
11:00am - 12:30pm Standard, Codes, Test, Design, Construction and Evaluation - Chairperson Allan Dowson, UK
·          Development of a pavement condition index procedure for interlocking concrete pavements -David Hein, Canada
·          Development of North American guidelines for prequalification of bedding sand for use in segmental concrete pavements in vehicular
·          Publication of manual for interlocking block pavement design and construction (2007 version)– Etsuro Noda, Japan
·          Flexible-bounded bedding layer as an improvement for concrete block pavement - Jens Meinheit, Germany
·          Development of a national standard for the structural design of interlocking concrete pavements for municipal streets and roadways– David Hein, Canada
 
12:30pm - 2:00pm Lunch
 
2:00pm - 3:30pm Innovation - Chairperson David Smith, USA
·          Functional Blocks– Masao Inuzuka, Japan
·          Assessment of embodied carbon in conventional and permeable pavements surfaced with pavers – John Knapton, UK  
·          Permanent reflective markins for pavement surfaces– Michael Lazar, UK
·          Finite element modeling of plastic cell filled concrete block pavement– Teiborlang Lyngdoh Ryntachiang, India
·          Analysis for application of steel slag in the production of concrete block paving– Ricardo Peixoto, Brazil
·          Formulation of the dynamic method for the design of concrete and mortar mixes- Francisco Gómez, Colombia
 
3:30pm – 4:00pm Break
 
4:00pm - 4:45pm Education - Chairperson: Brian Shackel, Australia
·          Spanish - English - Portuguese dictionary for concrete block paving Germán Madrid, Colombia
·          Case study for the good long-term serviceability of interlocking block pavement – Shinobu Omoto, Japan
·          Swedish education and training on concrete block pavements – Johan Silfwerbrand, Sweden
·          Volunteer certification program for concrete blocks and pavers, seal of conformity AABH – INTI – ICPA – Alejandra Benitez, Argentina
 
4:45pm - 5:30pm Landscaping, public space and municipal development - Chairperson: Diego Calo, Argentina
·          The powerful possibilities of small element pavement for designers of public space– Jan Knol, Netherlands
·          The city of Eilat is going for concrete block paving– Ilan Ishai, Israel
·          Accessibility to public spaces with the use of block pavements– Claudio Oliveira Silva, Brazil
 
5.30pm – 5.45pm Break
 
5.45pm – 6.30pm Round Table
 
Wednesday: Technical Papers Session
9:00am - 10:00am Sustainability - Chairperson: Lambert Houben, Netherlands
·          Permeable pavements for heavity trafficked roads – a full scale trial – John Knapton, UK
·          Experience in the application of permeable interlocking concrete block paving in Australia –Brian Shackel, Australia
·          Water permeable pavements in Belgium – from research project to real application– Anne Beeldens, Belgium
·          Working with regulators to change permeable pavement acceptance – William Hunt, USA
 
10:00am - 10:30am Break
 
10:30am - 11:30pm Standards, Codes, Test, Construction and Evaluation Chairperson: Claudio Herrera, Argentina
        ·          Mechanical paving in The Netherlands - Lambert Houben, Netherlands
·          Optimized numerical tools for the analysis and design of concrete block pavements– Markus Oeser, Australia
·          Utilization of molten slag into interlocking block in Japan and recycling of100%-molten slag interlocking block– Yoshiharu Hosokawa, Japan
 
11:30am - 12:45pm Durability, performance and life cycle costs Chairperson German Madrid,
Colombia
·          Evaluation of interlocking concrete paver crosswalks through an innovative field experiment –Susan Tighe, Canada
·          Study on evaluation of pavement smoothness on sidewalk for– Masahiko Nakamura, Japan
Status of pavements rehabilitated with paver overlays, after seven years of service –Claudio                                      Herrera, Argentina
·          Back to basics – measuring the progress of understanding of over 35 years of the use of concrete block paving in the United Kingdom – Alan Dawson, UK
 
12:45am – 1:00pm Closing Ceremony
 
1:00pm - 2:30pm Lunch
 
8:30pm – 11:30pm Farewell Party
 
Tickets are sold at Registration Counters until Monday, October 19, 5:00pm
 

DECLARADO DE INTERES NACIONAL. RESOLUCIÓN 555/09

DECLARADO DE POR PARTE DEL GOBIERNO DE LA CIUDAD AUTONOMA DE BUENOS AIRES.

Auspicies

  • Asociación Argentina de Tecnología del Hormigón
  • Cámara de la Vivienda y Equipamiento Urbano de la República Argentina
  • Centro Argentino de Ingenieros
  • Comisión de Ciencia y Tecnología del H. Senado de la Nación
  • Consejo Profesional de Ingeniería Civil
  • Embajada de la República Federal de Alemania
  • Embajada de Pakistán
  • Embajada de Uruguay
  • Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
  • Mutual de Arquitectura de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
  • Universidad de Buenos Aires- Facultad de Ingeniería

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18 - 21 October 2009 - Buenos Aires - Argentina