July/August 2002 · Vol. 66 · No. 1

July/August 2002

Calendar

C O N F E R E N C E S  &  S P E C I A L  E V E N T S
C A L EN D A R

September
Date:	Sept 4-5, 2002
Event:	7th Annual Eastern Winter Road Maintenance Symposium and Equipment Expo
Sponsor:	FHWA, West Virginia University T2 Center, WV Department of Transportation-Division of Highways
Location:	Charleston, WV
Contact:	Deborah Vocke 410�2�44 deborah.vocke@fhwa.dot.gov www.easternsnowexpo.org
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Date:	Sept 10�, 2002
Event:	2002 Rural Advanced Technology and Transportation System Conference
Sponsor:	California Alliance for Advanced Transportation Systems (CAATS) and Rural-Advanced Technology and Transportation Systems (RATTS)
Location:	Monterey, CA
Contact:	Randi Dixon 916�5�73 Randi_Dixon@caats.org
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Date:	Sept 18�, 2002
Event:	NRVMA Annual Conference
Sponsor:	National Roadside Vegetation Management Association (NRVMA)
Location:	Orlando, FL
Contact:	Paul Northcutt 512�3�30 info@nrvma.org
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Date:	Sept 18�, 2002
Event:	8th National Conference on Transportation Planning for Small and Medium-Sized Communities
Sponsor:	TRB, FHWA, South Jersey Transportation Planning Organization, Ohio DOT
Location:	Cincinnati, OH
Contact:	Libby Rushley Ohio DOT 614­644­1204 libby.rushley@dot.state.oh.us
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Date:	Sept 19�, 2002
Event:	Second International Conference on Accelerated Pavement Testing
Sponsor:	University of Minnesota, TRB, Minnesota DOT, Texas DOT, National Asphalt Pavement Association, AASHTO, FHWA
Location:	Minneapolis, MN
Contact:	Glenn Engstrom Minnesota DOT 651­779­5531 glenn.engstrom@dot.state.mn.us
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Date:	Sept 22�, 2002
Event:	APWA International Public Works Congress and Exposition
Sponsor:	American Public Works Association (APWA)
Location:	Kansas City, MO
Contact:	Diana Forbes 816�2�00 congress@apwa.net www.apwa.net
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Date:	Sept 22�, 2002
Event:	APTA Annual Meeting and Expo 2002
Sponsor:	American Public Transportation Association
Location:	Las Vegas, NV
Contact:	Pam Boswell 202­496­4803 pboswell@apta.com www.apta.com/meetings/annual/index02.htm

October
Date:	Oct 4-11, 2002
Event:	National Safety Council 90th Annual Congress and Expo
Sponsor:	National Safety Council
Location:	San Diego, CA
Contact:	Customer Service Line 800–621–7619 customerservice@nsc.org www.congress.nsc.org
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Date:	Oct 5-8, 2002
Event:	2002 Automation Conference
Sponsor:	National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association
Location:	Ft. Worth, TX
Contact:	Steve Lenker 703­526­1075 slenker@nssga.org www.nssga.org
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Date:	Oct 6­9, 2002
Event:	Oct 1st Annual Concrete Bridge Conference
Sponsor:	National Concrete Bridge Council (NCBC) and FHWA
Location:	Nashville, TN
Contact:	Shri Bhide 847­966­6200 ncbc@portcement.org www.nationalconcretebridge.org
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Date:	Oct 9­11, 2002
Event:	58th Annual National Traffic Court Seminar
Sponsor:	American Bar Association
Location:	Reno, NV
Contact:	Rebecca King 312­988­5742 kingre@staff.abanet.org 800­238­2667 ext. 5700
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Date:	Oct 14­18, 2002
Event:	9th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems
Sponsor:	ITS America, ITS Japan, Intelligent Transportation Systems Europe (ERTICO)
Location:	Chicago, IL
Contact:	Robert Willis 202­484­4544 Rwillis@itsa.org www.itsworldcongress.org
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Date:	Oct 21–23, 2002
Event:	Convergence 2002
Sponsor:	Convergence Transportation Electronics Association (CTEA)
Location:	Detroit, MI
Contact:	Denise (Denny) Freitag 248–944–0975 DAF1@DaimlerChrysler.com www.convergence2002.org
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Date:	Oct 27–30 , 2002
Event:	11 th TRB International HOV Conference
Sponsor:	Transportation Research Board (TRB)
Location:	Seattle, WA
Contact:	Reggie Gillum 202–334–2382 rgillum@nas.edu www.hovworld.com/Seattle02/conference.html

 

November
Date:	Nov 3–6, 2002
Event:	SSPC 2002 The Industrial Protective Coatings Conference and Exhibit
Sponsor:	The Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC)
Location:	Tampa, FL
Contact:	Dee Boyle 412–281–2331 ext. 202 boyle@sspc.org
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Date:	Nov 17–20, 2002
Event:	First International Conference on Scour of Foundations
Sponsor:	International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Texas Transportation Institute, Federal Highway Administration, National Science Foundation
Location:	College Station, TX
Contact:	Jean-Louis Briaud 979–845–3795 briaud@tamu.edu http://tti.tamu.edu/conferences/scour/
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Date:	Nov 18–19 , 2002
Event:	ASBI Convention
Sponsor:	American Segmental Bridge Institute
Location:	San Francisco, CA
Contact:	Clifford Freyermuth 602–997–9964 asbi@mail.earthlink.net
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Date:	Nov 20–21, 2002
Event:	ARTBA Public-Private Ventures in Transportation and Federal Highway Administration Workshop on Project Finance
Sponsor:	American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)
Location:	Washington, DC
Contact:	Michael Martin 202–289–4434 ext. 106 mmartin@artba.org
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Date:	Nov 25–27 , 2002
Event:	International Conference on Seamless and Sustainable Transport
Sponsor:	Centre for Transportation Studies
Location:	Singapore
Contact:	Christine Mah 65–6790–4566 S2T@ntu.edu.sg www.ntu.edu.sg/cts/S2T

December
Date:	Dec 2–6, 2002
Event:	ARTBA International Roadway Work Zone Safety Conference
Sponsor:	American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)
Location:	Orlando, FL
Contact:	Joseph A. Manero 202–289–4434 ext. 120 jmanero@artba.org www.artba.org
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Date:	Dec 4–5, 2002
Event:	Canadian Public Works Expo 2002
Sponsor:	Ontario Chapters of the Canadian Public Works Association and the American Public Works Association and the Municipal Equipment and Operations Association
Location:	Toronto, Canada
Contact:	Lee Baker 888–253–1718 or 416–398–2786 leebaker@exposition.com Beth Wilson 866–512–2173 or 416–781–0909 bmwilson@exposition.com

February
Date:	Feb 11–14 , 2003
Event:	Geosynthetics 2003
Sponsor:	Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI)
Location:	Atlanta, GA
Contact:	Danette Fettig drfettig@ifai.com 651–225–6942 www.ifai.com

March
Date:	March 18–20 , 2003
Event:	World of Asphalt Show and Conference
Sponsor:	National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA)
Location:	Nashville, TN
Contact:	Carrie Stollenwerk 866–236–0442 Andrew Dougherty 800–355–6635 info@worldofasphalt.com www.worldofasphalt.com

 

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Other Articles in this issue:

Taking Concrete to the Next Level

Getting It Together

Fine-Tuning Innovative Technologies

On the Road Testing Roads

Paving the Way

Making Roads Better and Better

Texas Tests Precast for Speed and Usability

The Biggest Bang for Your Buck

New Software Promises to Put Whitetopping on the Map

Road Map to the Future

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