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PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE

(Schedule is tentative and subject to potential change)

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 Monday, October 15
 12:00 - 6:30 pm Registration
 12:30 - 5:00 pm ARRA Board of Directors Meeting
 5:00 - 6:00 pm ARRA CORE Executive Meeting
6:00 - 8:00 pm Opening Cocktail Reception
   
Tuesday, October 16
7:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration & Exhibits Open
7:00 - 8:45 am Continental Breakfast
7:00 - 8:30 am ARRA Cold Recycling Committee Meeting - ALL ARRA MEMBERS WELCOME
8:45 am - 12:00 pm General Session
  Opening Remarks, ARRA President Darren Coughlin, President, Coughlin Company
  KEYNOTE and Q&A: Humanizing Business, Mark Fernandes, CEO, Captialism 2.0
10:05 - 10: 20 am
Refreshment Break
  Growing Your Business, Increasing Your Brand and the Impact of Marketing in a Low Bid World, Lindsay Matush, President, Vario Consulting
  GOAL ZERO - the Importance of Having a Target to Be Successful in Safety, Brett M. Haskins, Global Consulting Manager, Caterpillar Inc.
12:00 - 12:55 pm Lunch & Exhibitor Networking
1:00 - 3:30 pm
General Session
  Wrestling Big Data to the Ground to Improve your Bottom Line, Eric Baker, Director of Marketing and Sales Support, ROADTEC Inc.

Tapping into Engineering Companies to Grow Our Industry, Salman Bhutta, President, EngTec
  The Power of RoadResource.org - Workshop that can Positively Change Your Business, Lindsay Matush, President, Vario Consulting
3:35 - 3:55 pm Refreshment Break
4:00 - 5:00 pm ARRA Business Meeting
5:00 - 5:45 pm ARRA Suppliers Meeting
6:15 pm
Walk to Battleship (3/4 mile)
6:30 - 8:30 pm USS Wisconsin Battleship Tour & Reception
   
Wednesday, October 17
7:00 am - 12:00 pm Registration & Exhibits Open
7:00 - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
7:15 - 8:40 am ARRA FDR/SS Committee Meeting - ALL ARRA MEMBERS WELCOME
7:15 - 8:40 am ARRA Hot In-Place Recycling Committee Meeting - ALL ARRA MEMBERS WELCOME
8:45 am - 12:00 pm General Session
  Canada's Largest HIPR Project - All You Need to Know from a Contractor's Perspective, Becca Lane, Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
  High Volume Road Design Development, Tom Tate, VDOT
  Details of the Final I-64- Expected Design Life, Brian Diefenderfer, Associate Principal Research Scientist, VTRC/VDOT
10:15 - 10:30 am
Refreshment Break 
  FDR and CCPR Specifications, including Mix Design, Construction and QC, Ben Bowers, Auburn University (formerly VTRC)
  Cold Central Plant Recycling on I-64- From Mix Design to Finish Roller, Craig Rayfield, Quality Control Manager, Allan Myers Construction
  Full Depth Reclamation on I-64- From Mix Design to Finish Roller, Craig Rayfield, Quality Control Manager, Allan Myers Construction
  Lessons Learned: Key Findings & Take-Aways to Date, Tom Tate, Virginia Department of Transportation 
12:25 - 1:25 pm Lunch & Exhibitor Networking
1:30 - 1:55 pm
Load Bus/Transport to Outdoor Workshop Site (1000 Monticello Ave, Norfolk, VA)
2:00 - 4:45 pm
Outdoor Workshop - participants will rotate through stations below 
  Demo: Site Investigation & Tools to Determine Design Options, Mark Stahl, Wirtgen America
  Whiteboard Session: What I do to Build a Successful Pavement, Steve Cross, Oklahoma State University
  Whiteboard Session: Field Sampling Techniques for Mix Design & Quality Assurance, Trevor Moore, Miller Paving Limited
  Demo: Cementitious Mix Design Practices- FDR with Cement, Mike Galli, ECS Mid-Atlantic, LLC
3:15 - 3:30 pm
Refreshment Break
  Demo: Bitiminous Mix Design Practices- Foam/Emulsion Lab, Loyd Amos, Wirtgen America
  Marshall Hammer - Creation of Briquettes, Salman Bhutta, EngTech Consulting
  Whiteboard Session: Data Analysis and Path Forward to Obtain Optimum Mix Design, Stephanie Drain, S Drain Engineering of IL, LLC
  Whiteboard Session: Best Practices to Ensure Quality in the Field, Don Matthews, Pavement Recycling Systems, Inc.
4:45 - 5:00 pm
Transport back to hotel
5:30 - 7:30 pm Cocktail Reception at hotel
   
Thursday, October 18
 7:00 am - 12:00 pm Registration & Exhibits Open
7:00 - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
7:00 - 8:25 am ARRA Cold Planing Committee Meeting - - ALL ARRA MEMBERS WELCOME
8:00 - 9:25 am Agency Roundtable
8:30 am - 12:15 pm General Session
  OSHA Silica Regulations - 2018 Update and Look Ahead to 2019, Howard Marks, NAPA Vice President for Environment, Health & Safety
  3D Milling: A Real Project Example - Make Cool Technology Earn Cool Cash for Your Business, Mark Larranaga, Senior Manager Intelligent Paving Business Development & Bill Painter, Senior Manager, OEM Paving Products, Topcon
  Cold Recycling in China: An Effective Means of Using RAP, Stephane Charmot, China Asphalt Technical Group Leader, Ingevity 
10:15 am - 10:30 am Refreshment Break
  Developing and Maintaining CIR Program, Girum Merine, VDOT
  Cold Recycled Materials - An Alternative Approach for Pavement Structural Design, David Jones, UC Davis
  On the Road to In-Place Recycling Performance Improvements, Todd Thomas, Asphalt Materials, Inc.
  Closing Remarks, Darren Coughlin, Coughlin Company

 


For additional information, contact the ARRA offices at 630.942.6578.
For assistance with registration, please contact Ali Mostardo, ARRA Program Manager, at alim@cmservices.com.
For assistance with sponsorship, please contact Kristi Olson, ARRA Executive Director, at kristio@cmservices.com.