High Performance Materials for Green Highways & Byways
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Wednesday, October 5, 2005
Agenda
9:00 am Welcome, Introductions, and Purpose of the Workshop
(Elizabeth Olenbush, FIRST and Ron Vance, ERG)
9:15 am FHWA’s “Green Highways” Program
(Jason Harrington, Federal Highway Administration)
9:30 am U.S. EPA’s “Construction Initiative”
(Susan Mooney, U.S. EPA)
9:45 am Why Develop Markets for Industrial Materials?
(Tom Jansen, WE Energies - View Presentation)
10:15 am Break
10:30 am Foundry Sand Facts for Civil Engineers
(Sara Joyce, Badger Mining - View Presentation )
10:50 am Unbound Applications – Structural Fills and Bases
(Mike Ruetten, STS Consultants - View Presentation)
11:30 am Lunch (complimentary)
12:30 pm Hot Mix Asphalt
(Carl Johnson, University of Wisconsin - View Presentation)
1:00 pm Flowable Fills
(Nathan Nissen, Kohler Company - View Presentation)
1:30 pm Facilitated Discussion – Identifying and Reducing the Barriers to the Use of Foundry Sands and Other Industrial Materials in Construction Projects
2:45 pm Wrap Up and Identification of Action Items
3:00 pm Adjourn