SDC Session 26 Agenda

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

5:00 - 7:00 p.m.:  Welcome Reception

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2009

7:00 - 8:00 a.m.:  Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 - 8:15 a.m.:  Welcome/Introduction - SDC #26
Claude Bedard, SDC Chair - Euclid Chemical Co.

8:15 - 8:45 a.m.:  SDC Business Update

8:45 - 9:15:  BIM in Use: The Migration of BIM from a Toy to an Essential Tool
Phil Williams, Vice President, Technical Services & Sustainability - Webcor Builders

9:15 - 9:45 a.m.:  The New ACI Committee 131 - BIM of Concrete Structures
Peter Carrato, Principal Civil Engineer - Bechtel Corp.

9:45 - 10:15 a.m.:  Break

10:15 - 10:45 a.m.:  ATC Project: Developing a Strategic Plan for BIM and Structural Concrete
Edwin Dean, Vice President/Managing Principal - Nishkian Dean

10:45 - 11:15 a.m.:  Concrete BIM: Real Examples...Right Now
Alistair Wells, Segment Manager, Concrete - Tekla, Inc.

11:15 - 12:00 p.m.:  SCC Research - Final Report: Field Validation of Form Pressure Exerted by Self-Consolidating Concrete
Kamal Khayat, Professor - University of Sherbrooke

12:00 - 1:30 p.m.:  Lunch

1:30 - 2:10 p.m.:  PLC (Portland Limestone Cement) - Reducing Cement Emissions
Mike Thomas, Professor - University of New Brunswick

2:10 - 2:40 p.m.:  Update on ITG-8 - Performance Criteria for Concrete Materials
Mark Chrzanowski, Principal Structural Technologist - CH2M Hill

2:40 - 3:00 p.m.:  Break

3:00 - 4:45 p.m.:  Break-Out Sessions
#1 - Planning Session for BIM Strategic Session
#2 - TMC: Performance Concrete and Related Topics
#3 - TBD

4:45 - 5:00 p.m.:  Day's Wrap-Up

6:00 - 6:30 p.m.:  SDC Reception

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.:  Dinner

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2009

7:00 - 8:00 a.m.:  Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 - 8:35 a.m.:  Techniques of Recycling Demolished Concrete & Asphalt into Specification Aggregates for Reuse
Rick Givan, President - Recycled Materials Co.

8:35 - 9:10 a.m.:  Technology Showcase - Verifi: On Board Process Control for Ready Mix Concrete
Joe Stigler, CEO - RS Solutions

9:10 - 9:45 a.m.:  Technology Showcase - VCAS SCMs, and the Role of Recycled Glass in Concrete
Joe Keating, Principal Owner - Vitro Minerals

9:45 - 10:15 a.m.:  Break

10:15 - 10:45 a.m.:  Washington at Work? The Environmental Agenda
Bob Harris, Principal - Nutter and Harris

10:45 - 11:30 a.m.:  Technology Showcase - Carbon-Neutral Rice Hull Ash: A Green Supplementary Cementitious Material
Rajan Vempati, President - ChK Group
Prasad Rangaraju, Associate Professor - Clemson University

11:30 - 12:00 p.m.:  Break-Out Session Updates/Wrap-Up

12:00 p.m.:  Adjourn