OasisLMS

As sustainability and carbon embodiment have become driving forces in the construction industry, it is important to understand how concrete pavement has performed well in the past and identify areas of improvement for the future. A crucial aspect when comparing pavement surface options is considering the full life cycle and adjusting the design to minimize total carbon emissions. This session will discuss how the concrete pavement industry is adapting to these changes and incorporating buy clean initiatives into the design to meet the long-life and performance goals required. This session will be of interest to owners, consultants, contractors, and manufacturers.

The contents of this course include 5 recorded presentations from the ACI 2023 Fall Convention:
• Sustainability Through Long Life: Concrete Pavement Performance Champions; Kurt Smith, Applied Pavement Technology, Inc.
• Concrete Material Transparency: How Buy Clean Initiatives are Transforming Project Requirements; Hessan AzariJafari, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Designing to Lower Climate Change Impacts and Improve Resiliency in New and Rehabilitated Concrete Pavements; James Mack, CEMEX
• The Embodied Carbon of Concrete Pavements and Their Role as a Carbon Sink; Thomas Van Dam, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.
• Concrete Pavement Sustainability – Achieving Societal and Economic Goals on the Path to Carbon Neutrality; Tim Martin, American Concrete Pavement Assoc ACPA

1. Identify examples of long-life concrete pavements and highlight common factors that have contributed to their outstanding performance.
2. Explain how the concrete pavement industry has responded to buy clean initiatives.
3. Highlight the components and the process of incorporating life cycle analysis into concrete pavement design.
4. Define recent modeling efforts and how asset management and end of life decisions can maximize carbon uptake.
5. Recognize how concrete pavements can be used to achieve all the economic, environmental, and societal goals of sustainability while on the path to net zero emissions.

Study the materials included in this module. Then, complete and pass the corresponding 10-question quiz with a score of 80% or higher to receive a certificate for 0.15 CEU (1.5 PDH).
Continuing Education Credit: 0.15 CEU (1.5 PDH)
Approved AIA and ICC
Access Period: 30 days