Road Pavements Forum (RPF)

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2nd Road Pavements Forum - 16 & 17 MAY 2001
Meeting

KEYNOTE SESSION
Welcome, Announcements and Overview of the Programme	P Myburgh
The under-provision and under-capitalization of road maintenance, rehabilitation and upgrading in South Africa: analysis and measures toward improvement	D Ross

LOGISTIC FORUM (1)
Bitumen Price Index Discussion	P Myburgh
Impact of Vehicle Overloading on South Africa's Road Network - Quo Vadis	L Mangcu
Overload Control in Chile	M Slavik

INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENTS
Chair of Pavement Engineering at the University of Stellenbosch	K Jenkins
FHWA Technology Transfer Centres	P Hendricks
i-Port	E Schnackenberg
CSIR-Transportek International Fellowship	A Yannakou

RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Pavement Research Programme Discussion	N Alli
Status of training of material technologists: Formation of RPF Task Group	C de Jager

Conference feedback:
Asphalt-Rubber 2000	A Visser
Eurasphalt-Eurobitume	B Verhaeghe
AAPT 2000	R Lorio
Official launch of the Asphalt Academy by Nazir Alli Presentation	L Sampson

TECHNOLOGY IN PRACTICE
Concrete pavements for low-volume roads	B Walker
Feedback on new cement types	B Perrie

Progress reports:
Modified binders task group Bitumen specifications task group	D Rossmann D Rose
Implementation of the HMA interim design guidelines	MC Barnard;
Gautrans study on in-situ stabilisation of base courses	H Theyse
Foamed asphalt working group	E Sadzik

FEEDBACK SESSION
Status report on PIARC 2003	N Alli
Feedback on National Committees: Road Materials Committee	R Lindsay
Final resolutions and closure	P Hendricks
For more information, please contact :
Benoit Verhaeghe Tel: +27 12 841 2907 Fax: +27 12 841 2690 E-mail: mailto:bverhaeg@CSIR.co.za
Bryan Perrie Cement & Concrete Institute Tel: +27 11 315 0300 Fax: +27 11 315 0584 E-mail: mailto:bryan@cnci.org.za
Mr Pieter Myburgh SABITA Tel: +27 21 531 2606 Fax: +27 21 531 2606 E-mail: mailto:pmyburgh@iafrica.com