CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2011 Green Roads Summit Will Include Sessions on Storm Water Management

Increased interest in green highways is a natural extension of the fast-growing green building movement in construction. A new "Green Roads Summit" at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2011 will offer attendees ready-to-apply green construction techniques and the latest environmental information affecting jobsites, including green roads programs.

The daylong event, which includes a closing reception, is March 24, 2011, and is open to all show attendees. CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2011 will be held March 22 to 26, 2011, at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas.

The Green Roads Summit is a collaboration between CONEXPO-CON/AGG and the Construction Materials Recycling Assn. (CMRA), U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Associated General Contractors of America (AGC).

Also participating are industry experts from groups including the Maryland State Highway Administration, New York Department of Transportation, American Concrete Pavement Assn. (ACPA), Diesel Technology Forum, National Asphalt Pavement Assn. (NAPA) and Rubber Pavements Assn.

"Sustainability is an issue that transcends national borders, so attendees from the United States, as well as worldwide, will find the topics of interest. It's a great opportunity for attendees to meet with leaders in this emerging area to discuss current and future best practices," said William Turley, executive director of CMRA.

Kicking off the event is Steven Van Beek of the ENO Foundation for Transportation, talking on "Climate Change, Sustainable Transportation and Economic Competitiveness." Emerging trends in sustainability is the focus of the summit's morning general sessions, including FHWA's sustainable highway criteria tool and pilot projects.

Afternoon breakouts will cover a variety of topics related to recycling and reuse, storm water management and climate and air issues.

Recycling and reuse breakouts will discuss the use of industrial byproducts in pavements, recycled asphalt pavement, scrap tires in rubberized asphalt, in-place concrete and asphalt pavement recycling and two-lift concrete construction with recycled concrete.

Storm water management breakouts will focus on watershed-based storm water management, low-impact development processes and practices, performance and value of green infrastructure and case studies of the Colorado storm water excellence program and Maryland inter-county connector.

Climate and air breakouts will cover achieving profitable and sustainable fleet operations, regulatory updates and a clean diesel retrofit case study.

Source: ThomasNet News