ACPA - Understanding Today’s Concrete Pavements
Powell — Tuesday, October 27, 2026
- Time: 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
- Where: Powell, WY / Northwest College
- Cost: $75 per person. Lunch is included.
Sheridan — Wednesday, October 28, 2026
- Time: 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
- Where: Sheridan, WY / Sheridan College
- Cost: $75 per person. Lunch is included.
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Concrete used to be simple. Cement, water, sand, rock, and some air. You checked the strength at 28 days and the job was done. Today’s concrete is not that simple. A mix can hold new kinds of cement, fly ash or slag, recycled water, more than one size of rock and sand, and several admixtures. The specs have changed too. Some jobs are now judged on how the pavement performs, not just on a strength number. Some come with warranties or a fast schedule. This class walks you through what is in today’s concrete, how to place it right, and how to make it last.
- How mix designs work today, including Type IL cement
- How to place, finish, and cure concrete that will see deicers
- How to pour in hot weather and in cold weather
- How to build a concrete parking lot that holds up
- How to design and build concrete overlays
- Best practices for jointing
- How to manage your pavement over its whole life
- The top 10 myths about concrete pavement
8:30 AM – 8:45 AM Welcome and Introductions
8:45 AM – 9:30 AM Mix Designs and Working with Type IL Cement
9:30 AM – 10:15 AM Placing, Finishing, and Curing to Help with Deicers
10:15 AM – 10:45 AM Break
10:45 AM – 11:15 AM The Concrete Parking Lot
11:15 AM – 12:00 PM Hot and Cold Weather Concreting
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM – 1:45 PM Design and Construction of Concrete Overlays
1:45 PM – 2:30 PM Best Practices for Jointing Concrete Pavements
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Break
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Pavement Asset Management
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM Top 10 Myths about Concrete Pavement
Greg Halsted, P.E. -
Senior Director, Local Paving — National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA)
Greg is a licensed professional engineer. He earned his degree in civil engineering technology from Southern Polytechnic State University. He has worked in planning, design, materials testing, construction, inspection, and sustainability. He has also written a number of guides on cement and concrete for paving and soils work.
Jamie Johnson, P.E.-
Executive Director, Colorado/Wyoming Chapter — American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA)
Jamie graduated from Colorado State University in 1992 and earned his Colorado professional engineer license in 2004. He has spent his career on concrete pavement design, construction, maintenance, and mix designs. He also works with soil-cement, full-depth reclamation, and roller-compacted concrete.
Asphalt - Optimizing Value of Asphalt Concrete Projects
Kemmerer — Thursday, November 5, 2026
- Time: 8:30 AM to 4:00 pm
- Where: Kemmerer, WY / South Lincoln Training & Evants Center
- Cost: $75 per person. Lunch is included.
Casper — Tuesday, November 17, 2026
- Time: 8:30 AM to 4:00 pm
- Where: Casper, WY / Casper Community College
- Cost: $75 per person. Lunch is included.
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Asphalt work eats up a big share of a local road budget. Small choices — the mix you pick, how you handle the material, how you write the spec, how you inspect the job — add up to years of pavement life, or years lost. This one-day class looks at how to get the most road for your money on an asphalt job, from planning through construction.
Michael B. Robinson, P.E.-
Mike has more than 30 years’ experience across the country in the heavy civil industry, working for a large state agency, as a contractor and materials producer, and as a consultant. His primary focus is flexible pavements and aggregate materials including pavement design, quality management, troubleshooting, maintenance and rehabilitation techniques, constructability reviews and value engineering, and construction claims support. He is a graduate of the University of Wyoming, and is active in local and national pavement and industry associations, and Transportation Research Board standing committees, and is a member of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists. He is a reg-istered Civil Engineer in Wyoming, Nevada, California, and Arizona
The University of Wyoming has earned its Research Level 1 (R1) status from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, placing Wyoming's only four-year university with the top research universities in the United States.