Paving Seminar 2026

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: Paving Principles and Techniques
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM: Paving by the Numbers (take-off procedures)
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM: Break
9:45 AM – 11:00 AM: Understanding Mat Defects
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Principles of Grade and Slope Control
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Lunch
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM: The World is not Flat (paving uphill, wide-width, supers)
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM: Smoothness Research and Studies
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM: Break
3:15 PM – 4:00 PM: 3-D Paving at Corvette Museum Rally Course
4:00 PM – 4:45 PM: Quiz, Review and Wrap-up

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM: Fundamentals of Asphalt Compaction
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM: Break
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM: Transverse and Longitudinal Joint Compaction
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM: How Compaction Affects Smoothness
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM: Pneumatic Compactor Selection and Set-up
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Lunch
1:00 PM – 1:45 PM: Boston Logan Airport: Production and Density Goals
1:45 PM – 2:30 PM: I-88 Job Study: Working Around the Tender Zone
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM: Break
2:45 PM – 3:15 PM: Echelon Rolling and Tender Zone
3:15 PM – 3:45 PM: Introduction to Intelligent Compaction
3:45 PM – 4:30 PM: Quiz, Review and Wrap-up