1. International Concrete Conference: International Workshop on Best Practices for Concrete Pavements, Recife, Brazil Organised by mainly: –ISCP (Dan Zollinger), –IBRACON (Brazil Concrete Society) (Rubens Bittencourt) –University of Sao Paulo (Prof Jose Balbo) 21-23 Oct 07 in Recife, Brasil 6 Workshop sessions, over 250 delegates 41 Presenters –From Brazil, USA, Belgium, UK, Holland, Sweden and South Africa

2. Recife, Brazil

3. Workshop topics Curing & finishing Concrete Pavements Mechanistic design Procedures (new & rehab) PCC Pavement Performance & Construction Issues PCC Pavement Materials PCC Pavement Rehabilitation Pre-cast & Pre-stressed Concrete Pavements Whitetopping Thermal effects Long Life characteristics Structural Analysis Surface Properties Effects of reinforcement on CRC Pavements APT testing of Concrete Pavements

5. South Africa Won the Best Paper Award: “Accelerated Pavement Testing of Load Transfer through Aggregate Interlock and the influence of Crack Width and Aggregate Type - a case study” Authors: Pieter Strauss, Louw du plessis, Bryan Perrie, Dennis Rossman Presented by: Louw du Plessis