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Update from Technical Committee for CAPSA 2004

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Update from Technical Committee for CAPSA 2004

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    1. Update from Technical Committee for CAPSA 2004 Road Pavements Forum 25 November 2003

    2. Sun City

    3. Previous CAPSA Themes 1984:Economic Asphalt Pavements of the Eighties 1989:Asphalt Roads to Prosperity 1994:Asphalt Roads, the key to development of sub-Saharan Africa: Role of asphalt technology in economic development and social reconstruction 1999:Paving the way ahead: Asphalt Technology in the Service of southern African Development

    4. CAPSA ‘04 Theme for 2004: Roads – the arteries of Africa

    5. Resolutions (1999) - Practice That the risk sharing in contracts be extended to include consulting engineers That projects be initiated to gain field based experience on the performance of PMB’s That structural design procedures be developed to incorporate random and systematic variability

    6. Resolutions (1999) - Educators That programmes be developed to promote Capacity building in road provision and maintenance Promote greater understanding of links between specification and performance The supply of pavement engineers competent to address regional needs

    7. Resolutions (1999) - All That public/private partnerships be promoted in the provision, maintenance and ownership of the road system That the formation of roads agencies be encouraged in the region

    8. Sub- Themes 2004 Economic Growth and Development (LIC, Prioritisation & Financing in Developing Communities) Efficient Road Provision and Maintenance (PPGS, Procurement, PPP etc) Human Capital Development (Education, Training, Sustainable Employment Opportunities) Best Practice in Flexible Pavement Design and Construction

    9. Creative Changes More time for questions (less presentations, more interaction). Chair, Moderator, Rapporteur. Some more opportunity for workshopping (multi-lateral rather than one way communication) Chair to facilitate Fewer parallel sessions Rating of papers? ? (fewer presented)

    10. Technical Committee: Theme Co-ordinators Economic Growth Sadzik, Hendr’ks, Muradzikwa Efficient Provision Verhaeghe, Smit, Human Capital Dev Horak, Oloo, Venter Flexible Pavements van Wijk, de Beer, Wise

    11. Technical Committee Members Benoit Verhaeghe, Elzbieta Sadzik, Emile Horak, Fenella Long, Ian van Wijk, Julian Wise, Kim Jenkins, Koos Smit, Les Sampson, Morris de Beer, Pat Loots, Phil Hendricks, Poens Venter, Richard Ntombela, Sam Muradzikwa, Simon Oloo, Terence Milne, (Graham Esterhuysen)

    12. Papers to date (Stats)

    13. Provided that all the synopses result in papers that are accepted, these are the statistics.Provided that all the synopses result in papers that are accepted, these are the statistics.

    14. Provided that all the synopses result in papers that are accepted, these are the statistics.Provided that all the synopses result in papers that are accepted, these are the statistics.

    15. Provided that all the synopses result in papers that are accepted, these are the statistics.Provided that all the synopses result in papers that are accepted, these are the statistics.

    16. Provided that all the synopses result in papers that are accepted, these are the statistics.Provided that all the synopses result in papers that are accepted, these are the statistics.

    17. Preliminary Programme Second announcement coming soon Plenary sessions not in parallel Six tutorials (3 Sat and 3 Sunday) Day 1 focussed mainly on T1 T2 & T3 T4 Plenaries address focus areas of papers incoming Targeting bulletin papers Inviting posters

    18. CAPSA ’04 - be there to get a new perspective on Southern African roads !!!

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