Grand Palm Hotel and Casino

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CAPSA 07

• Grand Palm Hotel and Casino
• Gaborone, Botswana
• 15th to 19th Sept 2007

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Theme and Format

• Consolidating Best Practice
• 3 Days and 3 Nights
• Short and Compact
• Outside Exhibition
• Less Formal
• Focus on Practical
• No call for papers
• Invited Papers
• Plenaries and Workshops

3
Sub-Themes

• Asset Preservation Phil Hendricks
• Funding Strategies for Infrastructure
  Preservation
• Pavement Management Systems
• Maintenance and Upgrading Techniques
• Plant Resources
• Human Resources
• Financial Resources

4
Sub-Themes

• Hot Mix Asphalt A Taute
• Latest Feedback from HVS Testing
• Mix Design Issues
• Mix Acceptance Procedures
• Meeting Mix Design Criteria
• Specification and Quality Control

5
Sub-Themes

• Component Materials B Verhaeghe
• Performance Graded Specifications for Binders
• Binder Selection
• Binder Quality and Durability Issues
• Aggregate availability quality

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Sub-Themes

• Construction J Onraët
• Accreditation of Thin Layers
• Design and Construction Practices
• Sample Preparation and Performance Testing
• Labour Enhanced Construction
• Quality Control Issues
• Diverse Construction Issues (based on feedback
  from HMA Problem Survey)

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Sub-Themes

• Surfacing Seals D Rossmann/I v Wijk
• Binder Related Issues
• Aggregate Related Issues
• Seal Types and Seal Support Issues

8
Sub-Themes

• Bitumen Stabilisation K Jenkins
• Testing Material Properties
• Mix Design Issues
• Curing and Durability Issues
• Pavement Design and Mix Design Interface
• Construction Issues for Cold Mix Materials

9
Sub-Themes

• Structural Design F Jooste/I v Wijk
• Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design
  Implementation
• Gathering Information for Structural Design
• Risk and Variability Issues

10
Sub-Themes

• OHSE P Myburgh
• Global Strategy on Bitumen Fumes
• Future Challenges for Safety of Employees
• Self Regulation and Legislation