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Interplant is exhibiting at IAT NS Conference 16 April

 

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8th Joint North/South Conference

Paving the Way

Druids Glen Resort

Newtownmountkennedy

Co Wicklow

16th April 2015

 

 

Interplant will be exhibiting at the Trade Exhibition, showcasing a selected range of test equipment for this industry.

 

 

See below details of the programme of events at the NS conference - for bookings please contact Catherine Malone (cmalone (at) iat-irl.ie)
 

 

PROGRAMME

08.30         Registration – Tea/Coffee

 

09.15      Official Opening:              

Dominic Mullaney

Department of Transport, Tourism & Sport

 

Chairman Session 1:

Geraldine Walsh - National Roads Authority

 

09.30      Predicting the impact of extreme weather on surfacing asphalt performance

David Woodward - University of Ulster

                                              

10.00      Road Management for Local Authorities in Ireland

                John McCarthy; Stephen Flynn; Paul Fox

Department of Transport, Tourism & Sport

 

10.30      ‘The Road Ahead’- Changes to NRA Design & Contract Manuals – Overview

                Tom Casey and Eddie Winterlich

National Roads Authority

 

11.00      Coffee Break

 

Chairman Session 2:

11.30      John O’Sullivan, BAM Contractors

     

11.45      ‘The Road Ahead’- Changes to NRA Design & Contract Manuals – Detail

                Tom Casey and Eddie Winterlich

National Roads Authority

               

12.10      ‘Beyond SARA’ recent developments and insights of the constitution of bitumen

Richard Taylor – Shell International Petroleum

 

12.35    Recent Research to support the skid resistance policy in the UK

Owen Ardill - Highway Agency, UK

 

13.00      Lunch

 

Chairman Session 3:

Alan Woodside - University of Ulster

              

14.15      Eleanor Tiernan

 

14.30      Reclaimed Asphalt in Bituminous Surface Courses

Ciaran McNally - University College, Dublin

 

15.00      Resilient SMA for Irish Roads

                Shaun Friel – Irish Tar & Bitumen Suppliers

 

15.30      Innovation in the processing of RAP-International Experience

                Rolf Bernd Leimbrock - Benninghoven

 

16.00      Discussion / Close of Conference

 

Conference Fee

IAT Members €200/£150 - Non Members €250/£190

 

Golf Classic – Wednesday 15 April 2015

Druids Glen Golf Course

Tee Reserved – 10.50 to 12.50

Green Fees - €50/£40 including refreshments

It is advisable to book early as numbers limited

Conference Dinner – 15 April 2015 - €60/£50

19.30 Welcome Reception

20.00 Dinner - Oscar Wilde Suite

Presentation of Golf Prizes at Dinner.

It is advisable to book early as numbers limited

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