ICPI Foundation

With the ICPI Strategic Plan as its mission, the ICPI Foundation lays critical groundwork via research deliverables that ultimately point to the added value of segmental concrete pavements.

Pedestal-set Paving Slab testing

As a popular and practical roofing solution, pedestal-set paving slabs currently have no national standards quantifying suitability for such applications. Load testing 2 x 2 ft dry-cast and hydraulically pressed paving slabs typically used in pedestal-set roof applications is underway at the National Concrete Masonry Association research laboratory. The research should validate a simple center-load test method and acceptance criteria for submission to ASTM. For the first testing phase, 40 paving slabs have been donated each from three ICPI member manufacturers. Results are expected in the second quarter of 2021. A second phase will test paving slabs from a range of manufacturers later in 2021.

Permeable Pavement Temperature Analysis

Over the past six years, the U.S. Geologic Survey in cooperation with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources collected surface and subsurface temperature data on a permeable pavement research installation in Madison. While impressive pollutant reduction data was well documented, temperature data on and within the pavements has not yet been analyzed. This project should better characterize the thermal response of permeable pavements to freeze-thaw cycles during winter months with implications for

management of deicers in cold-weather climates. Information from similar studies will be compared to help identify the timing and duration of subsurface temperatures compared to air temperatures and impacts of solar gain, surface color, and pavement types on snow melt patterns.

Paveshare.org Website Rehabilitation

Originally developed with ICPI Foundation funding some 11 years ago, this website will be reconstructed by ICPI staff and selected landscape architecture students using a more modern and flexible platform to meet the expectations of current students and educators, as well as a mobile-friendly, searchable format. The project includes outreach through Land8.com a wellestablished resource for landscape architects, students, and academics. This provides a ready audience for Paveshare. In addition, ICPI’s HubSpot digital marketing platform will manage email and social media campaigns employed to create engagement with the site among students in landscape design programs.

Landmark PICP Project: ASCE Headquarters Low Impact Development Parking Lot Retrofit

Completed in October 2020, some 4,000 sf of PICP at the entrance to ASCE’s office building in Reston, Virginia, provides the crowning example among several low impact development (LID) technologies demonstrated around the site. The PICP refreshes the front entrance with gray PICP pavers for visitor parking spaces. The project also included a small, landscaped patio with engraved pavers memorializing project donors. The PICP was designed according to ASCE 68-18 on PICP. The pavement can store and infiltrate rainfall for a maximum 100-year storm. ICPI members supplied and installed the PICP.

Support for the ICPI Foundation enables very important work in research and education to advance industry best practices and grow the concrete paver market.