Concrete Paving Association of Minnesota

06/10/2026

Highlighted Webinar!

From Designs to Decisions: Using MIT's Online Pavement LCA/LCCA Tool
Join Dr. Haoran Li on June 25th at 10:00am for an online tutorial on how transportation agencies and practitioners can use the MIT CSHub Streamlined Pavement LCA and LCCA Tool to quantify and evaluate the environmental and economic performance of pavement design and maintenance decisions in minutes rather than weeks.
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This webinar will introduce the MIT Streamlined Pavement Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Cost Assessment online tool, a web-based platform developed by Dr. Li and the team at MIT CSHub to help agencies and practitioners quantify environmental and economic performance of various strategies in pa...

06/06/2026

According to Hessam Azari Jafari of the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub, the industry has focused on vehicle efficiency while paying less attention to the roads. That gap overlooks one of the largest energy-saving opportunities in transportation. MIT research indicates that the way roads are designed and maintained can have a large effect on emissions.

We focus a lot on the efficiency of vehicles, but not on the roads they drive on. We may be rolling over the biggest energy-saving opportunity in transportat...

06/03/2026

The Spring 2026 edition of ACPA's Pavement Progress is now available. Learn more about current research in the concrete pavement industry and mental health campaigns designed to save lives in the construction industry.

06/03/2026

Happy Summer! CPAM recently visited Olmsted County just north of Rochester to see the work being done on CSAH 21. The grading work was done in 2025 and now the concrete paving work is underway. The project is 5 miles long with 8” of doweled concrete on an aggregate base.

04/28/2026

TECHNOLOGY TUESDAY WEBINAR

Best Practices for Paving in Extreme Temperatures: Hot and Cold Weather Paving - MAY 12

This webinar focuses on best practices for paving in cold and hot weather. Often, concrete contractors are faced with less than ideal paving conditions, from cold and wet weather to hot and dry. Hear from two experts with field experience paving under these conditions about best practices for achieving successful results under extreme environmental conditions.

Presenters:
Sarah Dalton, Senior Director, Engineering and Construction, American Concrete Pavement Association
Matt Fonte, President, Fonte & Company

04/07/2026

Congratulations to Waseca County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 3, acknowledged as the best of its type in the state of Minnesota, with outstanding paving by contractor PCiRoads. https://wasecacountypioneer.com/news/county-highway-project-named-best-state

04/07/2026

CPAM Announces the 2026 Laingen Frentress Award Winner!

Mark Bintzler (Amrize) is this year's winner!

Every year, CPAM honors one individual with the Laingen-Frentress Award. This award is given annually to one individual who exemplifies integrity and commitment to promoting quality and excellence in the concrete paving industry and is named after the late Arnie Laingen and Dan Frentress. The winner of this award is a surprise; they do not know they are receiving the award until it is announced at the Concrete Paving Award’s Banquet hosted each year in March.

CPAM is excited to recognize MARK BINTZLER from Amrize on winning this year’s award! Mark was chosen by a committee made of past award winners for his outstanding integrity and commitment to promoting quality and excellence in the concrete paving industry in Minnesota. We are grateful for your exemplary contributions!

Pictured: Mark Bintzler, Amrize (center), poses with his award alongside last year's winner, Sarah Bazey, American Highway (right), and Dan Labo, CPAM (left).

03/19/2026

Last week, the Concrete Paving Association of Minnesota held its 65th Annual Workshop in Breezy Point, Minnesota. The workshop brought together DOT engineers, consulting engineers, and industry professionals to learn and improve upon best practices. ACPA’s Eric Ferrebee was joined by Jim Mack (WJE and former ACPA Chairman) in teaching best practices for improving pavement design practices to achieve optimized designs. The presentation covered strategies for optimizing designs not just for initial cost, but long-term performance and life-cycle costs. The presentation also highlighted how everyone in the industry plays a role in and is impacted by pavement design. Nick Davis (IGGA/ACPA) also presented at the workshop covering the importance of proper preservation of concrete pavements with diamond grinding. Other presentations covered topics such as trial batching, joint activation through early loading, dowel bar performance, and innovative and sustainable materials.

03/05/2026

Last Chance to Register! CPAM's 65th Annual Workshop


"Efficient By Design"
Join us on March 12-13, 2026
at the Breezy Point Resort in Breezy Point, MN

March 6th is the final date to register for the workshop and the final date to access our hotel block at Breezy Point Resort!

Visit our website to see the full agenda including topics and guests speakers, register for the workshop, and book your hotel room.

02/10/2026

? A combination of diamond grinding and pavement rehabilitation ( ) can significantly extend a pavement's service life. A comprehensive rehabilitation strategy was chosen for US Highway 12, a critical east-west corridor across Minnesota, to address aging concrete pavement, drainage issues and outdated pedestrian accessibility features.

By effectively employing CPR and diamond grinding rather than full reconstruction, the project demonstrated a cost-effective strategy for asset preservation and was recently recognized by the Concrete Paving Association of Minnesota (CPAM) and the Minnesota Department of Transportation with a Merit award for outstanding performance in concrete pavement rehabilitation. Read the case study here: https://ow.ly/ekgg50YceOp