Annual RI Transportation Forum held at URI on November 1.

CIRI served again as co-sponsor for prestigious industry event.

President & CEO Iftikhar Ahmad PE of the Rhode Island Airport Corporation accepts a special recognition award from URI Professor K. Wayne Lee, Ph.D., P.E., F. ASCE, founder and director of the forum.

The University of Rhode Island has hosted the annual RI Transportation Forum as a technology transfer platform for construction industries for over three decades. At the 37th Rhode Island Transportation Forum, CIRI once again served as a sponsor with several member companies also providing additional program and financial support.

A wide variety of participants and pertinent topics.

Co-hosted by RIDOT and the RI Transportation Research Center (RITRC), the one-day Rhode Island Transportation Forum was created by URI’s Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering in 1992. It attracts international attendees from all facets of the field, including construction industries, consulting firms and academia — along with federal, state and municipal agencies. One of the event’s featured speakers was Dr. Jean-Pascal Planche, former CEO of the Western Research Institute and past president of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists (AAPT).

Topic areas presented/discussed included sustainable pavement design, green infrastructure, cold in-place recycling, warm mix asphalt and lifecycle cost analyses for different methods. The event included numerous podium presentations by New England faculty and researchers — along with poster presentations by URI researchers and students.

The international assemblage of speakers and presenters at the November 1 event including, in the foreground, RI Congressman Gabe Amo.