The first Auburn University Continuing Education class, “Design for Pervious Concrete”, has been scheduled for July 15, 2011 in Atlanta at the Georgia Association of Water Professionals. The program description is as follows:
This one-day program will provide participants a detailed understanding of pervious concrete stormwater systems and its use as a low impact paving alternative. It will discuss issues affecting successful design with pervious concrete, including mix design, sizing, hydrology, siting, site preparation and post placement landscaping, layout, certain aspects of placement execution, and long term care and maintenance. The course includes two workshops; in which the participants form teams and design and specify a pervious concrete stormwater system. This course should be of direct interest to those in the Civil Engineering and Landscape Architecture fields, including county engineers, city engineers, public works officials, transportation engineers, DOT personnel, consultants, and all those with responsibilities for stormwater design and control.
The course will soon be offered around the country.
For those of us who are promoters of pervious concrete, this course is a "must attend" as it is one of the required courses for “Pervious Concrete Professional” designation, a credential that identifies someone who has advanced knowledge of all aspects of pervious concrete. Design for Pervious Concrete was developed through a partnership with NPCPA and Auburn University and will be offered in various cities throughout the country. Each class will have instructors provided by both Auburn and NPCPA. Recently I sent out a request for instructors and received good response, but more are needed. If you have experience in teaching pervious concrete programs and would like to help, please contact me.
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