CPAM’s 65th Annual Concrete Paving Workshop
“Efficient by Design”
Thursday, March 12 – Friday, March 13, 2026
Hosted at Breezy Point Resort in Breezy, MN (near Brainerd).
Register here!
Book your stay at Breezy Point Resort:
- Breezy Point has two hotels on campus – one connected to the venue (Breezy Center) and one a few blocks away (Breezy Inn & Suites) that provides shuttles to the venue throughout the day.
- Once dates are entered, click on More Options and use Group ID 456521 to access CPAM’s discounted rooms.
- The link below takes you to the booking site with our code already entered.
- Book your hotel room here.
Workshop Overall Agenda and Timing
Thursday, March 12
8:30am – Registration Opens
9:30am – First Session Begins
12:00pm – Lunch provided for all guests
4:30pm – End of First Day Workshop
5:00pm – Photos of Award Recipients
6:00pm – President’s Reception (open bar and appetizers for all workshop guests)
7:00pm – Paving Award’s Banquet and Dinner co-hosted by MnDOT (open to all workshop guests)
Friday, March 13
8:00am – First Session Day 2 Begins
12:00pm – Closing of Workshop
Workshop Speakers and Topics
Topics and speakers are subject to change.
| MnDOT Concrete Office Updates – Maria Masten, MnDOT |
| Diamond Grinding : Common Textures and Best Practices – Nick Davis, IGGA |
| Pavement Design and Optimization – Eric Ferrebee, ACPA & Jim Mack, WJE |
| MnROAD Update: Use of Early Loading to Increase Joint Deployment in COA’s – Tom Burnham, MnDOT |
| Trial Batching & Test Pours – Alf Gardiner, Braun Intertec |
| MnDOT Dowel Bar Report – Maria Masten, MnDOT |
| Mental Health Update – Tim Worke, AGC |
| I-90 Design Build UBOL – Bob Anderson, AET |
| Dodge County CSAH 15: Fiber Reinforced Whitetopping – Travis Martin, Dodge County |
| Innovations in SCMs for Concrete Pavements & Sustainable Construction – Dan King, CP Tech Center & Manik Barman, UMD |
| Contractor Forum: Maintaining Access to Local Traffic – featuring Shafer Contracting, PCiRoads, & Croell |