Grand Palm Hotel and Casino Gaborone, Botswana

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CAPSA 07

• Grand Palm Hotel and Casino Gaborone, Botswana
• 2nd to 5th Sept 2007

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Theme

• Consolidating Best Practice
• What does this mean

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Large Subcontinent
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Variable Population Density and Long Distances
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Geology
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Heavy Loads
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Materials and Environment

• Generally Good Variety of Materials
• Generally benign climate for road-building

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Developing Countries

• Weaker Governments
• Limited Funds

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Conclusions

• Need to get the most bang for our buck spent on
  pavements
• Need to maximise use of local resources
• Need to optimise use of expensive manufactured
  materials
• Need thin waterproof surfacings
• Need good pavement and surfacing management to
  ensure that what is built lasts for its design
  life and beyond.

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Conclusions

• Need to have good Materials Engineers,
  Technicians and Technology
• Need to come to CAPSA to consolidate the good
  practices of the past with a view to the future

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Format

• 3 Days and 3 Nights
• Short and Compact
• Outside Exhibition
• Less Formal
• Focus on Practical

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Format

• No call for papers
• Invited Papers
• Good Speakers
• Good Moderators Mostly OSeas
• Many Well Structured Workshops
• Good Planning
• Good Facilitators
• Ensure Participation and Learning

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Programme

• Sunday 2nd Icebreaker
• Monday 3rd
• Opening
• Health Safety and Environment (HSE)
• Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA)
• 4 parallel workshops
• Exhibitors Braai

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Programme

• Tues 4th
• Surfacing Seals
• Bit Stab
• 2 parallel workshop sessions (4)
• Gala Dinner
• Wednesday 5th
• Structural Design
• 2 parallel workshop sessions (4 and 3)
• Closing

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Conclusions

• Come to Participate, Learn and Enjoy
• Lets get Southern Africa back on the World Map in
  terms of our materials knowledge, pavement design
  and asset management expertise.