We’ve updated the list of IC and paver-mounted thermal profile projects in the US.

Please check it out!

Dr. George K. Chang of the Transtec Group (President of IICTG, ProVAL/Veta developer/trainer), has made the following two presentations at the 103rd Purdue Road School. Click the following links to download the presentation files:

• How to Design and Build Smoother Pavements
• Automation in Highway Construction: Success, Challenges, and Guidance

Abstracts are due on March 31, 2017. Please submit a presentation abstract of 300 words or less in a one-page MS Word document via the IICTG Contact page using “Abstract for IICTG Presentation” as the subject line.

There will be a presentation on intelligent compaction and infrared bar/scanner during the New Technologies in Asphalt Paving session (#W11
Wed. March 8| 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM | Westgate – Pavilion 10) during CONEXPO 2017.

Tim Kowalski of Wirtgen America, also a Technical Committee member of IICTG, will be one of the speakers.

An IC workshop will be offered at the OAPA’s 2017 Asphalt Conference, Norman, OK, USA. Dr. George K. Chang, Director of Research, Transtec Group, USA, president of IICTG will conduct the workshop. The deadline for registration is Friday, February 17, 2017.

The workshop will be full day on Tuesday, Feb. 28 under Track 1- Construction – Veta. All attendees need to register for the conference.

The workshop attendees are strongly encouraged to bring their laptop computers for hands-on exercises using the Veta software, The workshop will include in-depth learning about intelligent compaction and paver-mounted infrared thermal profiles.

The workshop attendees need to download the Veta Workshop software (includes sample files) and pre-install it on their laptops. The followings are the system requirements and installation instructions.

System Requirements

Veta 4.x is supported on 64-bit versions of Windows 7 SP1 or later. Microsoft .NET 4.5.2 is required. If you do not have the required version of .NET installed, the Veta installation will download and install it.

Veta will run with 4 GB of RAM, but we recommend 8 GB. If you expect to work with very large projects, the more RAM the better.

Installation Guide

You must have sufficient privileges to install applications on your computer. If you receive an error message during the installation, ask your administrator to install the software for you. If your administrator is also unable to install the software, then please contact us.

An IC workshop will be offered at the OAPA’s 2017 Asphalt Conference, Norman, OK, USA. Dr. George K. Chang, Director of Research, Transtec Group, USA, president of IICTG will conduct the workshop.

The workshop will be full day on Feb. 28 under Track 1- Construction – Veta. All attendees need to register for the conference.

The workshop attendees are strongly encouraged to bring their laptop computers for hands-on exercises using the Veta software, The workshop will include in-depth learning about intelligent compaction and paver-mounted infrared thermal profiles.

The workshop attendees need to download the Veta software (Workshop Version) and pre-install it on their laptops. The followings are the system requirements and installation instructions.

System Requirements

Veta 4.x is supported on 64-bit versions of Windows 7 SP1 or later. Microsoft .NET 4.5.2 is required. If you do not have the required version of .NET installed, the Veta installation will download and install it.

Veta will run with 4 GB of RAM, but we recommend 8 GB. If you expect to work with very large projects, the more RAM the better.

Installation Guide

You must have sufficient privileges to install applications on your computer. If you receive an error message during the installation, ask your administrator to install the software for you. If your administrator is also unable to install the software, then please contact us.

The 2017 ICDM Workshop Schedule was released. Check it out!

The IICTG 2017 conference will be held at the Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel, The Depot, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA from September 26 to 28, 2017. The theme for IICTG 2017 is “IC (Intelligent Compaction) – Past and Future”.  Please visit the IICTG webpage for further information (www.IICTG.org).

The call for abstracts for the presentation at the IICTG conference is now open! You are invited to submit an abstract for presentation (< 300 words) in English before February, 2017 by using the IICTG contact webpage with the subject title: IICTG 2017 Abstract (http://www.iictg.org/contact/)

The topics of IICTG 2017 include:

• Integration of Intelligent Construction Technologies (ICT)
• Research and Implementation on Intelligent Compaction (IC) Equipment and Systems
• Research and Implementation on Paver-mounted Thermal Profiling (PMTP) Equipment and Systems
• Positioning Systems and Automated Machine Guidance (AMG) for Intelligent Construction
• Data Analysis and Reporting of Intelligent Construction Data
• Cloud Computing and Data Management for Intelligent Construction
• Standardization of IC Measurements, Data Exchanges, and Storage
• IC Specifications and Case Studies – Lessons Learn

About IICTG

The International Intelligent Construction Technologies Group (IICTG) is a source for knowledge and information on intelligent construction technologies for public agencies, contractors, consultants, academia, and other relevant industries.

IICTG provides a forum for the dissemination of knowledge concerning the collection, analysis, and application of information relating to intelligent construction technologies (ICT).

ICT consists of real time quality monitoring and process control during construction of foundation and pavements for highways, airports, railroads, dams, cities, and ports. ICT involves construction equipment technologies such as pavers, rollers, and other devices.

ICT also makes use state-of-the-art technologies such as Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), automated testing/monitoring (e.g., IC), 3D designs/modeling, automated machine guidance (AMG), Cloud computing, Civil Integrated Management (CIM) and Building Information Modeling (BIM), etc. The goals of ICT are to improve quality control and acceptance of constructions as well as reducing life-cycle cost of the above mentioned assets.

A research paper is published by Transportation Geotechnics demonstrates “use of IC reduces compaction costs by as much as 54 percent and results in a US$15,385 annual savings per 1.6 km throughout the roadway’s life.”  Get the paper to learn further details (Savan et al. (2016), Benefit-cost analysis and application of intelligent compaction for transportation, Transportation Geotechnics, Volume 9, Pages 57–68)!

Prof. Guanghui Xu of Southwest University of China (Co-founder of IICTG) will make an IC presentation entitled “Current Status of Future Development of Intelligent Compaction – International Activities and Development in the past Two Years” (Chinese Title: 智能压实现状与发展 — 近两年国际会议与压实机械相关情况介绍) on October 17 at the 2016 Chinese Pavement and Compaction Equipment Annual Meeting (Chinese Title: 2016年路面与压实机械行业年会) in Lanfang City, Heibei Province, China. (Courtesy of IICTG Partner – Const Machine and Tech Magazine, China)