8th International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements (MAIREPAV) 2016

Dylan Chong
Jul 30, 2016
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The 8th MAIREPAV Conference was held in Singapore from 27-29 July 2016 at Furama Riverfront Hotel. The organizers for the event are the Pavement Engineering Society (Singapore), Centre of Transportation Research, National University of Singapore and International Society of Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Transport Infrastructures (iSMARTi).

There were over 240 participants from 32 different countries. The opening address was delivered by Prof. Fwa Tien Fang, Chair of the conference organising committee, followed by Prof. David Hosin Lee, President of iSMARTi and Prof Waheed Uddin, Founder President of iSMARTi.

**Opening Address by Prof Fwa Tien Fang**

On Day 1, there are two keynote lectures presented at the conference, namely,

1) "Mechanistic-Empirical Design of Pavement: Past development, Current Challenges and Future prospects by Prof. Kumares C. Sinha, Olson Distinguished Professor, Purdue University, USA; and

2) "Pavement and Mix design in Europe” by Prof. Paulo Pereira, University of Minho, Portugal.

A total of 145 papers were presented at the conference. The topics include pavement design, pavement surface characteristics, pavement performance evaluation, pavement materials, pavement construction and maintenance, pavement rehabilitation, pavement recycling, pavement management systems and warm mix asphalt. The conference also includes 3 workshops, namely, 21st Singapore Symposium on Pavement Technology, Kumare’s C. Sinha Special Session and a workshop on airfield pavements.

The conference organizing committee comprises mainly council members from the Pavement Engineering Society, Singapore, namely:

1) Chair – Prof Fwa Tien Fang

2) Secretary – Dr Low Boon Hwee

3) Finance – Mr Ricky Kwek

4) Technical Publication – Prof Ong Ghim Ping, Raymond

5) Technical Program – Dr Tan Jun Yew

6) Marketing & Functions – Mr. Tan Hua Soon

7) Logistics – Dr Lee Yang Pin Kelvin

8) Marketing – Mr Koh Hoon Lye

9) Functions – Mr Tan Kim Soon Daniel

10) Ceremony – Dr Ju Fenghua

11) Promotion –Mr Sothianathan Kapilan