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This Is ICPI Founded in 1993, the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute (ICPI) is the trade association representing the segmental concrete pavement industry in the United States and Canada. ICPI is considered by peer associations around the world as the leader in development and dissemination of technical information for design professionals and contractors. ICPI engages in a broad range of technical, marketing, educational, government relations, and communications activities. As ICPI celebrates its 27th year, the Institute and its members proudly lead the segmental concrete paver industry in the U.S. and Canada. ICPI highlights include the following: •
Members operate over 60% of concrete paver producing machines in the U.S. and Canada.
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ICPI is the industry’s recognized authority on concrete paver design, installation, and maintenance best practices and technical resources.
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The Institute has educated more than 32,000 industry professionals about concrete pavers design, construction and maintenance, more than any other organization in the U.S. and Canada.
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Over 2,500 professionals currently hold ICPI Concrete Paver Installer Certifications and Designations, the industry’s top credentials for concrete paver installers.
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Vision ICPI is the authority for segmental concrete pavement systems, which are universally recognized as the best value for pavement.
Mission Deliver education and technical guidance leading to awareness, acceptance and use of segmental concrete pavement systems in the United States and Canada.
ICPI Online News Center https://icpi.mynewscenter.org/
Contents Industry Fact Sheet .....................2 ICPI Technical Resources ...........3
The Institute owns and produces Hardscape North America, the largest trade show for hardscape contractors and dealers in the U.S. and Canada.
ICPI Educational Programs .........4
Membership consists of over 1,200 interlocking paver manufacturers, design professionals, paver installation contractors, educators, suppliers of products and industryrelated services. ICPI offers a variety of services to its members through a vast library of technical publications, online design idea galleries, publications, education programs for designers, contractors, and sales professionals as well as the industry's only dedicated magazine, Interlock Design Magazine.
ICPI Hardscape North America ...6
ICPI Workforce Development......5 Key Contact Biographies .............7 Popular Topics ..........................12
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Industry Overview The Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute (ICPI)
is the trade association representing the growing industry of segmental concrete pavement systems in the United States and Canada. ICPI’s membership includes producers, contractors, suppliers, design professionals, and distributors.
Industry Facts • Overall 2018 U.S. and Canadian industry sales of concrete pavers were 747+ million square feet, a 56% increase since 2011. • The residential market comprises 78.7% of all sales. • Commercial sales including municipal and industrial applications accounted for 21.3% of sales.
ICPI Contacts Headquarters: 14801 Murdock St, Suite 230, Chantilly, VA 20151, (703) 657‐ 6900 Website: www.icpi.org Leadership: • Marshall Brown, Ph.D., Board Chair • Paul Pignatelli Chair‐Elect • Ed Fioroni, Ph.D., Secretary/Treasurer • Kendall Anderegg, Immediate Past Chair • Charles McGrath, CAE, Executive Director
• Permeable interlocking concrete pavement systems continues to be a high‐growth solution, increasing to 62 million square feet. It is a preferred means to meet national, provincial, state and local regulations to reduce stormwater runoff.
Press Inquiries: Steven Hawkins, AIA, Director of Marketing and Membership (703) 657‐6898, ahawkins@icpi.org
• There are more than 100 manufacturing companies making concrete pavers with more than 200 plant locations with machines in the U.S. and Canada.
ICPI Membership Information: (703) 657‐6900, icpi@icpi.org, www.icpi.org/join/membership
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ICPI Technical Resources Project owners, design professionals, and contractors come to www.icpi.org to obtain the latest technical resources. They are supported by a library of over 1,900 technical papers and member experience in design, construction and maintenance of interlocking concrete pavements, permeable interlocking concrete pavements, paving slabs, and concrete grid pavements. Guidance on best practices are found in 23 Tech Spec technical bulletins, 32 guide construction specifications, over 90 detail drawings, and design guides for patios, driveways, plazas, roof decks, alleys, streets, industrial, port and airport pavements.
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www.icpi.org also features free software for structural design of interlocking concrete pavements. Software is also available for structural and hydrologic design of permeable interlocking concrete pavements, as well as life-cycle cost analysis programs to help demonstrate superior cost performance compared to conventional pavements. ICPI has developed and enhance several ASTM standards on paving products and test methods for interlocking concrete pavers, paving slabs and grid pavements. In addition, ASCE has published design standards for interlocking and permeable interlocking concrete pavements. A third ASCE standard is underway on design of concrete paving slabs. ICPI members and staff support the ICPI Foundation, ICPI’s sister association, which has funded over $1.6 million in research and education programs since 2006. Research deliverables including technical reports provide support for use of segmental concrete pavements as well as more clearly define paving system limitations. More ICPI Foundation information is on www.icpi.org/Foundation
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Tech Specs on design, installation and maintenance of interlocking concrete pavers
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Airfield, port and pavement design manuals
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Library of 1,900+ technical papers
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Structural Design Software
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Permeable Pavement Design Software
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Guide specifications and construction detail drawings
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Research and demonstration projects on maintenance, life‐ cycle costs and permeable interlocking concrete pavement software
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Standards development— industry representation on CSA, ASTM and ASCE standard‐setting committees
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ICPI Education Programs ICPI provides highly respected and convenient continuing education for established design and sales professionals as well as a comprehensive career path education for installers.
Continuing Education AEC Daily https://www.aecdaily.com
ICPI’s education programs range from instruction on beginning installation skills to business management courses for seasoned installers. Hardscape professionals can begin their education with ICPI from the moment they enter the field with an introductory Boot Camp program that provides fundamental segmental pavement installation skills.
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As they gain experience, individuals can become Certified Concrete Paver Installers and then move into one or more specialist designations: Residential Specialist, Commercial Specialist, and PICP Specialist. Courses are taught in-person throughout the country, and some are offered online through ICPI’s Hardscape Institute learning management system. As careers progress toward management level, certified installers can continue their education and earn the designation of Residential Professional and/or Commercial Professional.
Career Path https://educate.icpi.org/contractor -career-path
For individuals involved in sales of hardscape products, ICPI also developed a series of earned credentials. At the introductory level, salespeople can become designated as a Concrete Paver Sales Technician. With more experience, these individuals can earn Residential Sales Specialist and Commercial Sales Specialist designations. They can complete their ICPI education with the Residential Sales Professional and Commercial Sales Professional designations. Specialist and professional designations can be earned online through ICPI’s Hardscape Institute learning management system. Continuing education is a required for all certified installers, salespeople, and business owners. ICPI offers a wide variety of webinar programs each year to help reinforce best practices in design, installation and maintenance, as well as proven business management practices.
http://www.paveshare.org/
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Boot Camp https://educate.icpi.org/icpi-bootcamp Concrete Paver Installer https://educate.icpi.org/concretepaver-installer-course Residential Specialist https://educate.icpi.org/residential -paver-specialist Commercial Specialist https://educate.icpi.org/icpicommercial-paver-specialistcourse PICP Specialist https://educate.icpi.org/picpspecialist Hardscape Institute – https://educate.icpi.org
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ICPI Workforce Development Like many other construction industries, the hardscape industry faces a critical labor shortage. To help generate positive awareness of the industry and its lucrative career paths, ICPI is developing a wide variety of materials and resources promoting careers in hardscaping independently, and in partnership with the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) and the National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA). The @Hardscapingis social media campaign, supported by ICPI and NCMA, targets individuals age 17-20 and their parents. Messages promote hardscaping as a college alternative—not a desk job—and a career that pays. While aimed at younger audiences, promotional material developed for parents provides facts about the industry and college/training options for those who want to work in hardscaping. On the Cue Career website platform, ICPI developed a page promoting hardscaping careers. This platform exposes teens to the wide variety of career options. The ICPI page includes basics about the career options and interviews with successful hardscaping business people. ICPI joined forces with NALP on its Landscape Industry Careers website, adding hardscaping to the list of careers in the green industry. Contractors also have access to the job board on this website to advertise open positions in their companies.
Resource Links Cue Career https://www.cuecareer.com/indus tryassociation/interlockingconcrete-pavement-institute/ Landscape Industry Careers https://www.landscapeindustrycar eers.org/ @Hardscapingis https://www.facebook.com/Hards capingis/ and https://www.instagram.com/hards capingis/ Hardscape Institute https://educate.icpi.org/contractor -career-path Licensed Academic Institutions Parent Download Guide https://www.icpi.org/sites/default/ files/Parent%20Download%20Gui de%20%20%40Hardscapingis.pdf
Certified Pavement Installer (CPI) courses are also available at post-secondary schools.
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ICPI Hardscape North America Last year, October 2018, hardscape contractors, dealers and retailers attended Hardscape North America (HNA) trade show at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, KY to see new products, learn and network. “I believe HNA is very valuable,” said Zach Tournoux, CCPI, Vice President, Project Management of ICPI member company Tournoux Landcare of Canton, OH. “I heard about the show seven years ago and I’ve come every year. There is always something you can take away. Contractors who don’t come to HNA are hurting themselves by not attending.” HNA welcomed 50 new exhibitors. The co-location with GIE+EXPO (Green Industry & Equipment Expo) totaled 1,000 exhibits — indoors and out—and provided HNA exhibitors exposure to over 12,000 landscape and hardscape professionals. The total participation in 2018 HNA and GIE+EXPO was 24,796—a 3% increase over 2017. New this year, the entire industry had access to indoor exhibits all three days (Wednesday-Friday). “You find everything from small tools, power tools, and software,” said Jessica Gomez, Office Manager of ICPI Member CG Paving of Fort Worth, TX. “You see suppliers and the networking. There is so much to see and do.” “Every year when I come to HNA there are new products being put out on the market to help me, help my company, and my employees grow,” said Tarry Smith, CCPI, Operations Manager of Kentucky Twist Creation and Services, LLC of Georgetown, KY. “It’s definitely a show worth attending.”
Education Course Registration at HNA Surges With education opportunities spanning four days, participants received a wealth of opportunities to increase installation efficiency and business acumen. The Pre-Show ICPI installer course registrations saw a 14% increase over 2017 for Tuesday and Wednesday sessions held at the downtown Hyatt Regency Hotel.
The Biggest Event for the Hardscape Industry 57.5% Net Promoter Score
among attendees, a rating of “Excellent” among similar trade shows in our industry and others
12,032 Contractors and dealers
attended HNA and GIE+EXPO
24,796 Total attendees and
exhibitors at HNA and GIE+EXPO
53 U.S. states and Canadian
provinces from which contractors and dealers attended
6 International countries from which contractors and dealers attended 466 Participants in 7 HNA conference sessions 365 Attendees to 6 live HNA hardscape demonstrations
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Key Contact Biographies Charles McGrath, FASAE, CAE, is Executive Director of the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute (ICPI). Under McGrath’s leadership as chief staff executive over the past 21 years, ICPI has grown from 157 members to over 1,200 today and from a budget of $750,000 to $3.9 million. During this period, he led the launch of Hardscape North America a national hardscape trade show and worked with many member volunteers to start the ICPI Foundation for Education & Research which now has an endowment of over $5 million dollars to invest in research & education for the future of the industry. Prior to the transition of ICPI to self-management, he served as Managing Partner, Client Services of Bostrom Corporation, an association management company. During his 17-year tenure at Bostrom he led Bostrom’s Washington office and managed ICPI as well as associations in the construction, medical, educational and technology industries. Prior to Bostrom Corporation, McGrath was Vice President of the Association of Management Consulting Firms, Executive Vice President of the Society of Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE) and Director, Meeting and Travel Services for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). He recently served on the Board of the Directors of the National Association of Manufacturers, Associations Council. He has served as Chairman of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) Associations Advance America Committee, the Board of Directors for the New York Society of Association Executives and is a Past President of the Meeting Professionals International Greater New York Chapter. McGrath was honored by ASAE with the prestigious designation as an "ASAE Fellow". ASAE annually recognizes executives as fellows who are proven leaders and promise future accomplishments within the field of association management and he also received his certification as an Association Executive (CAE). He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from James Madison University.
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Key Contact Biographies (Continued) Robert Bowers, P. Eng. is Director of Engineering for the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute (ICPI). Mr. Bowers has over 25 years of experience in the hardscapes industry developing standards for the design and construction of interlocking concrete pavement and segmental retaining walls. As Director of Engineering for the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute he is responsible for programs that are related to the installation of interlocking concrete pavers, including the Contractor Education and Certification courses as well as the development and delivery of technical installation materials. Bowers chairs the CSA A231 Committee which is responsible for the development of the Canadian standards for concrete pavers and slabs. Mr. Bowers is a member of the ASCE T&DI Permeable Pavements Committee which just released ASCE 68-18 Standard for the Design, Construction and Maintenance of permeable interlocking concrete pavement. Bowers has written several articles and conducted numerous seminars about interlocking concrete and permeable pavements. Bowers participates in the ASCE, ASTM and CSA.
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Key Contact Biographies (Continued) David R. Smith is the Technical Director for the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute (ICPI). Mr. Smith’s exposure to the concrete paver industry began in 1984 when he presented a paper on concrete grid pavement research at the Second International Conference on Concrete Block Paving in The Netherlands. This led to facilitating design and construction of the first mechanically installed, municipal concrete paver street in the U.S. (Dayton, Ohio) in 1985. He began supporting the concrete paver industry directly in 1987. As a leading authority in North America on concrete segmental paving and permeable paving, Mr. Smith has been active in ASTM since 1988, having written or updated several product standards and test methods in support of the industry. He is a past chair of CSA A231 on precast concrete paving products. He is a vice-chairman of the ASCE Permeable Pavements Technical Committee and is co-editor of the ASCE EWRI book, Permeable Pavements. He is also a member of Transportation Research Board AFD30 Committee on General and Emerging Pavement Design. His background in stormwater management comes from research while at Virginia Tech, as well as teaching and modeling storm drainage design with sustainable, sitescale stormwater management approaches and stream restoration. He has written or contributed to many state and municipal guidelines for PICP and other permeable pavements. Mr. Smith was editor of and contributor to the 2006 Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Concrete Block Paving held in San Francisco, California, hosted by the ICPI Foundation for Education and Research. Mr. Smith is Chairman of the Small Element Pavement Technologists (www.sept.org), segmental paving experts from around the world whose mission is to perpetuate the triennial international conferences on concrete block paving. His education includes a Bachelor of Architecture and Master of Urban and Regional Planning with a concentration in environmental planning from Virginia Tech.
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Key Contact Biographies (Continued) Merry Beth Hall, CAE, is Director of Education and Workforce Development for the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute (ICPI). Prior to joining ICPI in 2018, she served as Vice President, Education Content for the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors – National Association Educational Foundation. During her 13 years at the PHCC Educational Foundation, she was responsible for apprentice and journeyman training programs and developed the organization’s highly successful online learning initiative. She also previously served as Executive Director of the Plumbing & Mechanical Professionals of Virginia (PMPV) from 2000-2005. Hall has served in volunteer leadership roles for several professional associations including the Council of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Educators (CARE), the Richmond Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO), and the Virginia Music Educators Association (VMEA). She is a member of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and earned the Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation in 2018. She holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from James Madison University and a Master of Public Administration degree from Virginia Commonwealth University.
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Key Contact Biographies (Continued) Steven R. Hawkins, AIA is Director of Marketing and Membership for the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute (ICPI). Mr. Hawkins comes to ICPI with more than 20 years in the reinforced concrete industry including Director of Market Development for Applied Systems Associates and Vice President of Marketing for the Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI). During his time with CRSI, Mr. Hawkins developed, implemented, and managed strategic marketing plans, stakeholder communications, and continuing education programs in cooperation with institute members, the CRSI Foundation, allied associations, university partners, and professional societies representing architects, engineers, and contractors. Prior to his industry association experience, Mr. Hawkins operated a marketing consultancy for 12 years focused on research, strategic planning and communications geared to the specialized needs of real estate development and professional service firms. Mr. Hawkins hold Bachelor of Architecture and Master of Communication Studies from the University of Kansas.
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Green Your Home and Your Hometown David Smith, ICPI Technical Director
Controlling the quantity and quality of on-site runoff is a major concern across America. Design professionals and engineers are constantly searching for sustainable approaches to site development. Permeable Interlocking Concrete Pavement (PICP) is a fast-growing sustainable design approach to stormwater management. PICP uses solid concrete pavers placed on an open-graded aggregate base. The joints or openings are filled with a small, permeable, open-graded aggregate. This small aggregate makes the system 100% permeable. The base of the system filters stormwater and reduces pollutants. This water can be collected and used for watering the lawn. Otherwise, the open-graded base stores and infiltrates the stormwater back into the soil. PICP can help drought-stricken areas via aquifer recharge and reduce combined storm sewer overflow from too much runoff. PICP can be used for walks, patios and driveways, as well as for parking lots and residential streets. Environmentally conscious homeowners are redoing their driveways and walkways with permeable interlocking concrete pavement, which not only looks good, but allows water to filter through the pavement to migrate back into the ground. In addition, homeowners can further help the environment by supporting projects that use PICP by their local municipality. These systems can and should be used in commercial or municipal parking lots and walkways. Permeable pavers look good
ABOVE - Permeable interlocking concrete pavements are the way to green your home and hometown.
Discover More You can learn more about PICP and find an experienced, professional installer by visiting the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute’s Web site at: www.permeablepavement.org
Homeowners particularly like the vast array of colors, shapes, sizes and textures available. These include rustic, stone-like pavers or others that look like clay brick. PICP is easy to maintain and snowplow. In addition, snow melts faster on PICP and this reduces ice hazards.
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A Beautiful Way to Improve the Environment David Smith, ICPI Technical Director
Installing a new patio this year? A driveway or walkway? Now is the time to consider how this can be an upgrade and an environmentally sound improvement. One pavement that meets both requirements is permeable interlocking concrete pavements (PICPs). They look like popular concrete pavers but work in a different manner. PICPs have a small space between the pavers. This space is filled with small stones that allow runoff to filter down between the pavers. The water filters down further to stone layers beneath that store the water. Finally, the water will filter into the soil, reducing stormwater runoff and pollution. Homeowner can have a positive impact on the home environment through improvements that lower pollution. PICPs offer an environmentally-friendly solution and they are aesthetically pleasing. They are available in many shapes, sizes, textures and colors. Homeowners can even select a lighter more reflective color and reduce the heat island effect created by existing asphalt pavements.
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Concrete Pavement is an environmentally-friendly solution that is also visually pleasing.
PICPs are made the same way concrete paving stones are manufactured that results in high strength precast concrete. This durability means homeowners can enjoy their beauty for a life time. PICPs have been proven effective in winter because they can reduce icy build up. When the snow melts, it drains into the spaces between the pavers and does not have the opportunity to refreeze into slippery ice. Snow removal is handled the same way as any other pavement. With a variety of styles and colors that complement any home, PICP can enhance curb appeal and help the environment as well. The Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute (ICPI) offers resources for homeowners, design professionals and contractors in PICP design, specification, construction and maintenance. For more information and to find ICPI Certified Installers visit www.icpi.org.
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