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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. Peer associations worldwide consider ICPI the leader in developing and disseminating 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 28th 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 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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Two thousand five hundred professionals currently hold ICPI Certifications and Designations, the industry's top credentials for concrete paver installers.
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The Institute owns and produces Hardscape North America, the largest trade show for hardscape contractors and dealers in the U.S. and Canada.
Membership consists of over 1,100 interlocking paver manufacturers, design professionals, paver installation contractors, educators, suppliers of products, and industry-related services. ICPI offers various services to its members through a vast library of technical publications, online design idea galleries, publications, and paver installer certification programs.
Vision ICPI is the authority for segmental concrete pavers, universally recognized as the best value for pavement systems.
Mission To deliver education and technical guidance leading to awareness, acceptance, and use of segmental concrete pavement systems in the United States or Canada.
Contents Industry Fact Sheet .......................... 2 ICPI Technical Resources ................. 3 ICPI Educational Programs ............... 4 ICPI Workforce Development ............ 5
Hardscape North America ................. 6 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 segmental concrete pavement systems industry in the United States and Canada. ICPI's membership includes producers, contractors, suppliers, design professionals, and distributors.
ICPI Contacts Headquarters: 14801 Murdock St, Suite 230, Chantilly, VA 20151 (703) 657‐6900
Industry Facts
Website: www.icpi.org
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Overall, 2020 U.S. and Canadian industry sales of concrete pavers were 818 million square feet, a 71% increase since 2011.
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The residential market comprises 80% of all sales.
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Commercial sales, including municipal and industrial applications, accounted for 20% of sales.
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Permeable interlocking concrete pavement systems at 50+ million square feet continue to be a high‐growth solution. It is preferred to meet national, provincial, state, and local regulations to reduce stormwater runoff.
Paul Pignatelli Chair‐Elect
More than 100 manufacturing companies make concrete pavers with more than 200 plant locations with machines in the U.S. and Canada.
Kendall Anderegg Immediate Past Chair
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Leadership Marshall Brown, Ph.D. Board Chair
Kevin Earley Secretary/Treasurer
Charles McGrath, CAE Executive Director
Press Inquiries Steven Hawkins, AIA Director of Marketing and Membership (703) 657‐6898 shawkins@icpi.org
ICPI Membership (703) 657‐6900 Mail: icpi@icpi.org Website: https://icpi.org/join
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ICPI Technical 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 the design, construction, and maintenance of interlocking concrete pavements, permeable interlocking concrete pavements, paving slabs, and concrete grid pavements. Guidance on best practices is found in 24 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. www.icpi.org also features free software for the structural design of interlocking concrete pavements. Software is also available for the structural and hydrologic design of permeable interlocking concrete pavements and life-cycle cost analysis programs to help demonstrate superior cost performance compared to conventional pavements. ICPI has developed and enhanced 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 the design of concrete paving slabs. ICPI members and staff support the ICPI Foundation, ICPI's sister association, which has funded over $2 million in research and education programs since 2006. Research deliverables including technical reports provide support for the use of segmental concrete pavements and more clearly define paving system limitations. More ICPI Foundation information is on https://icpi.org/icpi-foundation
ICPI Technical Resources •
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, lifecycle 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'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. 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 Commercial Professional. For individuals involved in the sales of hardscape products, ICPI also developed a series of earned credentials. At the introductory level, salespeople can become designated as 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.
Resource Links Careers https://icpi.org/hardscapecareers Learning Center https://icpi.org/learning-center Technical Center https://icpi.org/technical-center Idea Center https://icpi.org/idea-center Media https://icpi.org/media-center Events https://icpi.org/events About https://icpi.org/about
Continuing education is 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, maintenance, and proven business management practices.
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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 various materials and resources promoting careers. This work is accomplished 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 the hardscaping industry. On the Cue Career website platform, ICPI developed a page promoting hardscaping careers. This platform exposes teens to a wide variety of career options. The ICPI page includes basics about career options and interviews with successful hardscaping businesspeople.
Resource Links Cue Career https://www.cuecareer.com/indust ryassociation/interlockingconcrete-pavement-institute/ Landscape Industry Careers https://www.landscapeindustrycareer s.org/ @Hardscapingis https://www.facebook.com/Hardscapi ngis/ and https://www.instagram.com/hardscap ingis/ Hardscape Institute https://educate.icpi.org/
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.
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Hardscape North America HNA is the only national trade show devoted to the hardscape industry. Tools, equipment, and products – both indoors and outdoors will be demonstrated. You can network with the “best in the industry.” Seminars are led by some of the top speakers in North America – speakers who know contractors and know how to run a contracting business. Hardscape North America is co-located with GIE+EXPO, giving GIE+EXPO attendees access to a vast array of manufacturers of concrete and brick pavers, segmental retaining walls, sealers, equipment tools. HNA attendees have access to GIE+EXPO’s exhibitors, along with its 20+ acre outdoor demonstration area adjacent to the exhibit hall. Hardscape North America is produced by the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute (ICPI) and endorsed by the National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA) and the Brick Industry Association (BIA). Hardscape North America is for installers, owners, foremen, supervisors and key laborers. HNA began in 2007 and has grown every year since. Its focus is to bring top notch education including certification courses, products and technology to contractors and installers who build segmental pavements and segmental retaining walls. Indoor and outdoor exhibits displaying state of the art tools and products will be featured, offering the latest technology for contractors. Seminars offering certification, business skills and marketing tools provide valuable education and networking opportunities. In all, over 20,000 participants of both shows will see new products in 1,000 exhibits
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10th largest trade show of any kind in North America
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Exclusive opportunity for outdoor demonstration space with your contract for indoor space
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Exclusive opportunities for exhibitors to gain extra visibility
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Optimum timing in the fall to unveil new products
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Educational opportunities for every segment of the industry
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Networking receptions
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Free concerts
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A fun, friendly and affordable city for entertaining your VIP customers
Annual HNA Awards The HNA Awards recognize outstanding hardscape projects by teams building residential and commercial walkways, patios, driveways, and commercial plazas, parking lots, streets and more. Award winners will be recognized during the 2021 HNA Awards Recognition Presentation and will be featured on the HNA website and several other industry publications.
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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 25 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 to invest in research & education for the future of the industry. Before 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 and associations in the construction, medical, educational, and technology industries. Before 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 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 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 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 27 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 related to the installation of interlocking concrete pavers, including the Contractor Education and Certification courses and the development and delivery of technical installation materials. Bowers chairs the CSA A231 Committee, which is responsible for developing the Canadian standards for concrete pavers and slabs. Mr. Bowers is a member of the ASCE T&DI Permeable Pavements Committee, which 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 work facilitated the 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 supporting the industry. Mr. Smith 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. David is also a member of the Transportation Research Board AFD30 Committee on General and Emerging Pavement Design. His background in stormwater management comes from research while at Virginia Tech and teaching and modeling storm drainage design with sustainable, site-scale 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 worldwide whose mission is to perpetuate the triennial international conferences on concrete block paving. His education includes a Bachelor of Architecture and a Masters 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). Before 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 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. Before 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 holds 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 significant 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, opengraded 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, driveways, and 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
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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: icpi.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
Are you 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 differently. 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. The 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 of existing asphalt pavements.
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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 lifetime. PICPs have been proven effective in winter because they can reduce icy buildup. 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. 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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