Conference Overview

The Technical Council on Cold Regions Engineering of the American Society of Civil Engineers with participation of the Duluth Section of ASCE will sponsor its Fourteenth Conference on Cold Regions Engineering in Duluth, Minnesota at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center.

 

How prolonged cold weather affects the ways civil engineers do their jobs is the driving force behind the theme for the conference, "Cold Regions Impacts on Research- Design-Construction." This theme encompasses all fields and sectors of engineering and includes cold regions issues in the "snow belt" states of the lower 48 as well as the traditional cold regions of Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia, and Europe.

 

With its Midwest location, the conference is a convenient area for the exchange of ideas and advancements in cold regions engineering technology by engineers in the northern United States, a group that does not often identify itself with their peers to the north. At the same time, the theme is broad enough to allow participation from engineers from all over the world. All are welcome and can make a contribution to a successful conference.

Presentations will highlight:

Infrastructure

Pavement Construction

Frost Action

Materials

Insulation

Green Engineering

Climate Change

Drainage in flexible/inflexible

Structures

Roads

Airports

Winter Maintenance

Railroads

Water Utilities

Sewage Treatment Facilities

Sewage Processes

Landfilling

Retaining Structures

Hydrology and Hydraulics