March 12-13, Concrete Paving Association of Minnesota Annual Workshop - Breezy, MN

Hosted at Breezy Point Resort in Breezy, MN (near Brainerd). Register here! Final date to register: March 6th, 2026

Book your stay at Breezy Point Resort:

Breezy Point has two hotels on campus – one connected to the venue (Breezy Center) and one a few blocks away (Breezy Inn & Suites) that provides shuttles to the venue throughout the day.
Once dates are entered, click on More Options and use Group ID 456521 to access CPAM’s discounted rooms.
The link below takes you to the booking site with our code already entered.
Book your hotel room here.
- Final date to book through CPAM’s hotel block: March 6th, 2026

Workshop Overall Agenda and Timing

Thursday, March 12

8:30am – Registration Opens

9:30am – First Session Begins

12:00pm – Lunch provided for all guests

4:30pm – End of First Day Workshop

5:00pm – Photos of Award Recipients

6:00pm – President’s Reception (open bar and appetizers for all workshop guests)

7:00pm – Paving Award’s Banquet and Dinner co-hosted by MnDOT (open to all workshop guests)

Friday, March 13

8:00am – First Session Day 2 Begins

12:00pm – Closing of Workshop

Workshop Speakers and Topics

Topics and speakers are subject to change.

MnDOT Concrete Office Updates – Maria Masten, MnDOT

Diamond Grinding : Common Textures and Best Practices – Nick Davis, IGGA

Pavement Design and Optimization – Eric Ferrebee, ACPA & Jim Mack, WJE

Use of Early Loading to Increase Joint Deployment in COA’s – Tom Burnham, MnDOT

Trial Batching: Fun in a Drum – Alf Gardiner, Braun Intertec

MnDOT Experience Using High Performance Dowel Bars – Maria Masten, MnDOT

Mental Health Update – Tim Worke, AGC

I-90 Design Build UBOL – Bob Anderson, AET

Dodge County CSAH 15: Fiber Reinforced Whitetopping – Travis Martin, Dodge County

Innovations in SCMs & Sustainable Construction – Dan King, CP Tech Center & Manik Barman, UMD

MnDOT EPD Specification Update – Curt Turgeon, MnDOT

Contractor Forum: Maintaining Access to Local Traffic – featuring Shafer Contracting, PCiRoads, & Croell