July 26, 2007 - PIC hosted a "Land Development Breakthroughs" Best Practice Workshop and demonstration on pervious concrete. The focus of the workshop was to provide detailed instruction on how to implement pervious concrete pavements as a solution to reducing stormwater runoff from building sites and other paved areas. Pervious concrete is a performance-engineered concrete that allows rainwater to seep through it, recharging local groundwater supplies. When it is used for parking areas, streets, and walkways, it minimizes stormwater runoff to surrounding streams and lakes. Pervious concrete has been recognized by the U.S. EPA as a "best practice" for stormwater management.

Approximately 35 civil engineers, architects, contractors, and land developers attended the event, one of six held across the United States, promoting this new "green" alternative to regular concrete. The workshops were presented by instructors from the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Portland Cement Association, University of Georgia, and Middle Tennessee State University.

In addition, students and teachers from Triangle Tech in Greensburg were on hand to demonstrate the pouring of the pervious concrete. The demonstration took place outside the PIC office on the site of our future pavilion. The concrete slab will serve as a base for the pavilion, which will provide a location to hold special outdoor events and an outdoor learning environment for ETI and Adult Education students and teachers.

PIC would like to thank John Canterberry of Stone & Company, Bruce Cody of the Pennsylvania Aggregates and Concrete Association, and the students and teachers from Triangle Tech for helping to make the demonstration a success and bringing us one step closer to making our outdoor classroom a reality. PIC hopes the pavilion will be complete by October of this year.

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