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TECHNICALLY SPEAKING
The TxDOT highway letting is scheduled for July 7 & 8. The total tonnage of hot mix being let is 1,997,756
Read More... WHAT'S GOING ON
IN THE WORKS
Hot off of the press for the TxAPA Educational Tool Kit is an insert entitled "Paving the Way for the future of Texas – Reducing Green House Gas Emission in Asphalt Paving Operations." This insert marks the first insert created by TxAPA for our Educational Tool Kit. "Paving the Way for the Future of Texas" is a pamphlet based off of a February 2010 paper written by Robert E. Lee, P.E., Construction Division, Materials & Pavements Section TxDOT and Dr. Jon A. Epps, P.E., Executive Associate Director, Materials & Pavements Division, Texas Transportation Institute.
Read More... Please contact Stephanie Buckberry or myself (sbuckberry@txhotmix.org or dkopp@txhotmix.org) if you want copies of the TxAPA Educational Tool Kit for your use. If you have any questions about the tool kit or the contents of the tool kit, please give me a call at (512) 312-2099.
Thank you in advance for your help educating entities within Texas on the benefits our industry has to offer. IN THE KNOW
Please save the following dates for our upcoming Partners In Quality meetings. All meetings are scheduled from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Read More... Item 341, which is the most frequently used specification for laying asphalt pavements on TxDOT projects, has been the subject of many changes and improvements over the past few years. This week it was announced that a new special specification received approval.
Read More... CERTIFICATION NEWS FROM THE HMAC
The Texas Department of Transportation and the Hot Mix Asphalt Center present Quality Control/Quality Assurance Technicians an award for their efforts to achieve excellence in the performance of their assigned duties.
Read More... The Hot Mix Asphalt Center can now accept credit cards. We are able to accept MasterCard, Visa, Discover and American Express.
We hope this new process will be an added resource for all of our customers.
Each one of us is aware that things seldom remain the same. The asphalt paving industry is certainly not immune from this and in the past few years many new tools, specifications, test procedures and a host of other changes have made their way into our industry.
Read More... Beginning with the July 2010 Level 1A Training Course, candidates were required to pre-certify online at the Hot Mix Asphalt Center’s (HMAC) new website, www.txhmac.org. In order to pre-certify, candidates must go to the website and log in.
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