July 13, 2018 | 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM

Venue Name: Marriott Hotel at Champions Circle

Location: 3300 Championship ParkwayFort Worth, TX 76177Please contact Kelli Mofle at (512) 312-2099 if you are interested in attending.

At Every PIQ Meeting

• 11:30 AM-12:30 PM Lunch Plus News and Information from TXAPA
• 12:30-2:00 PM Representatives from TxDOT Cover Scheduled Topics

July 24, 2018 | 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM

Venue Name: Omni Hotel

Location: 900 North Shoreline Blvd., Corpus Christi, TX United States 78401

Please contact Kelli Mofle at (512) 312-2099 if you are interested in attending.

At Every PIQ Meeting

• 10:30 AM-11:30 PM News and Information from TXAPA
• 11:30 AM-12:30 PM Lunch
• 12:30-2:00 PM Representatives from TxDOT Cover Scheduled Topics

Larry Welch was recently in Grand Prairie, Texas where he held a Paving and Compaction seminar for the City of Grand Prairie Department of Public Works. The Paving and Compaction Seminar is one day in length and is ideal for Public Works Directors, City Streets Departments, Engineering Firms, County Commissioners, Precincts, and TxDOT. The seminar covers:

• Safety: what is a safe working environment and how do you create one?


• Planning for success: the Pre-paving meeting and other communication strategies


• Milling and prep: surface preparation for successful overlays


• Paving material handling: handle materials safely and efficiently from the stockpile to project


• Paver principles: best practices and proper methods for quality paving


• Compaction: best practices and proper methods for compaction

Did you know that we have Larry's entire series on Paving and Compaction at TexasAsphalt.org? Click the link below.

 

The TxDOT Highway Letting is July 10 and 11. The tonnage report is brought to you by Whitley & Siddons. 

Chuck Fuller recently gave a pavement evaluation webinar for the TXAPA-TxDOT Quality Asphalt Pavement Awards evaluators. Evaluators for the Non-TxDOT Awards can also benefit from this valuable information. Check out the new section on our website, Evaluator Resources.

Last month's webinar is live on the website for viewing or you can access it below. Chuck Fuller joined Larry Welch for the first time in some months as he has been busy facilitating PIQ meetings. Hear them together again and learn about asphalt pavement specifications.

Our Texas Asphalt Pavement User Guide webinar series is free to the public. Be sure to share this link with City, County, or TxDOT personnel, Engineers, and Engineering Firms who you think would benefit from this valuable information.

Please note that PDHs are available for attendees of our live webinars only.

Click below to watch:

Did you know about PaveXpress, a scoping tool to help you create simplified pavement designs while taking into account key engineering inputs?

Explore and analyze IRI data in the FHWA Long Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) database to gain insights into the factors that have historically governed and/or influenced the change in pavement IRI over time.

The 44th TXAPA Annual Meeting will take place September 18-21, 2018 at the Horseshoe Bay Resort in Horseshoe Bay, Texas near Marble Falls. Featuring award-winning golf courses, stunning views, and a world-class spa, the Resort is one of the premier luxury destinations in Texas.

Take Advantage of Special Room Rates TXAPA has secured special pricing for our attendees. The deadline to book your accommodations at the special rate is August 16, 2018. Thereafter, you may book your accommodations at the market value provided there is availability.

Get all the Details For a full preview of all the education, networking, and activities, click the link below!

The TXAPA Scholarship Committee recently completed the development of a video promoting the program to potential donors. The video is housed in a hardcover "booklet" containing a small hi-def screen; the video plays automatically when opened.

In addition to raising awareness of the Scholarship Live and Silent Auction, the videos are being deployed in person to raise additional funds to go to directly to the Scholarship Program. TXAPA hopes to expand the program to support a greater number of students and to increase the individual award amount to keep pace with the cost of a higher-education. The video features interviews with TXAPA members, scholarship recipients, staff, and members of the board.

View the video and download a donation form at the link below.

Every year the Live and Silent Auction benefiting the TXAPA Scholarship Program is generously supplied by our Members who donate auction items and cash. As we near September, the Scholarship Auction Committee is hard at work procuring items for the auction. If your company would like to donate, please download the donation form below. If you have questions or need ideas as to what to donate, please contact the TXAPA offices at (512) 312-2099.

Work is set to begin on the establishment of the TXAPA Campus this July. The buildout on the existing structure which houses TXAPA's offices and the Hot Mix Asphalt Center is expected to last approximately three to four months. The restructure will include a 3,500 square foot multi-purpose room, eight labs, and three classrooms. The current TXAPA building will be joined to the newly purchased (2017) building directly behind it by a shared parking lot. The inclusion of this common space is intended to create a "campus vibe." The initiative to expand TXAPA's footprint in Buda is being driven by the Association's mission to serve the growing demands of the asphalt pavement industry in Texas.

Throughout the fourth quarter, TXAPA will host Fundamentals of Asphalt and Paving and Compaction Seminars in several Texas cities. Our Fundamentals/Paving and Compaction Seminars will last for two days and feature the Fundamentals curriculum on day one and Paving and Compaction on day two.

Our Paving and Compaction Seminars will last one day and feature only paving and compaction content.

These seminars are perfect for anyone who needs a solid asphalt foundation including City, County, and TxDOT personnel, Consulting Engineers and Engineering Firms.

Envirotx offers a wide array of products to a variety of private industries, mining operations and government entities, including state, city and county levels. We provide products that are utilized both in the road construction and maintenance industries, such as roadway deicing and anti-iceing, soil stabilizers, dust and maintenance control, prime seals, and erosion control.

infraTest Prüftechnik GmbH was established in 1991, the headquarters located in the picturesque town of Brackenheim-Botenheim, Germany. With more than 25 years of experience in the field of manufacturing testing equipment infraTest offers an extensive range of products and services in all areas of materials testing technology including asphalt, concrete and soils. Innovation and automation set infraTest apart, in-house R&D team is constantly working to improve the testing experience.

RS&H provides fully integrated architecture, engineering, and consulting services to help clients realize their most complex facility and infrastructure projects for land, air, and space. We are consistently ranked among the nation’s top 100 design firms and have worked in over 50 countries across the globe.

From the Feature Safety First: How TxDOT’s Traffic Control Review Team is Helping to Improve Work Zone Safety Traffic channelization devices, such as signs, barricades, pavement markings, and message boards, are arguably the most important safety assets in any work zone. Unfortunately, deficiencies in these devices are often overlooked. Projects can go on for months, sometimes, years. During that time traffic channelization devices can gradually become run down. To those working on a project every day, these subtle changes may not seem serious, but deficiencies in traffic channelization devices need to be corrected because they can and do compromise driver and worker safety. Especially in the era of the smart phone, when distracted driving is all too common. People are wrapped up in their lives, rushing from here to there and even the most alert driver is going to experience issues if the devices used to keep traffic on course are difficult to see or interpret. So how can a district or contractor be vigilant about making sure their traffic control devices are implemented properly and in good condition? Enter TxDOT’s Traffic Control Review Team (TCRT).

The wait is over! The new TXAPA Membership Directory is out now! You can find the directory on our website (log in and click Membership Directory under Your Account>Member Resources) or start reading it now by clicking below.

If you have been having trouble accessing the TXAPA website, it may be because we don’t have the correct information for you in our Member Database. If you know your email address, you can retrieve BOTH your username and password by following the steps after you click "Login." If that doesn’t work, please call the office at (512) 312-2099 or email Kelli Mofle.

Certification and training classes through the HMAC are filling up for the summer. Check on the schedule online.

 

TXAPA provides a range of resources for your employees and technicians whether they are studying to become certified or just need a refresher. Please share these helpful tools:

• Videos
• Test Procedures
• Specifications