Virginia Asphalt Association is pleased to announce that on April 29, Trenton M. Clark was named the new Executive Vice President of the Association. Trenton has been with VAA since January, 2011 as the Director of Engineering. For the last year, he and Richard Schreck (retired) shared the responsibilities of running VAA to ensure a smooth transition. "Richard left VAA in a great position to excel in the future. Through his efforts and leadership, we are able to pursue new areas such as the Virginia Education Center for Asphalt Technology (VECAT) and the Asphalt Expo. We will not be able to replace Richard, but through a dedicated staff and strong membership involvement we will continue the tradition of providing outstanding service to the asphalt industry in Virginia," said Clark.

On May 3, 2017 VAA hosted the first Richard J. Schreck Scholarship Golf Tournament. This event is one of three regional tournaments scheduled for 2017. It took place at the Riverfront Golf Club in Suffolk; the weather was awesome and everyone had a great time, especially the winners! First place went to the team of Del Baker, Dave Corbin, Charles Tamayo, and Ed Manley from Virginia Paving. The second place team was Mark Range, Billy Powers, Steve Beeles and Steve Walters. Third place was won by Bobby Hedrick, Kevin Jones, Evan Spivey and Shawn Howell. Ben Miller and Steve Walters walked away with closest to the pin prizes and Bobby Hedrick and P.T. Going made the longest drives.

Transurban is our newest Architect, Engineer, Consultant member.

The law firms of Rees Broome P.C. and Kasimer Pierce & Schaecher PC are pleased to announce that effective July 1, 2017, Joe Kasimer, Joe Pierce and Gina Schaecher will return to Rees Broome P.C. Mr. Kasimer will be senior counsel to Rees Broome, while Mr. Pierce and Ms. Schaecher will be counsel. This merger will result in expanding Rees Broome’s existing construction law department to 10 attorneys while providing clients with the tax, corporate, transactional, trust & estate and real estate expertise available at Rees Broome. Joe's new contact information is:

The Virginia Asphalt Association held its 66th Annual Meeting at The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia on April 26-28, 2017. This meeting was significant in that it marked the retirement of Richard Schreck as Executive Vice President. Richard had served in the role since September 1981. He was the longest-serving state asphalt association executive. More than 200 people joined Richard for his retirement banquet and after party on Thursday April 27.

Were you one of the lucky people caught on film at the VAA Annual Meeting by Jesse Peters of Backlight Photography, Clear Choice Photo Booth of Roanoke, Mike Dudley or Carter Iseman? Visit the VAA Flickr Albums and see if you are a Star!

If you haven’t contacted Carter Iseman about scheduling an appointment on the VECAT Roadshow tour, now is the time to do so. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the VECAT program, classes offered, future classes in development, the ins and outs of registering students for online and classroom courses, the apprenticeship program and how to sign up or obtain an apprentice for your company. Carter will also be asking for suggestions on customized or industry training that could benefit your company’s employees. This is a great opportunity to get a personal tutorial on all things VECAT and to talk about training and development that you would like to see offered through the program in future months. To sign up, please contact Carter at 804-288-3169 or at ciseman@vaasphalt.com.

The Air Pollution Control Board will next meet on June 22. The State Water Control Board meeting scheduled for March 30 has been rescheduled for May 17. The Board’s meetings are typically held at the General Assembly Building. Due to ongoing construction the May 17 meeting will be held at DEQ’s Piedmont Regional Office (4949-A Cox Road, Glen Allen, VA 23060). The agenda has not changed from the scheduled March meeting and the primary topic of interest to VAA members is the incorporation of EPA’s Electronic Reporting Rule into the VPDES and VSMP regulations. The Board will also consider the adoption of Bylaws.

James Utterback, VDOT District Administrator for Hampton Roads announced the promotion of Bill Collier to Assistant District Administrator for Maintenance for the Hampton Roads District. In this new capacity, Bill will be responsible for management and oversight of the Maintenance program in the Hampton Roads District.

Recently, VDOT was notified of approval by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) regarding the use of porous pavement as a storm water best management practice (BMP). VDOT and VAA have been working together for several years on the development of plans and specifications for porous pavements. The specifications include porous asphalt materials such as PAM-9.5 and PAM-19.0, construction/installation specifications, and typical plan sheets.

July 16-19, 2017

Chicago, IL

Regional Golf Tournaments