SCAPA Hosts Successful Winter Conference!

The SC Asphalt Pavement Association 2016 SCAPA Winter Conference was held February 22-23, 2016 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Columbia, SC. Over 450 people attended the conference made up of asphalt producers, suppliers, engineering consultants and staff from several public agencies to include SCDOT and the FHWA-SC Division.

SC Department of Transportation Secretary Christy Hall kicked off the conference with an update of the state of the SC Department of Transportation. Emily Lawton, Federal Highway Division Administrator for SC followed her with an update on the FAST Act. The morning session concluded with a legislative update from Sunnie and John DeWorken of Sunnie and DeWorken.

Following the morning session, attendees separated into three tracks for an afternoon of breakout sessions. The tracks were Innovation and Quality Construction, Pavement Design, and Materials Control. Topics ranged from rubblization to nighttime paving best practices. 

During lunch, SCAPA conducted its awards presentation. Clarke DeHart was the recipient of the President’s Award at this year’s conference. Mr. DeHart was recognized for going above and beyond the call of duty for the association through his leadership on the SCAPA/SCDOT Quality Improvement Committee. 

Additionally, the 2015 SCAPA Quality Pavement Awards were presented as follows:

Green Construction Award: 

Project: I-85 OGFC Replacement

Contractor: Sloan Construction Company

Owner: SCDOT District 4, Cherokee Construction

Innovative Pavement Award:

Project: The Doodle Trail

Contractor: King Asphalt Inc.

Owner:  City of Pickens and City of Easley

Project Delivery Awards:

Project: Columbiana Drive Reconstruction?Contractor: The Lane Construction Corp.

Owner: City of Columbia

Project: Shaw Airforce Base Resurfacing

Contractor: CR Jackson Inc. 

Owner: Shaw Airforce Base

Quality Pavement Awards:

Project: Whitewater Falls Rd.

Contractor: King Asphalt Inc.

Owner: SCDOT District 3, Oconee Construction

Project: Bohicket Road Resurfacing

Contractor: Sanders Brothers

Owner: SCDOT District 6, Charleston Construction A

The afternoon breakout sessions covered a variety of topics to include Optimizing Mix Design, NCAT Test Track update and Full Depth Patching Best Practices.

The conference presentations and photos may be downloaded from the SCAPA Website. Clemson T3 will be e-mailing PDH certificates to all attendees who qualified.

Thank you to everyone who attended the 2016 SCAPA Winter Conference. We look forward to seeing you next year!

A special thank you again to the following 2016 Winter Conference Exhibitors and Sponsors:

2016 Sponsors:

Platinum Sponsor:

ASC Construction Equipment/Volvo

 

Gold Sponsors:  

Associated Asphalt/Seaco

Bitumar USA, Inc.

Blanchard CAT

Ergon Asphalt and Emulsions 

Southeast Emulsions

Silver Sponsors:  

Ingevity

Vulcan Materials Company

2016 Exhibitors:

ASC Construction Equipment/Volvo

Astec

Axeon Specialty Products

Blacklidge Emulsions

Blanchard CAT

Ergon Asphalt and Emulsions

Linder Industrial Machinery

Protection Services, Inc.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers

Roadtec

Scott Insurance                  

Southeast Emulsions

Texican