Please join us for the 2022 SCAPA Winter Conference & Trade Show on February 9-10, 2022. We are excited to be able to gather in-person once again at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. We will kick off the conference with the SCAPA Trade Show Reception, on Wednesday, February 9, followed by a full agenda on February 10. Registration Deadline is January 26th!

 

We want to thank and recognize our SCAPA Members who have signed up to sponsor and/or exhibit at the 2022 SCAPA Winter Conference & Trade Show. Your support means so much to us and we appreciate your continued support of SCAPA!

 

Get ready for the upcoming Winter Conference by downloading the new and revamped SCAPA Conferences and Events mobile app, now available in the Apple Store and Google Play Store.

 

Partners in Quality (PIQ) is a partnership program between SCAPA's Producer Members and the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT), typically held annually in the winter.

The program started this month in SCDOT District 2 in Greenwood, SC.

 

SCAPA Executive Director Jayson Jordan, P.E. and Technical Director Kimberly Lyons, Ph.D. attended the 2022 Transportation Research Board (TRB) 101st Annual Meeting on January 9–13, 2022 in Washington, D.C.

 

Check out FMI's annual review of the Construction Materials (CM) industry – FMI’s assessment of the highs and lows of 2021 and how they will impact trends heading into 2022 and beyond.

Looking ahead, funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) combined with strong momentum from the residential sector should fuel the CM industry for the foreseeable future. However, the sector must now find a way to maintain growth while battling the challenges of inflation and a labor supply crunch.

 

WITNESS THE LATEST TRENDS AND TECHNOLOGIES AT WORLD OF ASPHALT
Come see the 500 equipment manufacturers and service providers exhibiting at the show and make your plans for World of Asphalt and AGG1, which will be held on March 29-31, 2022 in Nashville!

 

The Senate and House returned to Columbia this week to begin its Legislative Session. In this issue you will find the following highlights from Lobby SC Week 1, provided by Sunnie Harmon and John DeWorken: SC Legislature Returns, Governor McMaster Releases Executive Budget, House Ways and Means Works on Budget, House Takes on Redistricting.

 

SCAPA Members, please Save the Date for both the SCAPA Spring Member Dinner and Legislative Day in Columbia, SC. The SCAPA Spring Member Dinner will be on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. The SCAPA Legislative Day will be the following day, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. Registration will open next month for this two-day event.

 

SCAPA Executive Director Jayson R. Jordan, PE joined 70+ engineers in Columbia this month at the SC Statehouse to celebrate Engineers Day on the Hill.

 

The National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) conducted a round-robin study to assist with the implementation of mixture performance testing for balanced mix design (BMD) efforts.

The study was conducted to help participating labs benchmark their results against a large body of data, as well as to collect preliminary data on the variability of the different tests.

 

The 2022 SCDOT certification course schedule has been released. Online registration is available on TCTC's website at www.tctc.edu/scdot.
The site will have only one of each course type available for registration at a time, so not all of the sections will show as available.

 

SCAPA Technical Director Kimberly Lyons, Ph.D. will provide training on the recently updated Asphalt Pavement Design Guide for Low-Volume Roads and Parking Lots. This webinar will be held on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. It is open to the public and is focused on engineers, project managers and other asphalt industry workers.
The deadline to register is Friday, February 25, 2022. The training is $25 and will include one Professional Development Hour.

 

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