On behalf of the SCAPA Board of Directors and Staff, we would like to invite all SCAPA Members to join us for the 2022 SCAPA Fall Member Dinner. The SCAPA Fall Member Dinner will be held Wednesday, October 12 at the Hilton Columbia Center. Register today!

Last month, our Executive Director presented to engineers and public works officials at recent industry events.

We are excited about what this year's conference holds and hope you will plan to join us. Save the Date: February 27 & 28, 2023 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center in Columbia, SC. 

As we come to the end of our Fiscal Year on September 30, we are preparing invoices for the 2022-2023 Fiscal Year. You can expect these invoices in your mailbox, as well as your email inbox, the first week of October. Please contact us to be sure your billing contact information is correct. Please contact Yvette at ycritchfield@scasphalt.org and she will look up who we have as the current billing contact for your organization. You may also go to the member portal and make changes, edit current employees, and more. 

In the next few weeks you should receive an email from us requesting updates for the 2023 Membership Directory. Please review your current directory listing and provide updates to Yvette at ycritchfield@scasphalt.org. 

2022 Digital Membership Directory: Click Here

If you have not been in the member portal lately, you may not have seen the new look! We would like for the member portal to be a resource for you, and hope to add more members-only content to it. You can get to the member portal from the new website at www.scasphalt.org and click Member Login from the menu. Click to learn more about why you need to be on the member portal.

The National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) recently released a first-of-its-kind report documenting the asphalt pavement's contribution to GHG emissions nationwide, along with comparisons to related sectors and research needed to continue reducing emissions.

Don't miss this Asphalt Institute article by industry expert Danny Gierhart, PE on "Reviewing Asphalt Test Results - The Essentials of Reviewing Asphalt Test Reports."

Date: September 22, 2022, 2:00 pm EST

Speakers: Joseph Shacat, NAPA, and J. Richard Willis, NAPA
Description: In July 2022, NAPA published the first national assessment of GHG emissions associated with asphalt mixture production in the United States. This webinar takes a deep dive into the details of the emissions inventory report. We’ll start by exploring the methodology and the underlying datasets that were used to calculate GHG emissions, with a goal of understanding how changes in industry practices have affected GHG emissions during the period from 2009 to 2019. We’ll then explore the potential GHG emissions reductions that can be achieved through widespread implementation of readily available technologies and practices.

Date: Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Time: 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm EDT
Speakers: Cheng Ling, PE, PhD, Liquid Asphalt/HMA Technical Manager, Pike Industries Inc.; Steve Jackson, General Manager, West Contracting; and J. Richard Willis, PhD, Vice President, Engineering, Research, & Technology, NAPA
Description: Several of the previous webinars in NAPA’s Road to Zero series have discussed the GHG emissions reductions associated with readily available technologies and practices. Although substantial reductions can be achieved, it is clear that getting to net zero will require the development of new mix production technologies and low carbon materials, and widespread implementation of these practices, akin to no less than a “moon shot” for the asphalt pavement community. This webinar will explore the long-term research and implementation efforts that will be needed over the coming decades to achieve net zero GHG emissions across the asphalt pavement industry.

September is Suicide Prevention Month and with construction Workers having the highest suicide rate of all industries, we wanted to highlight some resources available to you. We hope you will take the time to learn to recognize the signs and take action in your organization. 

Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Time: 3:0 pm - 4:15 pm (EST)
Description: It’s not a secret: getting the majority of men talking about mental health is not easy. And doing so within construction -- a man’s man world -- is even more challenging. Discover the research, developments, key insights, impact, and efficacy of Mantherapy.org, an internationally acclaimed men’s mental health website. Insights from the construction industry will be shared along with several interactive activities that assist organizations in identifying effective steps to support men’s mental health within their organization.
Price: Free for CFMA members and non-members

A recycled asphalt shingles (RAS) using warm mix asphalt (WMA) field demonstration was conducted in Wilson, North Carolina in June 2015 to compare using post-consumer RAS (PC RAS) and manufacturer waste RAS (MW RAS). Mixes were produced using both types of RAS in conventional hot mix asphalt (HMA) and WMA. The WMA technology used the chemical additive Evotherm 3G M1. The National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) documented the production and construction of the demonstration projects and evaluated both mixes using a range of state-of-the-art laboratory tests. Results of the comparison are detailed in this report.

Date: Thursday, September 22, 2022
Time: 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm EDT
Description: Is it time to repave? Pavement condition survey results provide the foundation for identifying and prioritizing suggested improvement types and the timing of them. TRB will host a webinar on Thursday, September 22, 2022 from 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm EDT that will address all aspects of pavement condition data collection and provide practical suggestions for ensuring quality of data. If survey results are inaccurate, agencies could be under- or over-estimating their improvement needs and misjudging when treatments will be needed. Presenters will discuss cracking quality management, standards for improving rut measurements, and standards to improve transverse profile measurements. This webinar is sponsored by the TRB Standing Technical Committee on Pavement Management Systems.

Date: Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Time: 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm EDT
Speakers: Mike Skinner, PE, Director of Pavement Engineering, Colorado Asphalt Pavement Association
Description: Parking lot pavements have significant differences than traditional roadway pavements. Material types, mix design, and construction practices will be discussed to improve service life and reduce maintenance costs. Attendees will be equipped with best practices for designing asphalt parking lots.

The 2022 SCDOT certification course schedule has been released. Online registration is available on TCTC's website at www.tctc.edu/scdot.

Note that 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. 

ASPHALT IS THE QUIET PAVEMENT. Quiet pavement technologies include open-graded surfaces, fine-graded surfaces, and two-layer open-graded pavements. Noise reductions of 3 to 10 decibels are common.