The SCAPA Winter Conference & Trade Show is the premier networking and educational event for the asphalt industry in South Carolina. On Feb. 27-28, 2023, asphalt industry professionals will gather in Columbia, South Carolina for this two day event. Register Today!

Our room blocks at both the Hampton and the Hilton are sold out. We have obtained a courtesy room block from the Cambria Columbia Downtown The Vista. They have offered us a great price and the location is just a few blocks from the Convention Center. They are a nice new property in the vista.

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Thank you for those who have already registered as a Sponsor for the 2023 SCAPA Winter Conference & Trade Show! We couldn't do what we do without you! If you have not secured your sponsorship or exhibit booth hurry before they are all gone!

On Tuesday, January 24th, SCAPA is hosting a webinar on the topic of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs). Our speaker for the virtual event will be Mr. Joseph Shacat, the National Asphalt Pavement Association's (NAPA) Director of Sustainable Pavements. The webinar will be offered at no cost for SCAPA Members and government agency partners. The price for non-members is $25 per person. You must register with your email in order to receive the link for the webinar. 

SCAPA and SCDOT will once again hold the Partners In Quality (PIQ) meetings this winter. The program began this week in Greenville at the District 3 Headquarters Building, and will run through Feb. 21. Click the Learn More button below to see the full schedule.

SCAPA Member Hanson Aggregates, a.k.a. Lehigh Hanson, will now be Heidelberg Materials. You can see Heidelberg Materials Quality Manager, Neal Barber, who will be a presenting at the SCAPA Winter Conference. See the press release regarding the merger by clicking the Learn More button below. https://heidelbergmaterials.us

SCAPA Members, please Save the Date for the Spring Member Dinner and Legislative Day.

The Spring Member Dinner will be held the evening of Tuesday, April 25th and will be followed by Legislative Day on April 26th. Please mark your calendar to join us. 

This month, SCAPA's Executive Director joined thousands in Washington, D.C. at the nation's premier transportation research conference, the TRB Annual Meeting.

If you have not been in the SCAPA 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.

Dobbs Equipment acquired Flint Equipment in October of last year. We are very excited to have them join us in a big way as the Stage Sponsor for the SCAPA Winter Conference & Trade Show. Please be sure to welcome and visit with them at the conference. Click Learn More to find out more about Dobbs Equipment, the acquisition, and key contacts. 

The NAPA Annual Meeting provides the latest tools and insights to help you reach your goals in the asphalt pavement industry. General sessions, workshops, committee meetings, and invaluable industry networking make NAPA’s Annual Meeting the place where the industry gathers to set its future. Register Now!

 

The largest construction show in North America; CONEXPO-CON/AGG will be March 14-18, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. 

The SC General Assembly is back in session!  Get the latest legislative update for January 2023, provided by Sunnie Harmon and John DeWorken of Lobby SC.

In this paper, the effect of the combined use of re-recycled Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) on the performance properties of Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) was experimentally investigated at both binder and mixture scales.

When: January 19, 2023 at 11 EST
Speakers: Buzz Powell (NCAT), Dave Timm (NCAT), and Kim Schofield (WSDOT) 
Topic: Recalibrated Layer Coefficient for Modern Materials/Methods Webinar is part of the NCAT From Research to Implementation webinar series. They will discuss the efforts to recalibrate structural coefficients use in pavement design based on current materials and practices. 
Cost: Free to test track sponsors, $25 for non-sponsors.

The 2023 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.