The 2017 SCAPA Winter Asphalt Conference Planning Committee met on August 18th. The committee proposed a diverse technical program for the conference, which will be held on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at the Marriott Hotel in Columbia, SC.

The 2017 SCAPA/SCDOT Partners in Quality Program will kick off in January 2017. Click on "Learn More..." below to see a list of tentative meeting dates in each district. More information to follow regarding the Partners in Quality meeting locations and agenda.

Last month, engineers from both sides of the Georgia/South Carolina border attended a joint asphalt lunch and learn event in Savannah, GA.

Two representatives from SCAPA recently participated in a Pavement Professional Panel with civil engineering students at Clemson University.

Sloan Construction, A Division of Reeves Construction Company, is headquartered in Duncan, South Carolina, with regional offices strategically placed throughout the state, allowing the resources and equipment of Sloan Construction to meet its clients' needs quickly and efficiently. Sloan has plant locations in Blacksburg, Columbia, Duncan and Pacolet. The company covers the Upstate and Midlands of South Carolina.

See the upcoming webinars offered by the National Asphalt Pavement Association.

Check out a NCHRP results digest from researchers at Texas A&M on evaluating different cracking tests and how to develop an experimental design for validating the cracking test that is selected.

Of the 2.27 million miles of paved roads in the US, 94% is surfaced with asphalt, including 65% of the interstate system.

Want to advertise a job opportunity on SCAPA's website? Please send a Word document or PDF file of the job description to Jayson Jordan at JJordan@scasphalt.org.

September 27, 2016: SCAPA/SCDOT HMA Quality Improvement Committee Meeting, Columbia, SC