Registration for the SCAPA Fall Member Dinner is now open! The Fall Member Dinner is open to all SCAPA producer and associate members.

Save the date! The 2019 SCAPA Winter Asphalt Conference and Trade Show is around the corner!

The South Carolina Asphalt Pavement Association is soliciting nominations for the 2018 SCAPA Quality Pavement Awards.

After nearly 4.5 years with the association, Technical Director Jayson Jordan will be leaving SCAPA at the end of this month.

On October 16, SCDOT will host a Paver Mounted Thermal Profiler Workshop in Columbia, SC. The workshop will be led by engineers from the Federal Highway Administration and Applied Research Associates, Inc..

On November 5–7, 2018, the National Asphalt Pavement Association, the Asphalt Institute, and the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies with support from the Federal Highway Administration will host the 1st International Conference on Stone Matrix Asphalt (SMA) in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Asphalt Pavement Alliance will host two upcoming seminars in Kansas City, MO and Minneapolis, MN.

Congratulations to Audrey Copeland, who was recently named the next President/CEO of NAPA!

We enjoyed reading St. George Mayor Anne Johnston's recent editorial in the August 30 edition of the Dorchester Eagle Record. Excerpt after the link:

The National Center for Asphalt Technology at Auburn University has released a report that compares the performance and life-cycle cost benefits of stone matrix asphalt (SMA) to those of polymer-modified Superpave dense-graded mixtures used on similar trafficked highways.

Per NASEM TRB E-Newsletter:
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has released a report that analyzes the use of deflection-basin data to determine the in-place structural condition of asphalt concrete (AC) layers. Deflection basins are used to backcalculate the elasticlayer modulus of existing AC layers, which are considered input level 1 for rehabilitation designs.

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 877: Performance-Based Mix Design for Porous Friction Courses presents a proposed mix design method for porous asphalt friction course (PFCs). PFCs have been used in the United States for many years. Their open aggregate gradations and resultant high air void contents...

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has released a report that summarizes the findings of the VDOT Asphalt Quality Task Force. This group was developed in 2011 to identify and recommend specific achievable measures to improve the quality of asphalt paving in Virginia.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has released a report that evaluates a laboratory rutting performance of warm mix asphalt (WMA) versus hot mix asphalt (HMA). In many paving projects, WMA has replaced HMA as a means of reducing environmental impacts. This report seeks to develop guidance for using WMA for commercial airport pavements.

NAPA offers a variety of webinars throughout the year on various topics related to the asphalt industry. These topics range from newly released industry regulations to innovative processes and technology that can benefit your company.

Don't let summer rain showers ruin your week! SCAPA Academy is a great learning resource to brush up on the fundamentals!

The U.S. recycles about 2 million tons of plastic a year while recycling and reusing over 60 million tons of asphalt.

The 2019 SCAPA Membership Directory & Resource Guide will be published in February. Make sure your organization's contact information is current! Contact Laurin Manning at lmanning@scasphalt.org to update your listing.