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South Carolina Asphalt Pavement Association

SCAPA News and Events
SCAPA is seeking a full-time Technical Director. The Technical Director will report to the Executive Director of the South Carolina Asphalt Pavement Association (SCAPA). This individual will provide technical assistance to the staff and membership of the South Carolina Asphalt Pavement Association in both the public and private arenas.

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Brian Moore, FMI principal and strategy leader, will offer the keynote presentation, Overview of Construction Industry, at the 2019 SCAPA Winter Conference. In addition, he will lead a breakout session on Next Gen Highway Construction.

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Earlier this month, SCAPA Executive Director Ashley Batson got to be a "Professor for a Day" at the University of South Carolina.

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

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Register Today! The 2019 SCAPA Winter Asphalt Conference and Trade Show is around the corner!

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Industry News
 
   
The Women of Asphalt Council has been renamed as Women of Asphalt (WofA) and launched a newly redesigned website and its inaugural podcast. Both can be found at womenofasphalt.org. Interested in becoming a sponsor for Women of Asphalt? Click on the link below.

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During the first general session at the 2019 NAPA Annual Meeting, Executive Producer and Show Host Mike Rowe, best known as "the dirtiest man on TV" from the hit TV series Dirty Jobs, will share the surprising lessons he learned as an apprentice traversing all 50 states and attempting 300 different jobs. He also runs the mikeroweWORKS Foundation, which provides vocational training scholarships. The foundation has granted, or helped facilitate granting, more than $5 million in technical and vocational education for trade schools across the country.

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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.

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

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The 2018 SEAUPG Annual Meeting will take place November 12-15 in Raleigh, NC. Register today.

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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.

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TRB will conduct a webinar on Thursday, November 1, 2018 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET that will discuss balanced/performance-engineered asphalt mixture design. Agencies have identified the integration of mechanical and performance tests with current volumetric design practice as an encouraging method for the production of longer-lasting asphalt pavements. Part I of this webinar series focuses on examining how agencies are approaching balanced/performance engineered mixture design, how well their efforts are moving forward, and the challenges they are facing on the path to implementation. Part 2 of the series will take place on Monday, November 26, 2018, and will focus on case studies of successful balanced/performance-engineered mixture designs.

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

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Struggling with downtime? Workforce worries? Need pavement maintenance solutions? World of Asphalt offers you the chance to connect with leading manufacturers, service providers and industry experts to improve your bottom line. More than 40 NEW exhibitors for 2019!

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Membership Services
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.

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Calendar of Events

October 23, 2018

SCAPA Fall Member Dinner

Columbia, SC

October 24, 2018

SCAPA Board of Directors Meeting

Columbia, SC

January 16-17, 2019

SCAPA Winter Conference

Columbia, SC

June 21-23, 2019

SCAPA Summer Conference

Belmond Charleston Place

Charleston, SC



 
SCAPA
P.O. Box 11448, Columbia, SC 29211
Phone: (803) 252-2522 Fax: (803) 403-9952