TXAPA 40th Annual Meeting Technical Sessions

8:00 – 8:10 AM Words of Welcome and Conference Introduction

SESSION 1 TxDOT DISTRICT EXPERIENCES

8:10 – 8:40 AM Pavement Evaluation Process for Successful Pavements

8:40 – 9:10 AM Ten Years of Superpave Mixes

9:10 – 9:40 AM Thin Overlay Mixes

9:40 – 10:00 AM Break/Networking

Session 2 TxDOT CONSTRUCTION DIVISION UPDATE

10:00 – 11:45 AM Actions and Direction For Longer Lasting Asphalt Pavements

12:00 – 1:30 PM TXAPA/TxDOT Awards Luncheon

Importance of Quality

TxDOT/TXAPA Quality Technician Awards

TxDOT/TXAPA Quality Pavement Awards

TXAPA Projects Awards

Thursday, September 18

8:00 – 8:30 AM Safety Tools and Technology

SESSION 3 TRANSPORTATION ISSUES

8:30 – 10:00 AM Transportation Panel Presentations and Discussion

10:00 – 10:30 AM Break/Networking

SESSION  4 ASPHALT PAVEMENT MATERIALS

10:30 – 11:00 AM A National and Texas Perspective on Aggregates 

11:00 – 11:30 AM Liquid Asphalt Update

11:30 – 12:00 PM Superpave

12:00 – 1:30 PM Joint Luncheon – Jeff Greene – Master of Ceremonies

Welcome Speaker – Greg Malatek, TxDOT Austin District Engineer

SESSION 5 ASPHALT PAVEMENT CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

1:30 – 3:00 PM Problem Identification, Opportunities and Solutions and Dealing with Change in the Asphalt Pavement Industry 

HMA Plants:

HMA Paving:

HMA Compaction: 

 

SESSION 6 TOOLS to IDENTIFY THERMAL SEGREGATION

3:00 – 3:30 PM New Thermal Camera Technology and its Application

3:30 – 4:00 PM Update on the Pave IR System

Friday, September 19

8:00 – 9:00 AM Engineering Ethics

9:00 – 9:15 AM Break/Networking

SESSION 7 ASPHALT PAVEMENT RESEARCH 

9:15 – 9:45 AM Rejuvenator Research

9:45 – 10:15 AM School Research Update

SESSION 8 CHANGES YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT

10:15 – 10:45 AM BALANCED MIX DESIGNS

10:45 – 11:15 AM Hot Mix Asphalt Center Update: The Day in the Life of an Asphalt Pavement Technician

11:15 – 11:45 AM TxDOT Flexible Pavements Future Directions

11:45 – 12:00 PM Closing Discussion and Review