TxDOT May 2015 Projects

The TxDOT highway letting is scheduled for May 5-6, 2015. Total tonnage of asphalt pavements being let is 1,418,444.
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This month’s safety topic will focus on Motorcycles and the awareness we need to spread to help protect them and ourselves. With spring and warmer temperatures arriving, we are seeing our friends and family getting their bikes out and taking rides across our road system. Over the past week listening to the radio I have heard of multiple fatalities just in the Austin area.
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The TXAPA 8th Annual Midyear Meeting will be held at The Torrey Pines Lodge in LaJolla, California. The meeting is set for June 28-July 1, 2015. This is a beautiful location just north of San Diego on the Pacific Ocean. MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS TODAY!
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Scholarships opportunities are available for the midyear meeting at the Torrey Pines Resort in La Jolla, California.
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Please mark your calendars for the TXAPA 41st Annual Meeting scheduled for the La Cantera Resort in San Antonio, Texas, September 15-18, 2015. You can go ahead and make room reservations at this time.
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The quality pavement awards nominations are now being accepted. Any member can submit a project to be considered for an award. The deadline has been extended to May 15, 2015. The projects submitted must have been completed in 2014.

The nomination forms can be found at the TXAPA website.
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The intent of the awards program is to encourage and recognize quality built Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) pavements. The awards program was established to honor those individuals and firms that have excelled in the production, placement, and quality assurance on an HMA project. Too many times quality projects and the people responsible for those projects are not recognized or given the amount of credit they deserve. This program is designed to support and acknowledge TxDOT, contractors, and most importantly the individuals that constructed the quality built HMA project.
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The TXAPA Member Connect is new email blast that is being sent out when important topics come up anytime during the week. TXAPA has sent out five Member Connects within the past few weeks. Be sure to keep your eyes open for this email blast. The topics to date have been...
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AUSTIN – Showing how even the smallest trash can add up to a very big mess, the Texas Department of Transportation today hosted an event on the Capitol lawn to launch several new public service announcements as part of its iconic "Don’t mess with Texas" anti-litter campaign. The first round of PSAs will feature TxDOT Executive Director Lt. Gen. Joe Weber, USMC (Ret), with subsequent announcements showcasing the sounds of country music legend Willie Nelson.

"As a proud Texan, I wanted to be out there letting people know that I don’t take kindly to people trashing my great state," said Lt. Gen. Weber. "The amount of roadway litter we’re picking up comes at a great cost to Texans.
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To have a successful QC/QA program, we need to recognize and understand how the system works. When QC/QA test results are used in the acceptance decision, testing disputes arising between TxDOT, or its designated agents, and the contractor shall be resolved in a reliable, unbiased manner by referee testing or evaluation performed by the Construction Division, Materials & Pavements Section (CST/M&P) central laboratory.
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The classes at the Hot Mix Asphalt Center have been filling up pretty fast. With paving season upon us it is imperative that you know when your certified technicians certifications expire so that they can get into one of the classes.
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