Friday, October 30, 2015
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TECHNICALLY SPEAKING
The TxDOT highway letting is scheduled for November 3-4, 2015. The total tonnage for November is 1,117,276.
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WHAT'S GOING ON
The Texas Asphalt Pavement Association has been very active. The association was in attendance recently at four trade shows. They were as follows:
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TXAPA is continuing to hold Paving and Compaction seminars monthly prior to the Hot Mix Asphalt Center's Level 1B course. Individual company seminars can be scheduled for member firms requesting one. The 2016 seminars are
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The TXAPA Major Associate Members met at the association office in Buda on Wednesday, October 28 to discuss revisions to TEX-545-C specification. Jerry Peterson with TxDOT and Amy Epps-Martin with TTI, joined the committee for this meeting.
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IN THE WORKS
The TXAPA Environmental, Health and Safety Committee has put together an Environmental Seminar scheduled for January 6-7, 2016. The seminar will be held at the Hyatt Town Lake hotel in Austin, Texas. Official notification for this seminar
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The TXAPA annual January Membership Meeting will be held on January 4, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Town Lake in Austin, Texas. Please mark your calendar for this one-day event. The registration information
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TXAPA is in the process of working with cities and counties on quality initiatives for those who wish to update their current specifications and quality of their asphalt pavements. We ask that if any member would like to participate in this operation to please contact
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IN THE KNOW
Proposition 7 or (Prop 7) is a constitutional amendment drafted by the 84th Texas legislature and authorized by SJR 5. This amendment will be on the November 3, 2015 statewide ballot for approval. This amendment would authorize a new...
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NAPA has a series of webinars taking place November and December, 2015. You must register with NAPA in order to view these webinars. The information is listed in this article for your review. You can also register to view past webinars. Go to the NAPA website at asphaltpavement.org.

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It is becoming more of a statewide subject about the use of cell phones while driving. The City of Austin has become completely hands-free along with San Antonio and other areas. Just a reminder....don't text and drive or hand use your cell phones while driving. Be sure to...
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CERTIFICATION NEWS FROM THE HMAC
The 2016 Hot Mix Asphalt Center calendar is now available to be viewed at the Hot Mix Asphalt Center website.
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TXAPA has added some test procedure training videos to the website. These videos can be a great tool for your lab technicians. To view the videos go to the association website, www.texasasphalt.org, and click on...
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