The 43rd TXAPA Annual Meeting is scheduled for September 19-23, 2017 at the La Torretta Resort in Montgomery, Texas. We are looking forward to an exciting, fun and informative annual meeting. You can now register online at the TXAPA website.

All the information and registration packets have been emailed and mailed. If you do not have the packet, please contact TXAPA at 512-312-2099 and one will be provided.

This year’s 43rd TXAPA Annual Meeting will be held at the La Torretta Lake Resort & Spa, Montgomery, Texas; September 19 - 22, 2017. We are looking forward to providing our industry with a fantastic meeting.

Each year we are very fortunate to have dedicated members who generously contribute sponsorship funds to make our Annual Meeting a huge success. This year we want to offer that same opportunity to our membership in order for the 2017 TXAPA Annual Meeting to be a beneficial meeting that is filled with the educational, networking, entertaining and training opportunities that will continue to TXAPA partners sharpen their

The TXAPA Scholarship Live and Silent Auction is being held at the annual meeting on Thursday evening, September 21, 2017. TXAPA is now accepting donations for the auction. This is a very important program and earlier this year TXAPA awarded a total of 18 scholarships to students. These are students that are pursuing a career in the asphalt construction industry. Please contact TXAPA

The spouses’ event this year is a special treat. Ladies will depart from the La Torretta lobby on a chartered minibus at 10:30 a.m. and head towards St. Francis Wolf Sanctuary. This rescue sanctuary is located in Montgomery, Texas and its mission is to rescue and provide a loving, exceptional home to non-releasable

The TxDOT highway letting is scheduled for August 8-9, 2017. The total tonnage for August is 1,018,578.

Job Hazard Analysis (JHA): This process observes the connections between worker, task, tools and environment. After identifying hazards, the user takes steps to reduce or eliminate them. We all know this but do we practice or use the tool? Thousands of injuries occur in the work place that could well have been prevented by using the JHA process. This tool not only helps prevent injuries and incidents, it can also can aid in auditing, training and incident investigation. Performing and documenting that a JHA has been done and communicated protects both the worker and the company. OSHA has a very good guidance document that explains

Under the compliance obligations for construction activities under OSHA’s Silica Rule, each employer must designate and train at least one individual as a Competent Person (CP). To aid in understanding the obligation, NAPA has released "Designating a 'Competent Person' Under OSHA’s

Houston, Texas welcomes the World of Asphalt Show & Conference and co-located AGG1 Aggregates Academy & Expo March 6-8, 2018. Over 350 of the industry's leading manufacturers and service providers in the aggregate, asphalt, pavement maintenance, and traffic safety industry

TXAPA is in the process of providing a series of "Fundamentals of Asphalt" seminars around the state. To date, a seminar has been held in Fort Worth and in Houston. Both these seminars were well attended. These have been offered to all members, city and county officials and TxDOT. The next seminar is being held on August 15, 2017 in Lufkin, Texas.

TXAPA was recently asked to conduct an Asphalt Pavement Materials and Specifications Workshop for local municipalities in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Bruce Spracklen with TSIT coordinated the event that was conducted by Chuck Fuller, Larry Welch and Harold Mullen. Topics presented

TXAPA will host several webinars in the upcoming months. The first webinar — Texas Asphalt Pavement Mix Types — is now available to view on the TXAPA website home page. The second webinar July 20 — Successful Pre-Paving Meetings hosted by Chuck Fuller is also available online. The next webinar is scheduled for August 24, 2017 and will be hosted by the TXAPA EHS Committee. The webinars will begin at 10:00 a.m. In order to attend the webinars, please follow these

The following webinars are being held by the National Asphalt Pavement Association:

Back to Basics Series: Quality Assurance
Date: Wednesday, August 23, 2:00–3:30 p.m. EDT
Speaker: Jim Musselman, Oldcastle Materials Inc.; Dr. Adam Hand, University of Nevada at Reno; Dr. John D'Angelo, D'Angelo Consulting LLC

On July 19, President Donald Trump issued an executive order establishing a Presidential Advisory Council on Infrastructure. The order specifies that the 15 members of the council will be appointed by the president and will represent a broad cross-section of infrastructure sectors from construction, transportation, and logistics to real

The 2017 class schedule is available on the HMAC website. Be sure to schedule your classes in advance because they do fill up quickly. The HMAC works diligently to make sure that all your certification needs are met and new classes are formed as needed.

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