eTXAPA Newsletter

TxDOT March 2014 Projects

The TxDOT highway letting is scheduled for March 5-6, 2014. The total tonnage of asphalt pavements being let is 657,629.

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This time every year cold weather plays a vital role in the decision making process, creating a "pave or not to pave" situation. Typically, due to budgets we tend to pave. The challenges behind paving are to get proper compaction and a visually good smooth mat.

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Texas Asphalt Pavement Association would like to announce the creation of the Level 2 mix design committee. David Morton will serve as the chair and will have a great team of Level 2 technicians from across the state and past award winners.

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Texas Asphalt Pavement Association would like to announce the added duty to the Quality Asphalt Paving & New Technology Committee. With the rapid growing number of nominations for both TxDOT & Non-TxDOT projects

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Please click on this article to read about NAPA news. There are several paragraphs ranging from a new website to survey on recycled materials and WMA. Very important industry information is included.

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The 2014 TXAPA Mid-Year Meeting has been scheduled for June 16-18 at The Greenbrier Hotel and Resort in West Virginia. This is the first time that TXAPA has headed east for a meeting and we have had some wonderful comments on the venue. Incoming TXAPA President Jeff Greene would like to invite everyone to attend this great meeting.

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The TXAPA 40th Annual Meeting will be held at the Horseshoe Bay Marriott Hotel in Horseshoe Bay, Texas. The dates are September 16-19, 2014. Please keep in mind that the days are back to Tuesday-Friday.

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The TXAPA Strategic Planning Session has become one of the most important meetings of the year for the Association. This year’s meeting was recently held in San Antonio with 20 members participating.

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The 2014 annual asphalt proficiency sample results are due March 7, 2014. All results must be posted on the the HMAC website www.txhmac.org. If you have not yet received a sample, you must contact

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