eTXAPA Newsletter

TxDOT July 2014 Projects

The TxDOT highway letting is scheduled for July 8-9, 2014. Total tonnage of asphalt pavements being let is 777,300.

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The Texas Asphalt Pavement Association would like to remind everyone to get your Quality Control Technician of the year award nominations turned in. This is a very special award for Level 1A, Level 1B and Level 2 technicians. These awards are very great recognition of all the hard working our technicians do.

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Ahead of the summer driving season, a new survey from the Asphalt Pavement Alliance (APA) finds U.S. drivers increasingly frustrated with the state of U.S. roads. The national survey found that drivers prefer well-maintained, safe, and smooth roadways; moreover they understand these qualities require periodic maintenance and financial investment.

The survey of 3,085 drivers and commercial truck drivers

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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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Longer Lasting Asphalt Pavements! That is what we as an Industry and TxDOT are trying to achieve therefore we must raise the bar on our mixes and materials to obtain these types of results

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The Texas Asphalt Pavement Association's new website is up and running. Please be sure to go to http://www.texasasphalt.org to visit the site.

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The 7th Annual TXAPA Midyear meeting was held at The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, June 16-18. The meeting was a tremendous success. There were 160 people in attendance from around the state.

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Today is the deadlne to submit results for the Soils Proficiency Program. Once The results are send to TxDOT and analyzed, the reports will be posted at the Hot Mix Asphalt Center website. The website is: www.txhmac.org.

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The Hot Mix Asphalt Center has had a record year to date. There have been more than 1,058 technicians come to classes through June. Classes are filling up fast and the center will start accepting names for waiting lists. Classes will be added if needed. However,

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