eTXAPA Newsletter

TxDOT October 2014 Projects

The TxDOT highway letting is scheduled for October 7-8, 2014. Total tonnage of asphalt pavements being let is 223,238.

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Go ahead and mark your calendars for January 5, 2015 at the Hyatt Regency Town Lake, in Austin, Texas. This is an annual event that brings...

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The National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) has published a new report entitled Flexible Pavement Design - State of the Practice (NCAT Report 14-04). The goal of this report is a summary for practicing engineers that describes, compares, and contrasts the primary pavement design procedures and summarizes...

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The Transportation Research Board's National Cooperative Highway Research Program has released NCHRP Synthesis 464: Thin Asphalt Concrete Overlays...

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Designing the right pavement for the job got easier thanks to PaveXpress, a free Web-based pavement design scoping tool for roadway and parking lot pavements. PaveXpress - www.pavexpressdesign.com - creates technically sound pavement structural designs for flexible and rigid pavements based on widely accepted industry standards from the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO).

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The International Conference on Perpetual Pavement (ICPP) 2014 will be held October 30-31, 2014, at the Hilton Columbus/Polaris in Columbus, Ohio.

This is the only conference focused solely on Perpetual Pavement: flexible pavements designed with a lifetime over 50 years of service with only periodic surface renewal. Perpetual pavements contain a surface layer of high quality asphalt that resists rutting and traffic wear, intermediate layers of high modulus asphalt that provides structure and also resists rutting...

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Understanding and ensuring the sustainability of asphalt pavement is critical to the future of the industry. Implementing sustainable practices meets today's demands from the public and transportation authorities, while also providing operational and economic benefits to your company or agency.

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The Southeastern Asphalt User Producer Group is having its annual meeting with exhibitors from November 17-20, 2014 at the Sheraton Downtown, Nashville, Tennessee. For information and to register for this event...

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TXAPA recently held its 40th Annual Meeting at the Horseshoe Bay Resort Hotel in Marble Falls, TX with more than 440 members and guest attending. The meeting included technical sessions, networking opportunities and a host of other events...

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The TXAPA Ron Flanangan Scholarship, Education and Research Auction Raised more than...

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TXAPA would like to thank the following members for their dedication and generosity as an Event Sponsor or Meeting Sponsor that contributed to the success of the meeting.

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During TXAPA’s recent Annual Meeting TXAPA/TxDOT Quality Asphalt Pavement Awards Program Committee Co-Chairs...

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The Hot Mix Asphalt Center (HMAC) has always had a policy of "pre-payment" for all asphalt and soils classes. At this time, there are waiting lists for all classes and therefore we cannot have anyone scheduled in a class that has not prepaid. The HMAC accepts all major credit cards as payment.

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The following test procedure updates have been approved by TxDOT and are effective September 2014. Modifications to...

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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. TXAPA...

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