eTXAPA Newsletter

TxDOT April 2015 Projects

The TxDOT highway letting is scheduled for April 7-8, 2015. Total tonnage of asphalt pavements being let is 1,236,197.

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The TXAPA 8th Annual Midyear Meeting will be held at The Torrey Pines Lodge in LaJolla, California. The meeting is set for June 28-July 1, 2015. This is a beautiful location just north of San Diego on the Pacific Ocean. MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS TODAY!

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Scholarships opportunities are available for the midyear meeting at the Torrey Pines Resort in La Jolla, California.

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Please mark your calendars for the TXAPA 41st Annual Meeting scheduled for the La Cantera Resort in San Antonio, Texas, September 15-18, 2015. You can go ahead and make room reservations at this time.

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One month after allocating funding to 200 road projects across the state, the Texas Transportation Commission today awarded the first batch of Proposition 1 contracts. The nine projects approved are located in seven of the Texas Department of Transportation’s districts, and total more than $52 million. More than 90 percent of the funding for these much-needed road projects comes from the extra $1.74 billion for transportation funding available this year as a result of Texas voters approving Proposition 1 last November.

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The Texas Department of Transportation and the Hot Mix Asphalt Center presents Quality Control/Quality Assurance Technicians an award for their efforts to achieve excellence in the performance of their assigned duties.

This is an annual program to award achievement in Hot Mix & Soils materials and Testing by HMAC Certified Technicians. QC/QA technicians are an invaluable part of our industry. Good quality begins with the technician and good technicians need to be recognized. This program will honor those who strive to be better than the rest and to those who dedicate their career to helping the industry be the best it can be. One technician will be chosen from each level of certification, (1A, 1B, Level 2).

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The quality pavement awards nominations are now being accepted. Any member can submit a project to be considered for an award. The projects submitted must have been completed in 2014.

The nomination forms can be found at the TXAPA website.

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The intent of the awards program is to encourage and recognize quality built Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) pavements. The awards program was established to honor those individuals and firms that have excelled in the production, placement, and quality assurance on an HMA project. Too many times quality projects and the people responsible for those projects are not recognized or given the amount of credit they deserve. This program is designed to support and acknowledge TxDOT, contractors, and most importantly the individuals that constructed the quality built HMA project.

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The National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) has received the prestigious 2013 NOVA Award from the Construction Innovation Forum (CIF) for its work to speed the deployment and uptake of warm-mix asphalt.

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To have a successful QC/QA program, we need to recognize and understand how the system works. When QC/QA test results are used in the acceptance decision, testing disputes arising between TxDOT, or its designated agents, and the contractor shall be resolved in a reliable, unbiased manner by referee testing or evaluation performed by the Construction Division, Materials & Pavements Section (CST/M&P) central laboratory.

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The Hot Mix Asphalt Center asphalt proficiency results are now available at www.txhmac.org. Be sure to log in and check your results. Remember, if you have a 2 or below you must...

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