eTXAPA Newsletter

The TxDOT highway letting is scheduled for December 2-3, 2015. The total tonnage for December is 1,364,390.

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The Texas Natural Gas Foundation recently hosted a Low Emission Asphalt Workshop for Dallas-Fort Worth area asphalt plants and haulers. Held at the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) office and sponsored by Blue Roads Solutions, asphalt plant operators in attendance learned that a typical plant could cut NOx by 52 percent, sulfur dioxide by 94 percent, and hazardous air pollutants by 47 percent by utilizing natural gas rather than waste oil.

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The Holiday Season is upon us. TXAPA will be closed on December 24 - 25 for Christmas and will be closed Friday, January 1, 2016 for New Year's day.

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The TXAPA Environmental, Health and Safety Committee has put together an Environmental Seminar scheduled for January 6-7, 2016. The seminar will be held at the Hyatt Town Lake hotel in Austin, Texas. Official notification for this seminar...

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The TXAPA annual January Membership Meeting will be held on January 4, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Town Lake in Austin, Texas. Please mark your calendar for this one-day event. The registration information...

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TXAPA is in the process of working with cities and counties on quality initiatives for those who wish to update their current specifications and quality of their asphalt pavements. We ask that if any member would like to participate in this operation to please contact...

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NAPA has a series of webinars taking place December, 2015. You must register with NAPA in order to view these webinars. The information is listed in this article for your review. You can also register to view past webinars. Go to the NAPA website at asphaltpavement.org.

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On November 3, 2015, the Federal Highway Administration and the Texas Department of Transportation hosted a Tack Coat Webinar in Cedar Park. It was a very informational webinar, and there was a great turn-out. We have downloaded this webinar to the TXAPA website for our members to view. If you viewed or attended this webinar and have any feedback...

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The 2016 Hot Mix Asphalt Center calendar is now available to be viewed at the Hot Mix Asphalt Center website.

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TXAPA has added some test procedure training videos to the website. These videos can be a great tool for your lab technicians. To view the videos go to the association website, www.texasasphalt.org, and click on...

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