VAA Asphalt News

During the first morning of the Virginia Asphalt Conference & Expo, VAA and VDOT announced the winners of the top paving projects of 2017. VDOT selected a Maintenance Paving Winner from 9 candidate projects and a Construction Paving Winner from 4 candidate projects. VDOT’s top Maintenance Project was the resurfacing of I-95 Southbound in Fairfax County completed by Virginia Paving Company. This project was paved at night with heavy traffic using SMA as the final surface. Ride numbers for all four lanes were in the 40s and 50s. VDOT top Construction Project was the construction/reconstruction of I-81 Exit 310 in Staunton District. W-L Construction and Paving along with Stuart M. Perry teamed to pave SMA, and SUPERPAVE mixes on the I-81 mainline and ramps, SR 37 mainline, and the associated front road. Congratulations to all three companies on their awards.

 

 

 

If you attended the Virginia Asphalt Conference & Expo on December 5-6, you might have seen the VECAT booth with its newest apprenticeship program partner, the Virginia Department of Labor (DOL). DOL administers the state’s Registered Apprenticeship program which helps Virginia-based companies combine on-the-job training and related classroom or online instruction in occupations that demand a high level of skill.  

VECAT is excited to offer a third option in 2019 for completing MCS Certification courses.  In addition to classroom and online opportunities, VECAT is now offering the ability for students to complete their required certification training in a group setting at their home office.  Facilitator guides and instruction sheets have been created to help a company-designated facilitator or subject matter expert to run training for a group of employees so that everyone completes their training at the same time.  Some benefits of this training option include:

Registrations for 2019 classes are open via the Germanna website at www.germanna.edu.   Act fast if you prefer to be in a classroom class as space is limited. Once a class is filled, you can revisit the website periodically to see if any seats come available.

*2019 Class Calendar and Other VECAT FAQs*
Information about VECAT, including the complete schedule for 2019 MCS classes, addresses for class facilities, testing information and other frequently asked questions can all be found on VAA’s website under VECAT/VECAT MCS Schools.