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In This Issue
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APAM Happenings |
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2009 Holiday Banquet & Awards Presentation
The 2009 Holiday Banquet and 2009 Paving Awards Presentation is right around the corner. The winners have been chosen and notified. This is one of the free events to APAM Members and guests. To register your company, click here or visit the website. We at APAM look forward to seeing you on Thursday, December 10, 2009 at the Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center in East Lansing.
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MDOT News |
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Industry News & Info |
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AI and SAPA Refute Concrete Industry Parking Lot Claims
A concrete industry parking-lot design tool has been analyzed and refuted in a report released by asphalt industry experts. The Asphalt Institute (AI) and the State Asphalt Pavement Associations (SAPA) collaborated to examine parking-lot design software known as the Concrete Pavement Analyst (CPA). Working with Brian Wood and Scot Schwandt, the SAPA executives from Kentucky and Wisconsin respectively, AI engineers have set the record straight in a new document.
Briefly stated, the CPA software allows users to design both asphalt and concrete parking lots. While referring to AI's design methods, it actually recommends thicknesses that are up to twice those actually produced by AI's methods. CPA then takes the overdesigned asphalt section and their "comparable" concrete section and performs life-cycle cost analysis (LCCA) on both designs. The LCCA within CPA is full of assumptions and defaults that work against asphalt, such as an overly aggressive asphalt rehabilitation and maintenance schedule. All the biases within CPA lead to increased thickness and increased cost for asphalt.
The message to owner's consultants is clear: When using a concrete association's software to design and analyze an asphalt pavement, the results will be skewed in concrete's favor. To download the new 11 page document, click here.
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Technical Resources / Training |
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NCAUPG Hot Mix Asphalt Technical Conference
The Conference will be held in Overland Park, Kansas on February 3-4, 2010. Registration has been reduced this year and you may go to the website address to register now! Click here to view the Program Agenda.
2010 FSU Training Programs Announced
The Institute for Construction Education and Training at Ferris State University has announced its program offerings and schedules for 2010 which include training and /or certification /recertification in the following areas:
MICHIGAN CERTIFIED AGGREGATE TECHNICIAN
MICHIGAN CERTIFIED BITUMINOUS LAB TECHNICHIAN LEVEL 1
MICHIGAN CERTIFIED DENSITY CONTROL TRAINING
BITUMINOUS PAVING OPERATIONS
Click here to view the brochure which includes schedules and registration information
2010 MICHIGAN BITUMINOUS QC/QA TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
The 4 day Michigan Bituminous QC/QA Technician Certification Program is a comprehensive testing process to verify the qualifications of individuals involved with quality control or quality assurance testing. It is mandatory that all persons involved in testing on Quality Control/Quality Assurance (QC/QA) OR Percent Within Limits (PWL) bituminous contracts with Federal Aid be qualified by this program.
Note that applications with supporting documentation must be submitted one month prior to the program session date. Click here to view the brochure which includes schedules and registration information
Mix Design Certification Training Offered
The 2010 MDOT Certification Training for Superpave Asphalt Mix Designers will be held on March 15-18, 2009 in Lansing.
All asphalt mix designers who submit HMA mix designs to MDOT must be certified through this class.
Click here for more details and registration information.
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In Other News... |
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Mike Kvach Joins NAPA Staff
Mike Kvach, former Executive Vice President of Asphalt Paving Association of Iowa has joined the NAPA staff as Vice President of Product Deployment. Mike's primary role is to lead the delivery and deployment of the asphalt industry's marketing activities. This will involve close cooperation with the State Asphalt Pavement Associations and the Asphalt Institute. Congratulations Mike!
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Other Meetings |
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NAPA's 55th Annual Meeting
January 17-20, 2010 in Maui
More info
APAM Asphalt Paving Conference
Feb. 9-10, 2010 at The Soaring Eagle in Mt. Pleasant, MI
World of Asphalt
Feb. 15-18, 2010 in Cincinnati, OH
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