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The Balanced Mix Design: Insights For Success webinar series is part of a cooperative effort between the FHWA and the University of Nevada, Reno to improve the quality and performance of asphalt pavements. Across five webinars, speakers will discuss some of the key case studies and focused research learned for the efforts to advance BMD nationally in recent years.
Industry leaders will convene in Maui for the NAPA 2025 Annual Meeting Feb. 2-5. Registration rates increase after Jan. 27.
Feb. 3 General Session I
Following the passing of the gavel and the presentation of the 2024 Sheldon G. Hayes Award, featured speaker Josh Linkner will address the crowd, sharing from his five-step framework for cultivating full-organization ingenuity. General Session II NAPA will recognize the winners of the 2024 Operational Excellence Awards ahead of the annual business meeting. Feb. 4
General Session III Winners of the Ray Brown and Larry H. Lemon awards will be recognized ahead of a presentation from Brad Montague titled Finding Wonder in Work: Rediscovering the Power of Joy in Innovation Feb. 5
General Session IV & Luncheon BuildWitt's Aaron Witt will explore the workforce challenges the construction industry faces in a featured presentation, How Industry Winners Are Attracting the Next Generation. Beyond leading BuildWitt, Aaron visits construction and mining operations worldwide in places like Australia, Chile, and Saudi Arabia to experience the industry firsthand and tell its story.
 World of Asphalt, the premier trade show and conference experience for asphalt professionals, heads to the America’s Center Convention Complex in St. Louis, Missouri, March 25-27.
The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) decided to take NCAT’s model and subject roads to the harsh conditions in the northern United States. NDDOT is partnering with Border States Paving out of Fargo to build eight test sections, two miles apiece.
Up-and-coming stars of the asphalt pavement industry gathered in Washington, D.C., last fall for the IMPACT Leadership Group Conference.
A NAPA Life Member, Roger Yarbrough served as Chairman of the NAPA Board of Directors in 1984 and was inducted into the NAPA Hall of Fame in 1997. Update: A memorial service will be held Jan. 25 at 1:30 p.m. at Grace Lutheran Yarbrough was a past president of the Illinois Asphalt Pavement Association and was a member of NAPA's Education Foundation Board of Trustees in 1986 when the Research & Education Foundation partnered with Auburn University to establish the National Center for Asphalt Technology.
Gencor Industries Inc. will host Maximizing Profitability with Energy Management: A Workshop on Asphalt Mix Plant Energy Efficiency in Orlando on Feb. 25-26.
The Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists (AAPT) celebrated 100 years of asphalt innovations in 2024, hosting a Centennial Celebration that reviewed its century of work in the asphalt paving technology industry. The AAPT Board of Directors unanimously voted to recognize NAPA President & CEO Audrey Copeland as an AAPT Fellow Member in recognition of her contributions to AAPT.
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