eTXAPA Newsletter

The TxDOT highway letting is scheduled for April 5 & 6. The total tonnage of hot mix being let is 721,720.

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Don't miss out on these important dates...

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Please join the Associate Member Advisory Committee as they present the first Technology Showcase of 2011!

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All members (in our database) should have received their 2011 Committee Choice packet. If you have not and would like to participate, please let Stephanie know so that she can send you a packet.

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In conjunction with research project 0-6614 Processing, testing and designing mixes with recycled asphalt shingles

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The Quality Asphalt Pavement Awards Program is a joint effort between the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the Texas Asphalt Pavement Association (TxAPA)...

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Mr. Aaron Savell would like to invite all who are interested to our first Environmental Committee Meeting of this new year. The meeting will be held in our office on Thursday, April 14 at 1 p.m. Please RSVP either by phone or email so we have enough handouts, seating, etc!

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The presentation material from the webinar that TxDOT held on December 1 at 9 a.m. is now available on our website (www.txhotmix.org) under Latest News.

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By this time, you should have received your 2011 TxAPA Directory. If you have NOT received your directory, or if you need additional copies, let Stephanie know. She will gladly send a copy to you.

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A key member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has introduced legislation that would mandate a life-cycle cost analysis (LCCA) procedure on all infrastructure projects with a federal share estimated to cost more than $5 million. The legislation also forces states to adopt the Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) within one year of enactment.

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In 2010 at the direction of the TxAPA Board of Directors and under the guidance of the TxAPA Marketing Committee, TxAPA staff made a concerted effort to expand our educational outreach efforts. We did this by expanding Partners in Quality Meetings with TxDOT from 11 districts to 24 districts; attending various trade shows around the state; and by developing an Educational Tool Kit for use by the members. We sent one copy of the TxAPA Educational Tool Kit along with a cover letter from the Marketing Committee Chairman Derek Angel explaining the kit and how to use it to every member company of TxAPA. In the letter, Chairman Angel offered nine more Educational Tool Kits at no charge to any company wishing for additional copies. Any copies requested by a member company above the initial 10 free copies can be obtained at a cost of $10 per copy. (Note these tool kits cost roughly $15 each to develop.)

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TxAPA Brown Bag Lunches are a new tool that Marketing Committee Chairman Derek Angel suggested we add to our Educational Outreach efforts in 2011; therefore, I wanted to take this opportunity to tell you a little about this new tool in our arsenal.

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Item 341, which is the most frequently used specification for laying asphalt pavements on TxDOT projects, has been the subject of many changes and improvements over the past few years. This week it was announced that a new special specification received approval...

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Please save the following dates for our upcoming Partners In Quality meetings scheduled. All meetings are scheduled from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Mark these important special meeting dates on your calendar for 2011.

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Each one of us is aware that things seldom remain the same. The asphalt paving industry is certainly not immune from this and in the past few years, many new tools, specifications, test procedures and a host of other changes made their way into our industry...

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The Hot Mix Asphalt Center (HMAC) has a new website that has been fully functional since July 2010. It is imperative that anyone in your organization who holds an HMAC Certification of any kind have access to this website. The website address is www.txhmac.org.

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Beginning with the July 2010 Level 1A Training Course, candidates were required to pre-certify online at the Hot Mix Asphalt Center’s (HMAC) new website, www.txhmac.org. In order to pre-certify, candidates must go to the website and log in.

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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.

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