eTXAPA NewsletterTexas Asphalt Pavement AssociationTECHNICALLY SPEAKING
The TxDOT highway letting is scheduled for December 1st & 2nd. The total tonnage of hot mix being let is 819,733.
Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/tax-nwl/articles/index-v4.asp?aid=160974&issueID=23988 to view the full article online. WHAT'S GOING ON
Don't miss out on these important dates...
Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/tax-nwl/articles/index-v4.asp?aid=160975&issueID=23988 to view the full article online. TXAPA is interested in photographs of member projects for marketing and promotional purposes for possible future literature, banner ups, advertizing, and so on. We have a fairly good collection of member work performed on State maintained roadways (interstate, state highways, farm to market, etc), but we do not have many pictures of work being performed by our members for cities, counties and private developers.
Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/tax-nwl/articles/index-v4.asp?aid=161075&issueID=23988 to view the full article online. It is that wonderful time of the year again: Membership Directory Update Time! I am in the process of updating the database for the upcoming 2012 TXAPA Membership Directory. In order to make sure that your firm is represented properly in our new directory, a Membership Directory Information Form that contains the information that was printed in the 2011 Directory, and/or the information I currently have in the database will be emailed and/or faxed early this week (Dec 5-7). Review the form carefully; if there are any corrections, please cross out the pre-printed information and write out to the right hand side the correct information. If the information listed is correct, check the "Correct as listed" box.
Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/tax-nwl/articles/index-v4.asp?aid=160976&issueID=23988 to view the full article online. For accuracy purposes, the entire article below comes from Mike Acott's notice, NAPA's President:
I was in Lyon and participated in the IARC Monograph process as an official Observer, representing the road paving industry - both U.S. and European. If you have questions about the IARC classification and its possible effect on your business, please feel free to contact me at the NAPA office. Annoucement from GulfStar Group: HOUSTON, November 2011 - GulfStar Group is pleased to announce the acquisition of Ramming Paving Company Ltd., RTI Hot Mix, RTI Materials and affiliated companies (collectively "Ramming" or the "Company") by Summit Materials, LLC. GulfStar served as financial advisor to Ramming throughout the transaction, which closed on October 28, 2011. Contact: Alan Blackburn, ablackburn@gulfstargroup.com, 713-300-2048 IN THE WORKS
In my continuing series of articles on the TXAPA Educational Toolkit inserts I discussed "America Rides on Us" last month. It is another in a long line of very good Asphalt Pavement Alliance (APA) inserts that TXAPA uses in our Educational Toolkit. This month I would like to introduce another helpful APA-produced insert which is actually an APA position paper entitled "Pavement Type Selection." This is also an insert I include in a TXAPA Alternate Pavement Toolkit that I use when I visit with public entities that wish to let alternate bid projects (flexible vs. rigid) or have an interest in switching from a flexible pavement history to letting a rigid pavement project.
Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/tax-nwl/articles/index-v4.asp?aid=160980&issueID=23988 to view the full article online. Please contact Stephanie Buckberry or David Kopp (sbuckberry@txhotmix.org or dkopp@txhotmix.org) if you would like additional copies of the TxAPA Educational Tool Kit for your use. If you have any questions about the tool kit or its contents, please give us a call at (512) 312-2099.
Thank you in advance for your help educating entities within Texas on the benefits our industry has to offer. IN THE KNOW
On Tuesday, January 3, 2012, we will host our Annual Membership Meeting in Austin, Texas. We have scheduled meetings at 3:00 p.m. for the Associate and Major Associate Members to discuss the upcoming year’s activities. At 6:00 p.m. we will begin our reception and immediately following the reception we will hold our general session with our invited TxDOT partners to address the membership.
Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/tax-nwl/articles/index-v4.asp?aid=161076&issueID=23988 to view the full article online. The Texas Asphalt Pavement Association will be holding the 2012 Mid-Year Meeting at the Hyatt Regency in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Our members had such a wonderful time in 2011 that we decided to go back and enjoy that nice cool weather in June.
YOU CAN MAKE YOUR HOTEL RESERVATIONS NOW BY CALLING (775) 832-1234 Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/tax-nwl/articles/index-v4.asp?aid=160985&issueID=23988 to view the full article online. And the winners are...
Please note the corrected HMA Producer for the Overlay Medium and Overlay Small categories below. The correct producer should have been listed as Colorado Materials instead of Hunter Industries. Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/tax-nwl/articles/index-v4.asp?aid=160982&issueID=23988 to view the full article online. Please save the following dates for our upcoming Partners In Quality meetings. All meetings are scheduled from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/tax-nwl/articles/index-v4.asp?aid=160983&issueID=23988 to view the full article online. Mark these important special meeting dates on your calendar for 2012.
Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/tax-nwl/articles/index-v4.asp?aid=160984&issueID=23988 to view the full article online. CERTIFICATION NEWS FROM THE HMAC
The Texas Department of Transportation and the Hot Mix Asphalt Center present Quality Control/Quality Assurance Technicians an award for their efforts to achieve excellence in the performance of their assigned duties.
Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/tax-nwl/articles/index-v4.asp?aid=160986&issueID=23988 to view the full article online. The Hot Mix Asphalt Center can now accept credit cards. We are able to accept MasterCard, Visa, Discover and American Express.
We hope this new process will be an added resource for all of our customers!
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 have made their way into our industry.
Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/tax-nwl/articles/index-v4.asp?aid=160988&issueID=23988 to view the full article online. 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...
Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/tax-nwl/articles/index-v4.asp?aid=160989&issueID=23988 to view the full article online. 2012 Hot Mix Asphalt Class Schedule is now available! Check out the dates & Schedule with Karen before they fill up: www.txhmac.org |