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Joint L.A.-San Diego Technical Committee Meeting
Wednesday, Sept. 30 9:30 a.m. to noon City of Carlsbad Safety Training Center, 5750 Orion St., Carlsbad Contact: Tony Grasso (909) 362-9192 Click HERE to RSVP
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"Critical Changes to Caltrans Section 39 HMA Specifications" class
Tuesday, Oct. 13 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Caltrans Southern Regional Lab, 13970 Victoria St., Fontana Contact: Ritha Nhorn (916) 791-5044 Register HERE
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"Critical Changes to Caltrans Section 39 HMA Specifications" class
Wednesday, Oct. 14 8 a.m. to noon Caltrans Southern Regional Lab, 13970 Victoria St., Fontana Contact: Ritha Nhorn (916) 791-5044 Register HERE
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Fall Conference & Equipment Expo
Wednesday & Thursday, Oct. 28-29 Doubletree Hotel, 2001 Point West Way, Sacramento Register HERE. Sponsor-Exhibitor info HERE.
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"Critical Changes to Caltrans Section 39 HMA Specifications" class
Wednesday, Nov. 18
1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Caltrans Materials Lab, 7177 Opportunity Road, San Diego Contact: Ritha Nhorn (916) 791-5044 Register HERE
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"Critical Changes to Caltrans Section 39 HMA Specifications" class
Thursday, Nov. 19
8 a.m. to noon Caltrans Materials Lab, 7177 Opportunity Road, San Diego Contact: Ritha Nhorn (916) 791-5044 Register HERE
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 | Free tack coat best-practices workshops to be held Nov. 10 in Sacramento and Nov. 12 in Fontana
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A special half-day workshop on best practices in the use of of tack coat in the paving process will be held Nov. 10 in Sacramento and Nov. 12 in Fontana.
The workshops are being put on in a partnership by Caltrans, the Federal Highway Administration and the asphalt pavement  industry. The workshops are free, but seating is limited and registration must be completed on-line and is on a first-come, first-served basis. There is ample free parking at both locations, and refreshments will be provided.
The Sacramento workshop will be held Tuesday, Nov. 10 from 8 a.m. to noon at the Red Lion Hotel-Woodlake, 500 Leisure Lane in Sacramento. Click HERE to register.
The Fontana workshop will be held on Thursday, Nov. 12 from 8 a.m. to noon at the Caltrans Southern Regional Lab, Multipurpose Room 13, 13970 Victoria Street, Fontana. Click HERE to register.
The workshops are being made possible through a collaboration between Caltrans, the FHWA, and the asphalt pavement industry, including the Asphalt Institute and CalAPA.
For more information on the workshops, contact Sri Holikatti of Caltrans at (916) 274-6074, or Jason Dietz of the FHWA at (720) 963-3213.
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| Highway worker killed on Bay Area freeway; donations sought for his family
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We've said it many times: good roads are worth fighting for, but they're not worth dying for. The road-building industry received yet another grim reminder of this needless life-and-death proposition with the death Sept. 19 of Miguel A. Rodriguez De La Cruz.
Rodriguez De La Cruz, 33, of Oakland, was working on closed westbound lanes of the 580 Freeway near the Lakeshore Avenue exit in Oakland when he was struck by a suspected drunken driver who drove into the freeway closure, according to media reports.
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The driver of the vehicle was apprehended by the California Highway Patrol and arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and vehicular manslaughter.
Rodriguez De La Cruz, a member of Laborers' Local 304, was employed at the time of the crash by CalAPA member O.C. Jones & Sons.
Funeral mass was scheduled for Rodriguez De La Cruz for Monday, Sept. 28 at 10 a.m. St. Louis Bertrand Catholic Church, 1410 100th Ave. in Oakland, with a reception to follow. Burial will be in Mexico.
Memorial funds are being sought to support his family. Click HERE to visit a special "GoFundMe" page established for this purpose.
Donations may also be made to a special Miguel Rodriguez De La Cruz Memorial Fund established through the California Transportation Foundation (CTF). CTF will match, dollar-for-dollar, all donations up to $5,000. Donations by check should be made out to CTF with "Rodriguez De La Cruz Memorial Fund" in the memo area and mailed to CTF at 581 La Sierra Drive, Sacramento, CA 95864. Donations via CTF may also be made on-line with a credit card HERE. When donating on line, be sure to indicate in the "comments" section that the donation should be directed to the Rodriguez De La Cruz Memorial Fund.
Meantime, please drive safely in highway work zones, and encourage all others to do the same. |
| Impact to WMA of various asphalt admixtures to be focus of special L.A.-San Diego Technical Meeting Sept. 30 in Carlsbad
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CalAPA members and public agency personnel are invited to a special CalAPA Joint Los Angeles-San Diego Technical Committee meeting Sept. 30 in Carlsbad.
Noted pavement expert Peter E. Sebaaly, Ph.D, P.E. will present on the topic, "The Impact of Warm Mix Asphalt Additives on Various Asphalt Mixtures." There will be ample time for questions and answers after his presentation.
Sebaaly is a professor and Director of the Western Regional
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| | Peter E. Sebaaly, Ph.D., P.E., Director, Western Regional Supervave Center, UNR |
Superpave Center at the University of Nevada, Reno. Under the directorship of Sebaaly, the Pavements and Materials Program at UNR has grown to a sizable research, teaching, and training program. The program is well-known for its high-quality and thorough research activities in road materials analyses and designs. Past and current graduates of the program have attained high-profile positions in both government and private industry. In addition to the featured presentation, CalAPA staff will share the latest information on state asphalt pavement specifications, funding projections, policy matters and industry news, and local agency round-table reports. The meeting encourages interaction and knowledge-sharing from all participants.
The meeting will take place from 9:30 a.m. to noon at the City of Carlsbad Safety Training Center, 5750 Orion Street in Carlsbad. There is ample parking near the venue.
CalAPA Technical Committee meetings are free and open to all CalAPA members and agency representatives. We ask that you RSVP HERE so we can be sure to have enough chairs for everyone. For more information, contact Tony Grasso of CalAPA at (909) 362-9192.
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| Caltrans seeks stakeholder input via survey on its performance, communication and accountability
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The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is seeking the opinions of external stakeholders, including the construction industry, in the area of performance, communication and accountability.
Click HERE to go to the special External Stakeholder Survey. An  article about the survey can be found in the most recent issue of the Caltrans "Mile Marker" publication, which is on-line HERE.
In the introduction to the anonymous survey, which Caltrans says should only take a few minutes to complete, the department states: Caltrans is committed to be a national leader in service, performance, communication and accountability. You can help by telling us how we have been doing this past year."
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| Another successful day of 'networking on the green' at annual CalAPA golf tournament
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The shots were mostly straight and true, unlike the excuses, at last week's annual CalAPA golf tournament at the Pacific Palms Resort in the City of Industry.
Organized by the CalAPA Southern California Contractors'
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Committee, the Sept. 24 event was held to benefit CalAPA scholarship and workforce development activities.
Water consumption was at an all-time high as golfers navigated the challenging "Ike" course under sunny skies and ideal course conditions.
For more photos from the event, click HERE to visit CalAPA's Facebook page. A poster of the event sponsors can be found HERE. Special thanks to all the volunteers who helped make the event one of the smoothest-running in years.
This year's Eagle Sponsors were: Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions, Inc., Valero and Vulcan Materials.
This year's Birdie Sponsors were: Alta Environmental, Associates Environmental, Butler-Justice Inc., Concept Paving Solutions, Inc., Diversified Asphalt, Holliday Rock, Lunday-Thagard Refining, Patriot Risk & Insurance Services, Pavement Recycling Systems, Inc., RDO Equipment Co., and Road Science (a division of Arrmaz).
This year's Par Sponsors were: Pirtek Long Beach, R.J. Noble Co., and Quinn Co./Caterpillar. Beverage Station Sponsors were Construction Marketing Services and Quinn Co. / Caterpillar.
This year's hole-in-one sponsor was Coastline Equipment. Our first-ever cigar sponsor was California Commercial Asphalt. The closest-to-the-pin (women) contest sponsors were Concept Paving Solutions and Kenco Engineering, and for the men it was Kenco Engineering and Terra Pave. The longest drive sponsor (men) was Westpac Wealth Partners.
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"You have to be odd to be number one."
Dr. Seuss
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We hope you enjoy CalAPA's Asphalt Insider. We are committed to providing you with the most up-to-date information on technical issues, regulation, news and events in California that may impact the asphalt pavement industry. Click HERE to contact us with any comments or suggestions.
Sincerely,
Russell W. SnyderExecutive Director California Asphalt Pavement Association (CalAPA) |
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