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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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CalAPA Southern California Contractor Dinner
Tuesday, Nov. 10 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Dal Rae Restaurant 9023 E. Washington Blvd., Pico Rivera Contact: Tony Grasso (909) 362-9192 Details 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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"Critical Changes to Caltrans Section 39 HMA Specifications" class
Tuesday, Dec. 1
1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Caltrans Central Region satellite office, 1226 Olive Drive, Bakersfield Contact: Ritha Nhorn (916) 791-5044 Register HERE
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"Critical Changes to Caltrans Section 39 HMA Specifications" class
Wednesday, Dec. 2
8 a.m. to noon
Caltrans Central Region Satellite office, 2015 Shields Ave., Fresno
Contact: Ritha Nhorn (916) 791-5044
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 | Broad outlines of state transportation funding plan begin to emerge at Capitol
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A smaller-than-hoped-for funding package for transportation was re-released by the Brown Administration on Friday, even as legislators and policy-makers lamented that it might not be enough to make a substantial dent in California's growing backlog of road repairs.
A hearing of a joint committee tasked with coming up with a compromise funding plan was held Friday at the Capitol as part of an unusual special session of the legislature devoted to transportation. CalAPA was one of numerous groups and companies that provided testimony at the hearing. That
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| | Special legislative hearing on transportation funding Oct. 16 at the Capitol in Sacramento. |
translates to tens of billions of dollars in new investments from the depleted highway fund and other sources. Speakers detailed how the state's fuel tax was never indexed to inflation and was last increased in the 1990s. That translates to about half the buying power for today's road maintenance needs.
Specifically, two bills represent the framework for a funding deal, AB3 and SB4 of the extra session, and the authors acknowledge that the specifics of the bill will change as bipartisan negotiations progress.
One thing everyone in the room was in agreement on: Roads in California are in bad shape and will get substantially worse, quickly, unless something is done soon to address the problem.
"There is widespread agreement that that state's problem is dire," said Sen. Jim Beall, D-San Jose, co-chair of the committee. Added co-chair Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles: "We need to address this in a fiscally responsible manner."
Brian Kelly, secretary of the State Transportation Agency, presented the administration's plan for transportation funding,
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| | CalAPA Executive Director Russell Snyder was one of many transportation advocates who testified at the hearing. |
which he said emphasizes "fix it first" maintenance projects, partnerships, targeted investments and accountability provisions. The plan proposes to invest $37 billion over the next decade, and includes a vehicle charge that will average about $65 per vehicle per year in California, as well as a modified version of the much derided "gas tax swap" on excise taxes that has resulted in big swings in funding and is administered by the state's Board of Equalization.
One of the stated goals of the governor's plan is to get 90 percent of pavements in the state system to a state of good repair in a decade. Currently 41 percent of pavements on the state system are "distressed" or in need of preventive maintenance. City and county roads, which comprise 80 percent of total lane miles in California, would get a large slice of the new funding under pre-existing formulas.
Committee member Sen. Anthony Cannella, R-Ceres, offered the most strident comments from minority Republicans, saying the plan should incorporate more policy elements from a GOP plan released earlier this year that emphasizes cutting red tape and bureaucratic bloat over raising taxes and fees. "It needs to be a bipartisan approach," he said.
Another hearing of the committee will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 21 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Ontario City Hall, City Council Chambers, 202 East "B" Street in Ontario.
Links to the agenda and various reports released at the meeting are available for download HERE. Video of the hearing can be viewed HERE.
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| L.A.'s 'Clean Up Green Up' ordinance to be focus of Nov. 10 Contractor Dinner
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A controversial draft Los Angeles ordinance, known as "Clean Up Green Up," will be in the spotlight at the Nov. 10 dinner meeting of the CalAPA Southern California Contractor Committee. Click HERE to sign up.
The draft ordinance as put forward by the city's Planning Department, has been deemed potentially harmful to the business community in general, and the asphalt pavement industry in particular.
CalAPA has joined a broad-based coalition, which is being led by the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, in engaging the City of Los Angeles over the draft ordinance. The featured speaker at the Nov. 10 CalAPA Contractor Dinner will be Alycia Witzling, manager of public policy for the L.A. Chamber. She has been the point person on the draft ordinance, and will discuss its potential impacts and what the business community is doing to educate policy makers over the most potentially harmful language in the draft ordinance.
The event will also feature a "technical tidbit" from the peerless Steve Marvin from LaBelle Marvin, and an insurance tidbit from Steve Cota from Patriot Risk & Insurance. CalAPA Deputy Executive Director will provide an association update and the latest information on specification changes, a road funding outlook on the state and federal level and more.
The dinner will take place at the Dal Rae Restaurant, 9023 E. Washington Blvd. in Pico Rivera and is open to all CalAPA members and invited guests. Seats are limited and registration must be completed on-line. For more information, click HERE to visit the event website, or contact Tony Grasso at (909) 362-9192. The city's "Clean Up Green Up" Facebook page can be found HERE.
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| Company news: DeSilva Gates holds open house for new HMA plant in Sunol
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Like proud parents, officials at DeSilva Gates Aggregates showed off their new asphalt plant and quarry facility in Sunol.
The HMA plant can produce 500 tons per hour of mix, and has 1,800 tons of hot storage, which can be stored for up to 96 hours after it is produced.
The plant also features eight coldfeed bins, two Reclaimed Asphalt
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| | DeSilva Gates Aggregates Division General Manager Alan French at the company's new HMA plant in Sunol. |
Pavement (RAP) bins (fine and course) and one bin for Recycled Asphalt Shingles (RAS).
Construction on the HMA plant began in January and was completed in May. It has additional seismic safety bracing due to the numerous earthquake faults in the Bay Area, with a 4.5-foot thick silo foundation that took more than 800 cubic yards of concrete to construct. The silo legs feature 2-inch bolts embedded in 3.5-inch concrete, and the silo legs took four certified welders five weeks to weld to the pads.
The plant also boasts state-of-the-art emissions controls. The plant is located at 6527 Calaveras Road in Sunol. The order desk is (925) 829-1446 and the Quarry Office is (925) 862-1909. Some pictures from the plant open house can be viewed on CalAPA's Facebook Page HERE. A profile of the new plant, which appeared earlier this year in CalAPA's official magazine, California Asphalt, can be found HERE.
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| Clarification: 'Safety Edge' vs. 'Tapered Edge'
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In last week's Asphalt Insider we reported on an upcoming demonstration of the "Safety Edge" pavement treatment. The demonstration is a collaborative effort between Caltrans, the Federal Highway Administration and industry, including CalAPA.
Following the publication of the article, Sri Balasubramanian, the chief of the Office of Asphalt Pavements within Caltrans, notified us that Caltrans will be replacing term "Safety Edge" with the term "Tapered Edge" in its specifications.
"Caltrans is moving away from the use of the term 'safety edge," Balasubramanian said in an e-mail. "The sloped shape of the pavement edge treatment will be called the 'tapered edge,' The other pavement edge treatment being the 'vertical edge' treatment based on it shape. While FHWA and existing Caltrans documents still refer to the sloped edge as 'safety edge,' starting with 2015 specifications and plans, Caltrans will be using the term 'tapered edge' to reflect is shape."
The new terminology will not start showing up in Caltrans specifications until the newest version of the specs are published, which is expected at the end of this month, Balasubramanian said.
The open house and demonstration of the angled pavement treatment will be held Wednesday, Oct. 21 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Kings County Government Center, 1400 W. Lacey Blvd., Building 1 in Hanford.
The event, sponsored by the Kings County Public Works Department in cooperation with the Federal Highway
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Administration (FHWA), the Caltrans Division of Local Assistance/California LTAP Center, CalAPA and CalAPA member Papich Construction.
The purpose of the sloped pavement edge is to reduce run-off-the-road crashes by facilitating an errant driver's safe return to the road by providing a recoverable edge pavement. The shape is created by a shoe installed on the paver screed to create a 30-degree consolidated wedge.
The event cost is $10 and includes lunch and transportation to and from the meeting location to a project site on Hanford Armona Road. Attendees should bring a hard hat and safety vest.
To attend this event you must RSVP no later than Oct. 16 by e-mailing your contact information to the following e-mail address: californialtap(at)cce(dot)csus(dot)edu , or call Michelle Gianini of the California LTAP Center at (916) 278-4433.
For more information on the Safety Edge, click HERE to visit a web page devoted to the topic published by the FHWA.
NOTE: The "@" symbol has been replaced with "(at)" and periods have been replaced with "(dot)" in the e-mail address above to deter malicious e-mail spam software.
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| Welcome aboard: Pap� Machinery
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CalAPA is pleased to welcome its newest associate member, Pap� Machinery Inc. Pap� Machinery provides sales, rentals, parts and service for construction, forestry, agricultural and turf equipment in Oregon, Northern Idaho, Washington, Northern California and  Northwestern Nevada.
Pap� Machinery is the authorized dealer for John Deere, Hitachi, Morbark, LeeBoy, Gradall, Trail King, Dynapac, Breaker Technology Inc., Finn, Honda, Stihl and several other premier equipment brands. Pap� Machinery has 13 Washington locations, seven Oregon locations, seven California locations, three Idaho locations and one Nevada location. Pap� Machinery is headquartered in Eugene, Ore., and is part of The Pap� Group Inc.
For more information, click HERE to visit the company's website. Pape will be one of many exhibitors at the CalAPA Fall Asphalt Pavement Conference & Equipment Expo, Oct. 28-29 in Sacramento. Click HERE to learn more about the conference. |
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Each week we highlight a word, acronym or other reference commonly used in the asphalt pavement industry in California.
HOT IN-PLACE RECYCLING (HIR): A process which involves softening of the existing asphalt surface with heat, mechanically removing the surface material, mixing the material with a recycling or rejuvenating agent, adding virgin asphalt and aggregate to the material (if required), and then returning the material to the pavement.
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"No legacy is so rich as honesty."
William Shakespeare
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Russell W. SnyderExecutive Director California Asphalt Pavement Association (CalAPA) |
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