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San Diego Technical Committee Meeting
Wednesday, Feb. 27 9:30 a.m. to noon County of San Diego Building, 4th Floor Conference Room, 5510 Overland Ave., San Diego
Contact: Tony Grasso (909) 362-9192
Details HERE.
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"Critical Changes to Caltrans Section 39 HMA Specifications" class
Tuesday, Feb. 2 8 a.m. to noon
Caltrans Construction Field Office, 3401 Regatta Blvd., Richmond
Contact: Ritha Nhorn (916) 791-5044
Register HERE.
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"Critical Changes to Caltrans Section 39 HMA Specifications" class
Wednesday, Feb. 3 8 a.m. to noon
Caltrans Construction Field Office, 3401 Regatta Blvd., Richmond
Contact: Ritha Nhorn (916) 791-5044
Register HERE.
L.A.-area Technical Committee Meeting
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 9:30 a.m. to noon
County of Orange, RDMD Conference Room, 1152 Fruit Street, Santa Ana
Contact: Tony Grasso (909) 362-9192
Details HERE
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"Critical Changes to Caltrans Section 39 HMA Specifications" class
Thursday, Feb. 11, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. City of Santa Rosa Public Works Department, 35 Stony Point Road, UFO Building, Room F, Santa Rosa.
Contact: Ritha Nhorn (916) 791-5044
Register HERE.
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CalAPA Contractors' Dinner Meeting
Tuesday, Feb. 16, 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Dal Rae Restaurant, 9023 E. Washington Blvd., Pico Rivera
Contact: Tony Grasso (909) 362-9192
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"Critical Changes to Caltrans Section 39 HMA Specifications" class
Tuesday, Feb. 23 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
City of West Sacramento City offices, 1110 West Capitol Avenue, First Floor, West Sacramento
Contact: Ritha Nhorn (916) 791-5044
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"Critical Changes to Caltrans Section 39 HMA Specifications" class
Wednesday, Feb. 24
8 a.m. to noon
City of West Sacramento City offices, 1110 West Capitol Avenue, First Floor, West Sacramento
Contact: Ritha Nhorn (916) 791-5044
Register HERE
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 | San Diego Technical Meeting Jan. 27 to focus on pavement smoothness, sampling and testing
| Participants at the next CalAPA San Diego Technical Committee meeting, scheduled for Jan. 27, will receive an update on several topical issues, including the new Caltrans pavement smoothness specification, material sampling and testing. All CalAPA members and agency personnel are invited to attend. For more information and to RSVP to the meeting, click HERE.
CalAPA Deputy Director Tony Grasso will provide the latest information from the joint Caltrans-industry Rock Products Committee, which is revising and evaluating asphalt pavement specifications. Recent changes in the specifications have caught some paving contractors unaware, resulting in large and unexpected expenses to meet the new standards.
The meeting will take place from 9:30 a.m. to noon at the County of San Diego offices, Fourth Floor Conference Room, 5510 Overland Ave. in San Diego.
For more information about this meeting or to be added to the meeting notice distribution list, contact Tony Grasso of CalAPA at (909) 362-9192.
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| Assemblywoman Melendez highlights transportation funding priorities at CalAPA Annual Dinner in Los Angeles
| Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez, the vice chair of the Assembly Budget Committee and also a member of the Transportation Committee, had plenty to say last week about the sorry state of California's roads and what to do about it.
Melendez, who represents the 67th District in Riverside County, was the featured speaker at the CalAPA Annual Dinner Jan. 21 at
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| | Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez speaks at CalAPA's Annual Dinner last week in Los Angeles. |
the historic Jonathan Club in downtown Los Angeles. The evening also featured the induction of Jim St. Martin into the association's "hall of fame" as a "Life Member." More than 150 CalAPA members and guests were in attendance.
Coming on the heels of the release of Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed 2016-17 state budget, which includes new proposals for transportation funding through a variety of new taxes and fees, Melendez said, "I think the roads should be a priority in the budget, not an afterthought." The governor's budget must pass through the Assembly Budget Committee on its way to becoming law.
She noted that, because of years of inattention, there is still a $59 billion shortfall in what is needed to return California roads into good condition. She touted elements of a GOP-backed nine-point plan to address the state's transportation crisis, and also placed a heavy emphasis on reforming how transportation money is spent, including streamlining CEQA, California's tangled web of environmental laws.
Other areas she highlighted included a commitment to do everything possible to ensure that money earmarked for transportation is actually used on transportation, and dumping California's controversial High Speed Rail project.
"I would re-allocate all funding for High Speed Rail to other transportation priorities in the state," she said. "There's been a lot of talk about our roads, but not a lot of action."
She attended the dinner with her husband, Nico. After her speech she sent a photo and the following message to her 4,600 followers on Twitter: "Thank you CalAPA ... for the opportunity to speak 2 you tonight about transportation issues."
Also during the event, members of the association's "hall of fame" welcomed their newest "Life Member," retired association executive Jim St. Martin, who was joined by his wife, Ann. He said that during his many years representing the asphalt pavement industry in California it is the people and relationships he made along the way that he appreciates the most.
The evening program included an introduction of Shawn Hung, who is pursuing his Ph.D. in engineering from the University of California, Davis. He was sponsored by CalAPA this year as an International Road Federation Fellow. He was introduced by Jeff Reed, president of CalAPA member George Reed Inc. Funds to support the fellowship program are generated by CalAPA's Annual Golf Tournament and other events.
The 2016 officers of the association were also announced at the dinner: Chairman John Greenwood with California Commercial Asphalt, Vice Chair Alan French with DeSilva Gates Materials, Secretary Mike Herlax with Syar Industries and Treasurer Scott Bottomley with Blue Diamond/Sully-Miller.
For more photos from the event, click HERE to visit CalAPA's Facebook Page.
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| | Jim St. Martin, third from right, was inducted into the asphalt association's "Hall of Fame" as a "Life Member" at the 2016 CalAPA Annual dinner held Jan. 21 at the historic Jonathan Club in Los Angeles.There to celebrate with him, from left to right, were: Len Nawrocki with Valero Refining, Juan Forster (Life Member), Carlos Hernandez (Life Member), Roger Smith (Life Member), Ron Stickel (Life Member), Jim's wife, Ann, Scott Lovejoy (Life Member) and Dan Chapman Sr. (Life Member). |
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| Got tech? New Caltrans Section 39 HMA specifications classes added to CalAPA training calendar
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New classes in Richmond and Santa Rosa have been added to the CalAPA training calendar for the popular technical class on understanding the new Caltrans Section 39 asphalt pavement specifications and "Superpave." A half-day "Critical Changes to Caltrans Section 39 Hot Mix Asphalt Specifications" class will be held Tuesday, Feb. 2 from 8 a.m. to noon at the Caltrans District 4 Construction Field office, 3401 Regatta Blvd., Building A in Richmond. Click HERE for details and to register for the Feb. 2 class. The class will be repeated at the same location in Richmond on Wednesday, Feb. 3 from 8 a.m. to noon. Click HERE to sign up for the Feb. 3 class.
A new Section 39 class has been added to the calendar for Thursday, Feb. 11 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the The class will
take place at the City of Santa Rosa Public Works Offices, 35 Stony Point Road, UFO Building, Room F, in Santa Rosa. Click HERE for details and to register for the Feb. 11 class.
Some seats are still available for the Sacramento-area Section 39 classes as well. The class will be held Tuesday, Feb. 23 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the City of West Sacramento offices, 1110 West Capitol Avenue in West Sacramento. Click HERE to learn more or to sign up for the Feb. 23 class. The class will be repeated at the same location on Wednesday, Feb. 24 from 8 a.m. to noon. Click HERE for the sign-up page for the Feb. 24 class.The curriculum was developed under the guidance of the CalAPA Technical Advisory Committee of pavement experts, and reviewed by Caltrans. The classes cover all major changes to the Caltrans specifications, testing and acceptance as they relate to asphalt pavements, including "Superpave." It is a must-attend for engineers, designers, technicians, estimators, paving contractors, agency personnel and anyone else involved in asphalt pavements. The class was made possible through the generous support of CalAPA members.
Our instructor is Paul Curren, P.E., who previously taught this class to more than 500 industry and agency personnel around the state in 2010 and 2011 to rave reviews. He has years of practical experience working for local agencies and industry.
Early registration for the training class is $99 for CalAPA members, $99 for public agency representatives and academia, and $119 for all others. All attendees will receive a handy reference guide for the material being covered in class, as well as a handsome certificate noting the completion of four (4) hours of Professional Development Hours (PDH) of technical instruction. Seats are limited and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration must be completed on-line, and payment must be received prior to the day of the class.
Keep an eye on the Asphalt Insider newsletter for announcements, or watch our virtual calendar of events. tech meetings and classes HERE. For registration questions or general inquiries contact Ritha Nhorn of CalAPA at (916) 791-5044. For questions about the technical content of the class, contact CalAPA's technical consultant, Rita B. Leahy, Ph.D., P.E., at (916) 239-8315.
Editor's Note: We are re-running this story from last week's Asphalt Insider because the links embedded in the story for the West Sacramento classes were inoperative. |
| Special Forecast issue of California Asphalt magazine features exclusive interview with CalSTA Secretary Brian Kelly
| An electronic version of the 2016 forecast issue of CalAPA's official magazine, California Asphalt, is now on line. Click HERE to view the issue.
This month's magazine features an exclusive interview with Brian Kelly, the secretary of the California State Transportation Agency,  who discusses transportation funding, various proposals to prop up the flagging highway trust fund and more. The interview was conducted just prior to the release of the governor's 2016-17 budget, and he has plenty to say about elements that ultimately made it into the governor's spending plan.
The forecast issue also includes the UCLA Anderson economic forecast for California, the results of CalAPA's exclusive "Better-Worse" survey, a report on the new federal highway bill, and a profile of new CalAPA member Martin Brothers Construction.
To view an archive of past issues of the magazine, click HERE. For advertising inquiries or to submit story ideas, contact Kerry Hoover at (909) 772-3121.
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Each week we highlight a word, acronym or other reference commonly used in the asphalt pavement industry in California.
CUTBACK ASPHALT: Asphalt cement that has been liquefied by blending with petroleum solvents. Upon exposure to atmospheric conditions, the solvents evaporate, leaving the asphalt cement to perform its function.
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