2023 Meeting Agenda Topics (preliminary)
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TASK GROUP MEETINGS-Tuesday, November 14 |
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8:00 - 8:45 AM |
Women of Asphalt Breakfast / Meeting Keynote: Lorie H. Tudor, Director Arkansas Department of Transportation |
9:00 - 9:45 |
CAPRI Chair: Nam Tran, NCAT |
10:00 - 10:45 |
Aggregate Task Group Chair: Alicia Brooks, KCI, Inc. Speaker: Greg Norwood, Vulcan Materials |
11:00 - 11:45 | Binder Task Group Chair: John Christensen, NALCO Water |
11:00 - 1:00 PM |
LUNCH ON OWN |
1:15 - 1:30 |
WELCOME / OPENING REMARKS |
SESSION I: |
MATERIAL: TRANSPORT & SUPPLY AVAILABILITY |
1:30 - 2:00 PM |
Energy Transformation & Asphalt Production Trends -Chris Campbell, Americas Asphalt Technical Lead, Imperial Oil |
2:00 - 2:30 | Industry Approach to Evaluate New Asphalt Binder Performance Grade (PG) Specifications -Andrew Hanz, Ph.D., Technical Director, MTE Services, Inc. |
2:30 - 3:00 | Asphalt Additive Supply: A Sustainable Future -Trey Wurst, Technology Development Mgr., Ingevity |
3:00 - 3:30 |
BREAK |
SESSION II: |
SEAUPG REGIONAL UPDATES |
3:30 - 4:00 PM |
CENTRAL REGION UPDATE (AL, FL, GA, KY & TN) -Derek Gaw, P.E., Tennessee DOT |
4:00 - 4:30 |
EAST REGION UPDATE (NC, SC, VA, WV) -Shawn D. Jack, Asphalt Section Coordinator, West Virginia DOT |
4:30 - 5:00 | WEST REGION UPDATE (AR, LA, MS, OK & TX) -Melissa Benavides, P.E., Texas DOT |
Announcements / Adjourn | |
6:00 - 8:00 PM |
SEAUPG Members Sponsored |
Wednesday, November 15
Registration / Continental Breakfast
SESSION III: |
INTERESTING PROJECTS |
8:30 - 9:30 AM |
Perpetual Pavement by Conversion Case Study (I-40) Oklahoma I-40: Contractor & DOT Perspective -David Vivanco, P.E., Oklahoma DOT -Jay Lemon, Owner, Haskell Lemon Construction Co. |
9:30 - 10:00 |
HiMA - Construction Projects in Texas -Robert Lee, P.E., Regional QC Director, CRH Texas |
10:00 - 10:30 | BREAK |
SESSION IV: |
SUSTAINABILITY |
10:30 - 11:00 | Balancing Asphalt Mixtures-Engineering Performance with Environmental Impacts -Dr. Louay Mohammad, LSU |
11:00 - 11:30 |
DOT Update Across SEAUPG With EPD Implementation -Heather Dylla, Ph.D., Construction Partners |
11:30 - 12:00 |
Mix Optimization: Optimizing Mixes for Performance, Economics and Sustainability -Shane Buchanan, Ph.D., P.E., CRH Americas |
12:00 - 1:30 | LUNCH PROVIDED |
SESSION V: |
RECLAIMED ASPHALT PAVEMENT (RAP) BINDER AVAILABILITY PART I |
1:30 - 2:00 PM | Assessment of High RAP Mixes with Recycling Agents in Virginia -Jhony Habbouche, P.E., Virginia DOT |
2:00 - 2:45 |
Recycled Binder Availability - Impact on Asphalt Mixture Performance -Fan Yin, Ph.D. Assistant Director & Associate Research Professor NCAT |
3:00 - 3:30 | BREAK / EXHIBITS |
SESSION VI: |
RECLAIMED ASPHALT PAVEMENT (RAP) BINDER AVAILABILITY PART II |
3:30 - 4:00 |
RAP Containing Ground Tire Rubber (GTR) Modified Asphalt Effective Binder Availability
-Serji Amirkhanian, Ph.D., The University of Alabama |
4:00 - 5:00 |
Georgia & South Carolina: Contractor & DOT Perspectives (Panel Discussion) -DOT: James Brandon, P.E., Georgia DOT Kimberly Lyons, Ph.D., P.E., South Carolina DOT -Contractor: Tony Felix, Reeves Construction Andrew Brooks, C.W. Matthews Contracting |
5:00 PM | Closing Announcements / Adjourn |
SESSION VII: | BALANCED MIX DESIGN (BMD) |
8:30 - 9:00 AM | BMD Implementation in Texas DOT -Amy Epps Martin, Ph.D., P.E. / Texas A&M University |
9:00 - 9:30 |
BMD Peer Exchanges: Summary of Findings -Timothy Aschenbrener, Ph.D., P.E., FHWA |
9:30 - 10:00 |
BMD in Virginia: From Development to Implementation -Angela Beyke, P.E., Assistant State Materials Engineer Virginia DOT |
10:00 - 10:30 |
BREAK |
SESSION VIII |
INNOVATIVE DELIVERY |
10:30 - 11:00 |
Use of Non-Destructive Pavement Testing Devices in a Quality Assurance Program -Timothy Aschenbrener, Ph.D., P.E., FHWA |
11:00 - 11:30 |
Advanced Surveying Technologies e.g., 3D Scanning, Mobile / Aerial LiDAR, Drones -David Headrick, Project Mgr., KCI Technologies, Inc. |
11:30 - 12:00 |
Asphalt Thermal Imaging Systems at Hot Mix Asphalt Plants -David Morton, Technical Services Mgr, Texas Bit -Bryan Clark, QC Manager, Texas Materials |
Closing Remarks |