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Volume 14, Number 13 August 21,
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ASPHALT - The smooth quiet ride! Paving from around the state!
Left - Highway 119, Boulder Canyon,
Center - Highway 7, Near Camp St. Malo Right - Prospect Street, Ft Collins - (See more)
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Table of Conte
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| RMAEC Asphalt Webinars |
Upcoming Webinar:
Understanding PG Binders. Instructor: Ryan Proctor, Technical Manager, Suncor Energy. Ryan will discuss the binder grading system and selecting the appropriate binder for the climate and traffic levels. T
hursday, September 26, 2019 @ 11:30am - 1:00pm
Link to Registration
NO COST to CAPA Members, APWA, CARSE, CDOT
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| CAPA News |
"Best in Colorado" Asphalt Awards Program Update! - The
Criteria
and
Nomination Forms
for the 2019 "Best in Colorado" Asphalt Awards program are available and posted on CAPA website. If you are working in the Mountain areas and finish your projects early, nominate them as soon as they are ready to avoid having our judging team having to visit after the snow has started to fall.
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"The Roads of Colorado" Photo Contest
Each year CAPA develops "The Roads of Colorado" Calendar that showcases asphalt paving and beautiful roads of Colorado. We need your help and have developed a Photo Contest!! Send us your best high-resolution photos by November 1, 2019. Submit photos to Tom Clayton
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS for these upcoming CAPA events:
Annual Family Day - Picnic Thank you to all of you who came out to our event on Saturday, August 10, at Belleview Park. The event was fun for those in attendance, Several of you made you way to the Train and Farm. Some also played a little mini golf. The pinata was from for the little ones and the dogs also had a good time. There was only one injury at this years picnic, although it "stung" for this to happen, it wasn't a major bee hive!
The Annual Golf Tournament/Scholarship Fund Raiser
is SOLD OUT!
WE ARE IN NEED OF SPONSORS - especially for our Live Auction!
The tournament is
Friday September 13, 2019 @ Fox Hollow Golf Course. Join Title Sponsor Moody Insurance and Event Sponsors Brannan Sand & Gravel and Wagner Equipment for the 28th Annual Golf Tournament/Scholarship Fund Raiser. If you are not a player and would like to support the fund raising efforts, sponsorship's are available.
To sponsor use this link
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Training and Education
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National Highways Institute:
Full Depth Reclamation, or FDR, is a rehabilitation technique in which the full thickness of the asphalt pavement and a predetermined portion of the underlying materials (that is, the base, the subbase, and/or subgrade) is uniformly pulverized and blended to provide an upgraded, homogeneous material.
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NCAT Short Course In Asphalt Technology Comes to Colorado. As of this publication date,
more than 70 persons have registered
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November 4 - 8 are the dates
The course starts at 1:00 pm on Monday the 4th of November and runs until 12:00 noon on Friday, November 8. Course content is being tailored to Colorado. To register,
NCAT Comes to Colorado Registration
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Attendee's can attend 1 day or all 4 depending on the level of instruction desired. Great for new employees or cross-training. Recent attendee feedback: "The training was very helpful. It helped me better understand the procedures of the different types of testing."
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CDOT News
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CDOT Releases New 2019 Edition of Construction Specifications
On July 31, the CDOT Standards and Specifications Unit published a new 2019 edition of the Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction. This supersedes the 2017 edition and is to be used on all CDOT construction projects advertised for bid after October 1, 2019. It is available as a PDF download from
CDOT's website
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Don't get bogged down by certified payrolls! Come learn how to use LCPtracker to simplify the process be compliant on your CDOT projects. If you're a prime contractor, subcontractor, or consultant engineer that plans to work with CDOT on road or bridge construction projects, you need to know how to review and submit certified payrolls.
CDOT is offering a free workshop for contracts in the Front Range.
Denver
- September 16, 9am - 12pm.
Click here to register
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CDOT Announces $660 M in Projects for Bidding this Year CDOT recently announced that more than $660 M in projects across the state will be put out to bid by the end of January 2020. Many of the repair and maintenance projects also support CDOT's "Whole System - Whole Safety" program. Project List.
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AC Cost Adjustment Specification
CDOT has drafted a revision to the AC Cost Adjustment Specification. The proposed revision makes the requirement no longer mandatory, adjusts the trigger to 10%, is based on Poten & Partners, and includes a clause that gives CDOT the right to terminate the contract. (Draft Specification). Comments should be provided to CAPA by August 23, 2019.
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Efficiency & Accountability Committee Evaluating Consultant Usage
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As a residential property owner, what is the best practice for getting a driveway paved?
NEVER
pay for any work up front, not at all!
Ask for references you can personally call and go visit to look at the work done by any of your potential contractors.
Here is a link to the
CAPA Membership Directory 2019
. There are many contractors who are part of the association and may bid your work. Look in the Associate and Affiliate section for the smaller lay down contractors or the member section for the producer members.
Here are a few recommendations for your paving project:
READ MORE.
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Industry News
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Concrete Pavement Blow-outs - CAPA Focus in Summer Issue of Colorado Public Works Journal
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APA Director of Engineering Mike Skinner provided a perspective in the Summer issue of the Colorado Public Works Journal on the impacts of concrete pavement blowouts.
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A short video highlighting the Greeley 2019 O
verlay
program
from the Contractor, Abby Glaser, Martin Marietta the City Pavement Management Coordinator, Pat Hill and Public Works Inspector, Randy Walrath
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The City of Fort Morgan recently invited CAPA to visit and discuss problematic concrete pavements within the city, and discussion included potential solutions. Steve Glammeyer (Public Works Director) provided a few highlights of the problems with the concrete pavements.
Use this link to hear his comments.
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Oakland International Airport Runway 12-30 Rehabilitation:
One of the most impressive feats of 2017 at Oakland International was the resurfacing of the Airport's primary commercial air carrier runway. The effort required two full weeks of around-the-clock construction and was completed while the Airport maintained full operations. Click here to view time-lapse video.
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The Transportation Research Board (TRB) recently hosted a webinar on the use of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in public procurement. Presenters shared organizational and technical perspectives, focusing on challenges and opportunities they encounter as LCA-based approaches start to inform project procurement. Asphalt mix producers who want to develop EPDs for their mixes can do so using NAPA's Emerald Eco-Label EPD tool, the third volume in the Sustainable Asphalt Pavements: A Practical Guide series.
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The
Transportation and Construction Girl Event is on September 23. Here is also the link to our website for more information:
www.ConstructionGIRL.org
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How Pennsylvania's Transportation Secretary Is Shifting the Infrastructure Conversation
In just 4-1/2 years as the Secretary of the Pennsylvania DOT, Leslie Richards has seen a lot of changes in the transportation industry.
Read More
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Visit the CAPA YouTube page to see where we are out looking at projects from around the State.
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Staff
Tom Peterson, Executive Director, 303-741-6150 Ext 152,
Tom Clayton, Director of Training and Member Services, 303-741-6150 Ext 151
Mike Skinner, Director of Pavement Engineering, 303-741-6150 Ext 155,
Cindy Rutkoski, RMAEC Instructor, 303-741-61485 Ext 153
Diane Hammond, RMAEC Training Coordinator, 303-741-6148 Ext 154
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