Conference presentations
On Nov. 12, 2009, the California Asphalt Pavement Association produced the "California Asphalt Pavement Forum" at the Doubletree Hotel in Sacramento. About 150 contractors, engineers, public owners, consultants and others attended the conference. Below are the PowerPoint presentations delivered by conference presenters. Permission to reuse must be obtained by the authors. Click HERE for a list of companies and organizations represented at the event (partial list).
See for yourself! For a photo slideshow of the event, click HERE.
Delta Construction / Asphalt Consulting Services
"Pavement Smoothness -- A Smooth Report"
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Granite Construction
"Why Warm Mix Asphalt?"
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(Warning: 7.8 MB file)
Telfer Oil
(Presented by Roger Smith)
"What's So Special About Specialty Mixes?"
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(Warning: 15.7 MB file)
Asphalt Pavement Association of Colorado
"Best Practice: Joint Training & Certification for Asphalt Test Methods"
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(Warning: 10.4 MB file).
California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
"New Directions for the Caltrans Division of Pavement Management"
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George Reed, Inc.
"Business Not As Usual!: Caltrans New HMA Section 39 -- How Will it Affect You?"
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Caltrans Director
A special "CalAPA Member Alert" features a transcript of Iwasaki's keynote speech to the conference. Contact the CalAPA office to request a copy.