HAPI was honored to have Bob Humer, PE., Sr. Regional Engineer (for CA, AZ, NV, OR, WA and HI), Asphalt Institute as the guest speaker at our HAPI lunch meeting attended by about 40 members and invited guests. Since I started as executive director, this was the first […]
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Regional Engineers Bob Humer and Danny Gierhart conducted the Asphalt Institute’s 3.5 day Mix Design Technology Certification (MDT) course. 25 technicians from HAPI member companies learned about the properties of the materials that compose asphalt mixtures, as well as the physical and mathematical processes involved in producing […]
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Bob Humer, PE., Sr. Regional Engineer (for CA, AZ, NV, OR, WA and HI), Asphalt Institute was in Hawaii. We invited him to lead a “talk story” session with the Oahu DOT Airports Division and several of their consultants. Here are the topics that were discussed: •Durable […]
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Grace Pacific recently conducted a tour of their Kalaeloa Asphalt Plant for college engineering student interns at the Department of Transportation, Highways Division and high school students from the Waipahu High School Engineering Academy. Hot Mix Asphalt Plant Manager Mr. Scott Komatsu took 13 students on a […]
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Congratulations to our HAPI officers for our fiscal year that started on July 1st. – President: Mr. Richard (Dick) Levins, President, Asphalt Hawaii return for his 4th term. – Vice-President: Mr. Scott Komatsu, Hot Mix Asphalt Plant Manager, Grace Pacific LLC, begins his first term. – Secretary/Treasurer: […]
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On July 2, Mayor Caldwell announced that work to preserve city roads in Nu‘uanu, Pauoa, and Pacific Heights will begin on July 6, 2015. Slurry seal will be placed on 37 lane miles of city roads which have been designated as appropriate to receive this maintenance treatment. […]
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. . . not exactly, but he did recently complete the one-week NCAT Professor Training Course along with about 20 others, mainly from the academic world. NCAT has developed an educational program for college and university civil engineering faculty that provides clear and up to date lecture […]
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Welcome to C.M. Consultants! Owned by Cliff Mansfield, C.M. Consulting is an Oregon Corporation formed in 1990 to work on Asphalt Plants the world over. He started on asphalt plants in the mid-1970s and has worked on 6 continents in over 100 countries since then. They pride ourselves in providing […]
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Those that think workshops are all business and no fun have not been to a HAPI workshop and experienced the HAPI Pop Quiz. During the presentation, multiple choice questions (see photo for an example) about the discussion topics will “pop-up”. Attendees with the correct answer are entered […]
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This year, The AsphaltPro magazine started the “Meet the State Executive” article series. They hope to feature the executive director from each State Asphalt Pavement Association (SAPA) over a number of their upcoming editions. Editor Sandy Lender goals is to provide the state executive with the opportunity to provide advice or […]
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