The Women of Asphalt (WofA) is excited to announce the appointment of Brittyn Heisler as its inaugural Executive Director, a significant milestone in the organization’s history with its first full-time leadership position. Brittyn brings a unique blend of experience, including her role within the Asphalt Pavement Alliance, […]
Read more →The inaugural event for Women of Asphalt – Hawaii Branch was a tour of the Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) bituminous lab on November 19, 2024. The event start with a 30-minute tour of the bituminous lab by Brandon Lima, the bituminous mixture & binder supervising technician, […]
Read more →Construction Career Day (CCD) was conducted on November 14, 2024, on the Kauai Community College campus. The event attracted middle school and high school students to attend from the various DOE, Charter and Private schools on Kauai. Click here for the event guide. HAPI participated as an […]
Read more →HAPI Holidays! Wishing you and your families a HAPI holiday season! Background information for each photo is as follows: (top row, left to right) Runway 8L Widening Phase 2 at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport– This project was featured in our February 2024 newsletter. Daniel K. […]
Read more →During their vacation in Japan in early November to visit their son and his family, Jon and Lynn Young were honored to be invited to spend an afternoon at Sakai’s Production Center/RESEARCH & DEVELOPMEN(R&D) Headquarters in Saitama, Japan. The afternoon started with a demonstration of the SAKAI’s […]
Read more →The Annual HAPI photo contest for our members is over and the results are displayed below. Entries were photos of a member company paving or pavement treatment project in Hawaii either under construction or completed. There were 16 photos entered in this year’s contest by seven different […]
Read more →An introductory workshop for agencies and industry was conducted by the workshop planning committee on October 29th and 30th. The committee members are Kristi Grilho (HDOT), Brandon Lima (HDOT), Fan Yin (NCAT), Tom Harman (NCAT), and Jon Young (HAPI). Implementation co-chairs Jon Young and Kristi Grilho opened […]
Read more →On October 24th, HAPI members Tensar and Geotech Solutions, Inc. conducted a Use of Geosynthetics (Solving Project Challenges Using Geosynthetics) workshop on Oahu at the Honolulu Country Club. Speakers from Tensar were Lars Nelson and Garrett Fountain and from their parent company CMC Paul Mitzlaff. The workshop […]
Read more →The Women of Asphalt (WofA) are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2024 Women of Asphalt Scholarship in conjunction with Caterpillar Inc. These incredible women have demonstrated exceptional dedication to their craft and are making waves in the asphalt industry. WofA are proud to support them […]
Read more →On October 16, our executive director Jon Young was a guest lecturer for Professor Lin Shen’s CEE 375 course at the University of Hawaii. He presented an overview of the asphalt paving industry covering the following topics: NAPA’s The Road Forward, Local Industry Resources, Asphalt Pavements, Pavement […]
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