Attendees from design consultants and government agencies heard presentations from a group of industry experts. Follows is a bullet point summary of their presentations: Rich Gribbin discussed pavement mix types and uses of modified asphalts in Hawaii: Mix Types: Dense Graded, Stone Matrix Asphalt (SMA), and Open-Graded […]
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The firm’s expertise has provided clients with efficient and competent engineering services from conception through completion on short and long-term projects. The firm’s client base consists of Federal, State, and County agencies and the private sector. We have served as primary consultant and sub-consultant on diverse projects […]
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“Public Works Always There” is the theme of this year’s National Public Works Week – from May 15 to 21. This theme fits perfectly with HAPI, since roads are public works and asphalt roads are everywhere. HAPI and our members work to keep roads smooth and drivable. To […]
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Jarrett Welch from HAPI member Quality Paving Consultants (QPC) was in town to present two Best Practices for Asphalt Pavement Workshops. The workshop on Oahu was attended by 18 people, was a mix group of contractors, consultants, government agencies and developers. Eleven people attended the Hilo workshop, […]
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The Honolulu City Council on Wednesday formally accepted infrastructure improvements in Sea Country, Maili, bringing the number of roads and infrastructure dedicated to and accepted by the City to more than 50 projects in Leeward Oahu since Council member Kymberly Pine introduced legislation to expedite the City’s […]
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HAPI member Road and Highway Builders is the contractor for the repaving of Beretania Street from University Avenue to Alapai Street. The reconstruction project was stopped over a year ago due to the discovery of very shallow utilities. The scope of work has been changed to a […]
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The Honolulu StarAdvertiser and Hawaii News Now recently did a feature on potholes in the City and County of Honolulu (City) – see links and photos below. The City’s Department of Facility Maintenance (DFM) organized a pothole filling demonstration by their crew and a tour of the […]
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The State Asphalt Pavement Associations (SAPA) held their winter meeting on February 5, 2016 at the La Quinta Resort & Club in La Quinta, California. The winter meeting is an all-day affair, starting with breakfast and ending with dinner. HAPI Executive Director Jon Young, attended representing Hawaii […]
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We were honored to have Dr. Adrian Ricardo Archilla, University of Hawaii, College of Engineering as our guest speaker. Dr. Archilla opened his presentation by thanking DFM (use of roads and providing traffic control) and HAPI members (donation of treatments and application) for their significant contributions to the […]
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