The eventual buyer of Tesoro Corp.’s Kapolei refinery, which the company has been trying to sell for nearly a year, will probably discontinue the facility’s refining operations and convert it to an import terminal for refined products, according to several analysts. The change could result in the […]
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The city has made great progress toward implementing a road maintenance program that will judge all roads on Oahu through a Pavement Condition Index, or PCI. On Wednesday, Division of Facility Maintenance Director Westley Chun told members of the City Council’s Public Works and Sustainability Committee that […]
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The National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) has released a study evaluating the role of ground tire rubber (GTR) in asphalt mixture performances. The study found that GTR can be considered an appropriate asphalt binder modifier to achieve critical high-temperature performance in asphalt mixtures, and that the […]
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Local industry activity recently gained national attention when the featured project in our August newsletter, SSFM’s design approach to pavement preservation in the National Parks, captured the attention of the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA). So much so that the November/December 2012 issue of its Asphalt Pavement […]
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Appreciative McCully Resident writes – Mahalo to all those involved in the splendid street revitalization project in the McCully area: the city’s road crew, contractor Grace Pacific, Aiwohi Bros., Hawaii Pacific Concrete & Paving and numerous others who have their hands on the job, all under the oversight […]
Read more →NAPA has established a Pavement Economics Committee (PEC) whose mission is to grow the market for asphalt pavements and counter the cement/concrete industry’s assault on asphalt’s share of the pavement market. The Board of Directors was polled by email and mail and they expressed unanimous support for […]
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HAPI members and guests from various government agencies gathered at HAPI’s second meeting of 2012 last month at Seven Palms Bar and Grille. We were honored to have two guest speakers. Our first speaker Westley was K.C. Chun, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE is the Director and Chief Engineer […]
Read more →Hawaii will receive more than $4.5 million in federal grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation to repave the parking lot at Haleakala National Park on Maui, install signage along roads on Kauai and the Big Island and repair a taxiway at Honolulu International Airport. The money for Haleakala […]
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