Best Practices for Asphalt Pavements Workshop – Oahu

Speaker: Jarrett Welch, Quality Paving Consultants (bio: http://www.qualitypavingconsultants.com/about.html)
Who Should Attend: Government agencies, contractors, engineers, and construction managers wanting to gain a basic understanding of how to construct a quality asphalt pavement.
Cost: $150 for non-HAPI members; $125 for HAPI members. Costs includes morning refreshments and lunch. Parking is free.
Certificate Provided: 7.0 PDHs are available for attending this workshop

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The goal of this one-day workshop is to provide a basic understanding of materials, production, placement and compaction operation that combine to produce a quality asphalt pavement. The workshop agenda is as follows:

• Introduction
• What is Quality?
• How is it achieved? Specifications
• Pre-construction Recommendations
• Mixture Designs
• Asphalt Production Facility
• Surface Preparation
• Materials Transfer
• Paving Operations
• Compaction
• QC/QA Testing
• Troubleshooting mat defects

Takeaways:
– An understanding of quality
– An overview of construction of an asphalt pavement
– An understanding of the importance of quality control

 

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Click Here for a list of the attendees – 41 people attended.

Comments from attendees:

• Very informative. I gained appreciation of the right methods to a quality asphalt pavement.
• Good introduction for those without background in HMA.

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