Each month HAPI distributes a newsletter via email. Our executive director provides HAPI updates and industry news to keep you apprised of new developments. Each issue features a project by one of our members, with a brief insight into their company, as well as a calendar of upcoming local and national events. Occasionally, a technical bulletin, related to the featured project will also be included at the end of the newsletter.
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November 2023
Executive Director Message: Training Opportunities: HAPI Shorts — Reports and Announcements: Photo Contest Results, Use of Geosynthetics Workshops, Leilehua High School College & Career Night, Sale of Grace Pacific LLC, Job Postings
Featured Project: Repair Bucholz Army Airfield (BAAF)
Featured Member: Road and Highways Builders, LLC
Pavement Guide Highlight: Airfields
Asphalt Video: U.S. Army Garrison Kwajalein Atoll
Featured Industry Article: Five handy rules of thumb for successful asphalt pavement construction
October 2023
Executive Director Message: Training Opportunities: HAPI Shorts, Understanding a JMF Submittal Workshop — Reports and Announcements: 2024 HAPI Scholarship, HAPI Lunch Meeting; Asphalt Institute in Hawaii; SAPA Summer Meeting; Job Postings
New HAPI Member: ParEn, Inc. dba Park Engineering
Featured Article: Outperforming the Pavement Smoothness Specification
Website Highlight: FAQ: What does porous asphalt cost?
Asphalt Video: Asphalt Pavement Principles – Smoothness
Featured Industry Article: AAPT Annual Report
September 2023
Executive Director Message: Training Opportunities: HAPI Shorts, Use of Geosynthetic Workshops — Reports and Announcements: 2024 HAPI Scholarship, MAIREINFRA 2023 Conference; Member Update; Job Postings
Featured Project: Rehabilitation of Localized Streets Phase 14D (Maunalani Heights)
Featured Member: Road Builders Corporation
Website Highlight: Updated HAPI Career page
Asphalt Video: Asphalt Mixture Sample Preparation Guide
Featured Industry Article: Automated Quality Assurance
August 2023
Executive Director Message: Training Opportunities: HAPI Shorts, Understanding a JMF Submittal Workshop — Reports and Announcements: 2024 HAPI Scholarship, HAPI Lunch Meeting; Asphalt Institute in Hawaii; SAPA Summer Meeting; Job Postings
Featured Article: Outperforming the Pavement Smoothness Specification
Website Highlight: FAQ: What does porous asphalt cost?
Asphalt Video: Asphalt Pavement Principles – Smoothness
Featured Industry Article: AAPT Annual Report
July 2023
Executive Director Message: Training Opportunities: HAPI Shorts — Reports and Announcements: HAPI Officers; 2024 HAPI Scholarship Announcement; AASTHO re:source podcast: HAPI Talks Plastic Roads; Spot Light Hawaii: Ed Sniffen; Job Postings
Featured Article: Road to Recovery
Website Highlight: FAQ: ASTM versus AASHTO
Asphalt Video: 2018 Eruption of Kilauea in Hawaii
Featured Industry Article: A Look Back at the 2018 Kilauea Eruption
June 2023
Executive Director Message: Training Opportunities: HAPI Shorts; MDT Certification — Reports and Announcements: WASHTO 2023 Annual Meeting; AASTHO re:source podcast; Job Postings
Featured Article: Hawaii LTAP Update
Website Highlight: On-line Library
Asphalt Video: Pavement Preservation Webinars
Featured Industry Article: Granite 2022 Sustainability Report
May 2023
Executive Director Message: Training Opportunities: HAPI Shorts; MDT Certification and Reports and Announcements: Geosynthetics Field Installation Notes Tracker; HDOT Hawaii featured in AASTHO re:source podcast; Job Postings
Featured Article: Best Practices Workshops Report
Website Highlight: Specifying Asphalt Pavement Mixtures
Asphalt Video: RETHINK ASPHALT
Featured Industry Article: Future Challenges for the Asphalt Paving Industry
April 2023
Executive Director Message: Training Opportunities: HAPI Shorts; Talk Story with Rob Rosson; MDT Certification; and Reports and Announcements: APWA Meet and Greet; Leilehua High School Career Night; Job Postings
Featured Article: 2nd Annual LTAP/HAPI Paving Conference
Website Highlight: Job Postings
Asphalt Video: Three Industry Podcasts
Featured Industry Article: NCAT 2022 Annual Report
March 2023
Executive Director Message: Training Opportunities: HAPI Shorts; HAPI Annual Paving Conference; Best Practices for Asphalt Pavements; Talk Story with Rob Rosson; MDT Certification; and Reports and Announcements: Understanding a JMF Submittal Workshop; 2023 Virtual Slurry Workshop; Second MAIREINFRA 2023 Conference
Featured Article: SAPA Winter Meeting and NAPA Annual Meeting
Website Highlight: What is the Cure Time for Asphalt?
Asphalt Video: NAPA Emerald Eco-Label EPD Tool
Featured Industry Articles: What Everyone in the Asphalt Industry Needs to Know About EPDs and Material EPDs – What They Tell Us and What They Do Not
February 2023
Executive Director Message: Announcements: MDT Certification; HAPI Shorts; HAPI Annual Paving Conference, Best Practices for Asphalt Pavements; Understanding a JMF Submittal; and Reports: HAPI Lunch Meeting; HAPI Hall of Fame Inductee; HAPI Scholarship Recipients; and Castle High School Career Day.
New HAPI member: Rock Solid Project Solutions
Featured Project: Interstate Route H-1 Rehabilitation, Salt Lake Boulevard to Airport Viaduct
Featured Member: Grace Pacific, LLC
Pavement Guide Highlight: Your Input is Welcomed!
Asphalt Video: Performance Testing
Featured Industry Article: BIH Construction Preview Issue – Performance Testing
January 2023
Executive Director Message: HAPI Shorts Sessions (True WMA); HAPI Annual Paving Conference Announcement; Understand a JMF Workshop Announcement; HDOT FSTQP Announcement
New HAPI member: Kirschner Contractors
Featured Article: A Look Back at 2022 and Forward to 2023
Website Highlight: 2022 Website Updates
Asphalt Video: Every Day Counts Round 7 Overview
Featured Industry Article: 2022 APA Annual Report
December 2022
Executive Director Message: HAPI Holiday Card; HAPI Shorts Sessions (True WMA); HAPI Holiday Game report; Resend of November newsletter
Featured Article: 2022 HAPI Resource Guide
Website Highlight: National Public Works Week in Hawaii
Asphalt Video: Diving into Rejuvenators with Cargill Anova® Asphalt Solutions
Featured Industry Article: Georgia addresses pavement performance problems linked to high RAP usage
November 2022
Executive Director Message: HAPI Shorts Sessions (You Be the Inspector and True WMA); HAPI Holiday Game announcement; HAPI Photo Contest Results; CCD Kauai Report; Geosynthetics workshop report
New HAPI members: HaulHub Technologies, Pacific GeoSource, and Pape Machinery
Featured Article: Jon in Japan
Website Highlight: Japan Road Contractors Association (JRCA)
Asphalt Video: Sakai Guardman auto brake assist system technology
Featured Industry Article: IS 139: High RAP Asphalt Pavements Japan Practice
October 2022
Executive Director Message: HAPI Shorts Sessions (HAPI Jeopardy, Smoothness 101, and You Be the Inspector); HAPI Scholarship announcement; Construction Career Day – Oahu report; HAPI Holiday Game announcement; HDOT Highways – Plastic Pilot Project
Featured Article: October Special Edition – Mayoral Candidates Q&A
Pavement Guide Highlight: Maintenance
Asphalt Video: The Road Forward: NAPA’s Climate Mission
Featured Industry Article: Improved Asphalt Pavement Sustainability Through Perpetual Pavement Design
October 2022 – Special Issue
Mayoral Candidates: Candidates respond to our questions about where roads fit in their priorities, their thoughts on pavement treatments and resurfacing of roads, and how HAPI can continue our relationship with their county.
September 2022
Executive Director Message: AACPP Inspector Certification announcement; HAPI Shorts Sessions (Modified Binders and Smoothness 101); HAPI Scholarship announcement
New HAPI member: Crafco
Featured Project: Windward Mall Parking Lot Improvement, Phase 1
Featured Member: Miller’s Paving
Pavement Guide Highlight: Parking Lots
Asphalt Video: Best Practices for Parking Lot Design and Construction
Featured Industry Article: Parking Lot Design
August 2022
Executive Director Message: HAPI Scholarship announcement; HAPI Shorts Sessions (Financial Success, and Rejuvenators); Understanding a JMF Submittal workshop announcement; SAPA Annual Meeting report; HAPI Lunch Meeting report; LTAP Micro Surfacing workshop report.
Featured Project: Koa Ridge Offsite Improvements
Featured Member: Road Builders Corporation
Pavement Guide Highlight: Quality Assurance
Asphalt Video: Asphalt Quality Control
Featured Industry Article: Reviewing Asphalt Test Results
July 2022
Executive Director Message: HAPI Shorts Sessions (Mat Defects, Financial Success, and Rejuvenators); Airfield Asphalt Certification Program (AACP)-Inspectors
Featured Article: Asphalt Testing
Website Highlight: HAPI News – LTAP Nostalgia
Asphalt Video: ATS – Producing with High RAP
Featured Industry Article: RAP: Paving the Way to Sustainability
June 2022
Executive Director Message: HAPI Shorts Sessions (Quality Assurance and Mat Defects); Airfield Asphalt Certification Program (AACP)-Inspectors
Featured Article: WON 1585894 Paving Lot D/Restripe & Safety Improvements, JBPHH
Featured Member: Jas. W. Glover, Ltd.
Website Highlight: HAPI News
Asphalt Video: BMD mechanical tests of asphalt mixtures
Featured Industry Article: Fuel Resistant Asphalt (FRA)
May 2022
Executive Director Message: HAPI Shorts Sessions (plastics); Best Practices for Asphalt Pavements workshops report; Pave it Black: Quality Counts.
New HAPI member: Engineering Concepts, Inc.
Featured Article: Compaction – Oscillatory Rollers
Pavement Guide: Superpave mix design method
Asphalt Video: Training in Your Pocket – Gyratory Compactor
Featured Industry Article: All Eyes on Oscillation
April 2022
Executive Director Message: HAPI Shorts Sessions by guest speakers; NAPA’s 2021 Annual Report; Transportation Funding whitepaper
New HAPI member: Arkema-Road Science, Bacon Universal Co., Inc., Lakeside Industries and Stansteel
Featured Article: 2022 HAPI Paving Conference report
Pavement Guide: Compaction
Asphalt Video: Asphalt Pavement Principles-Density and Durability
Featured Industry Article: The Right (of) Way
March 2022
Executive Director Message: Training opportunities: Annual Paving Conference, and Best Practices Workshop; Understanding a JMF submittal workshop report; scholarship recipients; HAPI Hawall of Fame Inductee (Garret Okada)
New HAPI member: HeadLight, Lakeside Industries-EZ Street Asphalt, and TenCate Geosynthetics Americas
Featured Article: Non-Destructive Testing
Featured Member: Pavement Technical Solutions, Inc.
Website: Frequently Asked Questions
Asphalt Video: Training in Your Pocket (YouTube Channel)
Featured Industry Article: Georgia addresses pavement performance problems linked to high RAP usage
February 2022
Executive Director Message: Training opportunities: Annual Paving Conference, Best Practices Workshop, and Understanding a JMF submittal; January lunch meeting report; and Construction Preview Article on Smoothness
Featured Article: 2022 SAPA Winter Meeting and 2022 NAPA Annual Meeting Report
Website Highlight: Industry Links
Asphalt Video: The Road Forward: NAPA’s Climate Mission
Featured Industry Article: How to Micro Surface
January 2022
Executive Director Message: In this month’s featured article, we reflect on the past year and look forward to 2022. We discuss things that happened in 2021 and how they will continue in 2022 and new things in store for 2022.
Featured Article: A look back and a look forward.
Pavement Guide: 2022 Goal is to update our guide.
Asphalt Video: Paving of the Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Featured Industry Article: Utah Thick Lift Stands Up to Truck Traffic
December 2021
Executive Director Message: HAPI Holiday Card; January Lunch Meeting Announcement; 2021 HAPI Resource Guide.
Featured Article: Kilauea Avenue Rehabilitation, Island of Hawaii
Featured Member: Jas. W. Glover, Ltd.
Pavement Guide: Drainage
Asphalt Video: Importance of State Asphalt Pavement Associations
Western/Pacific Blog: EDC-6 to Impact Asphalt Production Facilities
November 2021
Executive Director Message: 2021 HAPI Photo Contest Results; Annual HAPI Holiday Virtual Trivia Game; AACP Training Report
New HAPI members: Construction Engineering Labs, Inc. and Henry’s Equipment Rental & Sales, Inc.
Featured Article: Installation of Pavement Preservation Strategies and Surface Treatments at Various Locations, Island of Maui
Featured Member: Maui Paving, LLC
Pavement Guide: Arterials and Highways
Asphalt Video: Asphalt Crack Type Identification
Western/Pacific Blog: Federal Funds Will Be A ‘Shot In The Arm’ For Hawaii’s Infrastructure
October 2021
Executive Director Message: HAPI Shorts -Rejuvenators announcement; HAPI Scholarship reminder; NCAT Test Tracl Phase VII Report; Road Builders in AsphaltPro magazine
Featured Article: Koa Ridge Development
Featured Member: Road Builders Corporation
Pavement Guide: Residential Streets
Asphalt Video: Recorded 2021 Balanced Mix Design Conference
Western/Pacific Blog: Top 12 finalists in the 2021 America’s Transportation Awards
September 2021
Executive Director Message: 2022 HAPI Scholarships; Annual SAPA Meeting report; 2022 Slurry Systems Workshop
Featured Article: 2021 Annual Public Works Conference
Pavement Guide: Update Standard Hawaii Mixes
Asphalt Video: Training in Your Pocket – Asphalt Pavers
Western/Pacific Blog: HDOT Climate Adaption Action Plan
August 2021
Executive Director Message: AACP Training and Exams in Hawaii; 2022 HAPI Scholarships; Understanding a JMF Submittal workshop announcement
Featured Article: Rehab of Streets in the Mapunapuna Industrial Park
Featured Member: Road and Highway Builders, LLC
Pavement Guide: Drainage
Asphalt Video: Recorded 2021 National Pavement Perservation Virtual Conference
Western/Pacific Blog: Inaugural Perpetual Pavement by Conversion Award
July 2021
Executive Director Message: Understanding a JMF Submittal workshop annoucement; NCAT FREE National BMD Implementation Conference; New Study: Oahu Freeways Deliver the Roughest Rides in The Country; 2021 Annual Public Works Conference
Featured Article: A Review of the Last 5 Years
Website Highlight: The HAPI Website
Asphalt Video: HAPI’s YouTube Channel
Western/Pacific Blog: Got face masks? Make a road!
June 2021
Executive Director Message: 2021 Annual Public Works Conference
Featured Article: Resurface Tri-Intersection
Featured Member: Hawaiian Rock Products
Pavement Guide: Asphalt
Asphalt Video: VAA Talking Pavements Webcast
Western/Pacific Blog: Running deflection testing in tandem
May 2021
Executive Director Message: EDC-6 TOPS; Build a Better Mousetrap Competition; NAPA RAP and WMA Survey
New HAPI member: Gilson Company, Inc.
Featured Article: Managing Commercial & Private Pavements
Website Highlight: Members and Information About Membership
Asphalt Video: Training in Your Pocket by NCAT
Western/Pacific Blog: Asphalt Barrier Prevents Contaminants
April 2021
HAPI Hall of Fame: Our April newsletter is dedicated to the announcement of our HAPI Hall of Fame and our two inagural inductees – Jack Pearring and Randy Matsumoto.
March 2021
Executive Director Message: SAPA Winter Meeting Report; NCAT Asphalt Technology Workshop announcement
New HAPI member: Hawaiian Rock Products Corporation
Featured Article: 2021 Virtual NAPA Annual Meeting
Website Highlight: Members and Information About Membership
Asphalt Video: Ray Brown Award Winner
Western/Pacific Blog:APA Pacific Blog – Facebook and LinkedIn pages
February 2021
Executive Director Message: Understanding a JMF Workshop announcement; AACP Info; 2021 LTAP Workshop announcement; AI Paving Inspector Certification; AMAP Annual Conference wrap-up; NAPA Plastics website page; New Balanced Mix Design Resource Guide
New HAPI members: HCA Consulting Group International and Laulea Engineering, LLC
Featured Article: Queens Gate Repaving
Featured Consultant Member: Okahara and Associates, Inc.
Featured Contractor Member: Miller’s Paving LLC
Pavement Guide: HAPI Design Checklist
Asphalt Video: Void Reducing Asphalt Membrane
Western/Pacific Blog: Breathing Easy with the Asphalt Production Industry
January 2021
Executive Director Message: World of Asphalt update; Understanding a JMF submittal workshop announcement; Upcoming LTAP workshop announcement; FHWA Webinars
Featured Article: A Look Back at 2020 and a Look Forward to 2021
Website Highlight: On-line Library
Asphalt Video: EDC-6 Overview
Western/Pacific Blog: Top Roads in 2020
December 2020
Executive Director Message: HAPI Shorts update; 2021 HAPI Scholarship recipients; APA new website
New HAPI member: Construction Management & Engineering, LLC
Featured Article: Volcano Highway Repairs
Featured Member: Jas. W. Glover, Ltd.
Pavement Guide: Asphalt and Aggregate
Asphalt Video: Asphalt Production and Construction
Western/Pacific Blog: Is it possible to maintain permeable pavements?
November 2020
Executive Director Message: Photo contest results; HAPI Shorts update
New HAPI member: Sullivan-Palatek, Inc.
Featured Article: Pavement Forensics
Pavement Guide: Pavement Distresses
Asphalt Video: Pavement Distresses in Parking Lots
Western/Pacific Blog: National Pavement Safety Month
October 2020 – Announcements
Announcements: HAPI Scholarship application deadline; Use of Geosynthetics Workshop announcement; Connecting the DOTs webinars; GCA Construction Update webinars; UH COE Career Day report.
October 2020 – Special Issue
Mayoral Candidates: Candidates respond to our questions about where roads fit in their priorities, their thoughts on pavement treatments and resurfacing of roads, and how HAPI can continue our relationship with their county.
September 2020
Executive Director Message: Scholarship Announcement; Geosynthetics Workshop Update; Upcoming Asphalt Institute Training; GCA Safety Awards; DriveAsphalt Videos; and Updated NAPA Website.
Featured Article: Mt. Ka’ala Road Pavement Repair
Featured Member: Road Builders Corporation
Pavement Guide: Compaction
Asphalt Video: Drive up Mt. Ka’ala Road
Western/Pacific Blog: FHWA Inspection Checklists
August 2020
Executive Director Message: HAPI Shorts update; SAPA summer meeting report; Availability of NAPA’s QIP-130.
New HAPI members: Ames Engineering, Inc. and SSI
Featured Article: Perpetual Pavements
Pavement Guide: Perpetual Pavements
Asphalt Video: Perpetual Pavement Design
Western/Pacific Blog: The Asphalt Advantage: Perpetual Pavements
July 2020
Executive Director Message: New HAPI Shorts program; HAPI Officers; HAPI Scholarship Award Announcement; Geosynthetic Survey; Porous Asphalt Webinar Announcement
Featured Article: UH Pavement Materials Lab
Pavement Guide: Quality
Asphalt Video: AASHTO Accreditation Program
Western/Pacific Blog: Plastic use in asphalt pavements
June 2020
Executive Director Message: July lunch meeting canceled
Featured Article: HAPI Fulfilling Its Mission
Pavement Guide: References
Asphalt Video: The road is the place to be
Western/Pacific Blog: Arizona DOT’s Safety Messages Contest
May 2020
Executive Director Message: NAPA Speed of Construction; PaveXpress webinars; Parking Lot recorded webinar
Featured Article: Kamehameha Highway Resurfacing (Pearl City)
Featured Member: Road and Highway Builders, LLC
Pavement Guide: Rehabilitation
Asphalt Video: Resurfacing Work – KHON2 Report
Western/Pacific Blog: Asking a different question
April 2020
Executive Director Message: HSFT Article; UH Donation by Bowers+Kubota; COVID-19 Cancellations; Understanding a JMF Submittal workshop report; PaveXpress webinars; Parking Lot webinar announcement
Featured Article: Pali Highway Resurfacing
Pavement Guide: Environmental Considerations
Asphalt Video: Pali Highway Landslides – KHON2 Report
Western/Pacific Blog: Factory Street Resurfacing
March 2020
Executive Director Message: SAPA Winter Meeting Report; Best Practices workshop announcement; UH COE Career Day report; Ed Sniffen takes care of our roads
New HAPI member: Pavement Technical Solutions, Inc.
Featured Article: Highlights from the 2020 NAPA Annual Meeting
Pavement Guide: HAPI Design Checklist
Asphalt Video: Dream Builders
Western/Pacific Blog: MS 22 – Construction of Quality Asphalt Pavements
February 2020
Executive Director Message:Lunch meeting report; Scholarship Recipients; Industry Women; Upcoming Training
Featured Article: Tack Coat Materials
Pavement Guide: Surface Preparation
Asphalt Video: Asphalt Emulsions 101
Western/Pacific Blog: NCHRP Synthesis 516: Tack Coat Specs
January 2020
Executive Director Message: Tech Brief: Performance Engineered Pavements; Upcoming Training
Featured Article: A Look Back and a Look Forward
Pavement Guide: Pavement Guide
Asphalt Video: Women in Construction
Western/Pacific Blog: Nevada DOT – Rubblization
December 2019
Executive Director Message: HAPI Resource Guide; HAPI Holiday Card; HAPI Holiday Lunch; January Lunch Meeting Announcement; Maui CCD report.
New HAPI member: Hirata & Associates, Inc.
Featured Project: Kalani Street Drainage
Featured Member: Austin, Tsutsumi & Associates, Inc.
Pavement Guide: Pavement Facts
Asphalt Video: What is NCAT?
Western/Pacific Blog: Alaska DOT – A Different Approach for Decision Making
November 2019
Executive Director Message: Reports on 2019 HAPI Photo Contest results; Use of Geosynthetics workshops – Oahu and Maui; UH COE Career Day; Jon Young, Guest Lecture; Understanding a JMF Submittal workshops;
Construction Career Day in Hilo; HAPI Lunch Meeting in Hilo
New HAPI member: Hirata & Associates, Inc.
Featured Project: Temporary Container Storage Yard
Featured Member: Grace Pacific LLC
Pavement Guide: Heavy industrial facilities
Asphalt Video: Hawaii Construction Career Days
Western/Pacific Blog: Kris Strickler – Challenges
October 2019
Executive Director Message: HAPI scholarship announcement; Understanding a JMF submittal workshop annoucement; Queen K – 4th best road in 2019
New HAPI members: Okahara and Associates Inc., Maxam Equipment, Inc., and Peterson Bros. Construction
Featured Project: IDIQ Pavement Repairs, UH Campuses
Featured Member: Road Builders Corporation
Pavement Guide: Pavement Distress
Asphalt Video: Myth #3 – Fix potholes right the first time
Western/Pacific Blog: How should your state found road needs?
September 2019
Executive Director Message: Tensar workshops announcement; HAPI Scholarship announcement; SAPA Summer meeting report; GCA Construction Update meeting report; HAPI lunch meeting in Hilo announcement; Talk Story with Steve D’Ambra announcement; RAP in Pavement Treatments webinar
New HAPI members: Consolidated Engineering Laboratories (CEL) and Miller’s Paving LLC
Featured Project: Hawaii Ocean View Estates Chip Seal
Featured Member: SealMaster Hawaii
Pavement Guide: Pavement Maintenance
Asphalt Video: Kansas Chip Seal
Western/Pacific Blog: FHWA Pavement Preservation Workshop
August 2019
Executive Director Message: Tensar workshops announcement; HAPI Scholarship announcement; HAPI lunch meeting report; HAPI officers; Gent’s presentations; NCAT Report 18-04.
New HAPI member: Fukunaga & Associates, Inc.
Featured Article: Airfield Paving Clinic Workshop
Pavement Guide: Airfield Pavements
Asphalt Video: OAK Runway 12-30 Rehabilitation
Western/Pacific Blog: Alaskan Runway Paving
July 2019
Executive Director Message: How a Kalaeloa Facility has served . . .; Women of Asphalt Video conference
Featured Article: Long-Lasting Asphalt Paved Roads
Pavement Guide: Pavement Maintenace
Asphalt Video: FHWA – Long-Life Pavements
Western/Pacific Blog:Effects of Truck Platooning
June 2019
Executive Director Message: Next HAPI lunch meeting; Dave Gent speaking a City Workshop; Smoothness video; Women of Aspahlt video conference; message from Eventbrite
New HAPI member: G70
Featured Article: HAPI Training in April
Pavement Guide: Smoothness
Asphalt Video: FHWA – Smoothness
Western/Pacific Blog:Volcano Scientists, National Park Talks Eruption Annivery
May 2019
Executive Director Message: Next HAPI lunch meeting; Insights on PBS, Understanding a JMF workshop report; NCAT Report 19-03, and Upcoming Local Training
Featured Article: NAVFAC Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract for Paving
Featured HAPI Member: Road Builders Corporation
Pavement Guide: Compaction
Asphalt Video: FHWA – Density and Durability
Western/Pacific Blog: Alaska – Broken Apart, Coming together
April 2019
Executive Director Message: HDOT Asphalt Sampling Certification report; Upcoming Insights on PBS Roads Episode; New ASTM specification (D8239); Upcoming Local Training
Featured Article: The Path to a Specification Update – Oscillatory Rollers
Pavement Guide: Flexible asphalt overlay on rigid pavement
Asphalt Video: Paving the Abraham Lincoln Bridge
Western/Pacific Blog: New Nevada Highway
March 2019
Executive Director Message: Annual Public Works Conference; 2018 NAPA Annual Report; UH College of Engineering Career Fair; Upcoming Local Training
Featured Article: Pali Momi Street Resurfacing
Featured HAPI Member: Grace Pacific LLC
Pavement Guide: Pavement Types
Asphalt Video: Newly Paved Pali Momi Street in Pearlridge Center
Western/Pacific Blog: Can an Avalanche be a Good Thing?
February 2019
Executive Director Message: SAPA Winter Meeting; HAPI’s 2019 Scholarship Recipients; HAPI Lunch Meeting; Upcoming Local Training
New HAPI member: Ingevity, Inc.
Featured Article: Highlights from the 2019 NAPA Annual Meeting
Pavement Guide: Three basic mix types
Asphalt Video: A road that performs
Western/Pacific Blog: Learn about Lakeside Industries from Washington State
January 2019
Executive Director Message: SMA Training announcement; HDOT Asphalt Sampling Certification Exam announcement; HDOT Preservation Program Presentation announcement.
Featured Article: A look back to 2018 and forward to 2019
Pavement Guide: HAPI Asphalt Pavement Guide
Asphalt Video: The Road is the place to be?
Western/Pacific Blog: How Alaska fixed its earth-quake shatter roads in just days
December 2018
Executive Director Message: 1st International SMA Conference papers and presentation, HAPI lunch meeting announcement
New HAPI member: Community Planning and Engineering, Inc.; Gilson Company Inc.; and HDR
Featured Article: Lead by Your Sample
Pavement Guide: Quality Assurance
Asphalt Video: Job of a Quality Control (QC) technician
Asphalt Fact: This monthly feature will no longer be included in our newsletter
November 2018
Executive Director Message: 2018 HAPI Photo Contest results; Maui lunch meeting report; CCD (Oahu) report; Women of Asphalt; FORTA Corporation Hawaii visit report; Use of Geosynthetics for Asphalt Pavement workshops report; CEE 375 guest lecture report.
Featured Article: Kalaeloa Asphalt Terminal
Featured HAPI Members: Asphalt Hawaii
Pavement Guide: Mix Types
Asphalt Video: Video Institucional – Kraton Polymers
Asphalt Fact #50: Asphalt has a proven track record when it comes to long life and smoothness
October 2018
Executive Director Message: HAPI Scholarship – Still time to apply; Understanding a JMF Submittal workshop report; CCD on Kauai report; PaveXpress/PaveInstruct workshop announcement; Audrey Copeland new NAPA President and CEO; new RoadResource.org website
Featured Article: Industry Resources
Pavement Guide: Pavement Types
Asphalt Video: Thin Overlay Treatment, Tenth Avenue, Nashville, TN
Asphalt Fact #114: The Pringle Creek Community in Oregon uses porous asphalt.
September 2018
Executive Director Message: HAPI Scholarship – Still time to apply; lunch meeting on Maui announcement; SAPA summer meeting; HAPI officers; and upcoming training opportunites.
Featured Article: Queen Kaahumanu Highway Widening Phase 2
Featured HAPI Members: Grace Pacific, LLC
Pavement Guide: Pavement Types
Asphalt Video: Queen Kaahumanu Highway Project Phase 2 – updated status report by HDOT on 10/26/18.
Asphalt Fact #25: Of the 2/27 millions of paved roads in the US, 94% is surfaced with asphalt.
August 2018
Executive Director Message: HAPI Scholarship announcement; HAPI lunch meeting report; Understanding a JMF submittal announcement; Save the Dates for upcoming training
Featured Article: The Transformation of Saddle Road
Pavement Guide: Arterials and Highways
Asphalt Video: Saddle Road dedication ceremony on 10/17/17
Asphalt Fact #25: . . . smoother pavements can reduce fuel consumption . . .
Technical Builetin: Links to articles about the Saddle Road transformation
July 2018
Executive Director Message: HDOT hires HAPI to conduct their training program; Shut down a road to pave?; Save the Dates for upcoming training
New HAPI member: DMK & Assocaties
Featured Article: Crack Seal Repairs at Various Locations, Island of Oahu
Featured HAPI Members: SealMaster Hawaii and Safety Systems and Signs Hawaii, Inc.
Pavement Guide: Pavement Maintenance
Asphalt Video: CrackPro 125 machine
Asphalt Fact #05: Pavement engineers have producing long-lasting asphalt pavements . . .
June 2018
Executive Director Message: Announcements: July lunch meeting, ASCE golf tournament; Pavement treatment certification testing; and Emulsion certification; PaveXpress webinar recap; Talk Story with Chris Lubbers recap
New HAPI member: CEI Enterprises
Featured Article: The Asphalt Institute in Hawaii
Pavement Guide: References used to developed the guide
Asphalt Video: Asphalt Institute – Welcome to Our Facility
Asphalt Fact #109: Porous asphalt is environmentally friendly. . .
May 2018
Executive Director Message: Best Practices for Asphalt Pavements Workshops report; “Hawaii Paves a Safer Road”; Conversation with Chris Lubbers announcement; Preservation Treatment Certification announcement; What I like most about asphalt pavements
Featured Article: FHWA Pavement Preservation Workshop
Pavement Guide: Pavement Maintenance
Asphalt Video: Slurry Seal 2015
Asphalt Fact #56: Routine maintenance is . . .
April 2018
Executive Director Message: 2018 NCAT Test Track Conference report; Congratulations to Joseph Shacat; Still time to sign-up for local training
New HAPI member: Astec, Inc.
Featured Article: PaveXpress and PaveInstruct
Pavement Guide: Design of Pavement Structures
Asphalt Video: Comparison of Asphalt and Concrete Pavements
Asphalt Fact #48: Pavement type selection
March 2018
Executive Director Message: UH COE Career Fair; Understanding a JMF Formula workshop; DOT Asphalt Sampling workshop; Pavement Preservation Certification; Still time to sigh-up for training
Featured Article: Highlights from the 2018 NAPA Annual Meeting
Pavement Guide: How asphalt pavements are placed
Asphalt Video: NAPA Work Zone
Asphalt Fact #90: Asphalt can be constructed at night, saving commuters from costly delays
February 2018
Executive Director Message: APP Winter Conference report; HAPI lunch meeting report; Upcoming local training opportunities
Featured Article: Saddle Road East Side – Bringing an Island Together
Featured HAPI Member: Road and Highway Builders LLC
Pavement Guide: Subgrades
Asphalt Video: A tour of Saddle Road East Side
Asphalt Fact #09: Smoother pavements extend pavement life by as much as 10% to 25%
January 2018
Executive Director Message: Asphalt could save the environment; DOT Asphalt Sampling Exam Training Workshop; MDT Certification Course
Featured Article: A Look Back and a Look Forward
Pavement Guide: Pavement Guide description
Asphalt Video: We are all dream builders
Asphalt Fact: What is asphalt?
December 2017
Executive Director Message: HAPI lunch meeting sign-up; Bring New Workers to Your Company; HAPI Holiday Lunch
New HAPI Members: Austin, Tsutsumi & Associates, Inc. and Bow Construction Management Services, Inc.
Featured Article: Perpetual Pavements
Pavement Guide: Perpetual Pavements
Asphalt Video: Perpetual pavement design
Asphalt Fact: #01: Perpetual asphalt pavements have been built in the United States for generations.
November 2017
Executive Director Message: Career Days, HAPI 2017 Photo Contest; Past Issues
Featured Article: Porous Asphalt
Pavement Guide: Three Mix Types
Asphalt Video: Porous Asphalt
Asphalt Fact: #114: The Pringle Creek community in Oregon uses porous asphalt streets
October 2017
Executive Director Message: Back to Basics NAPA webinar series; ASTM Section manual at HAPI Office; JMF Workshop report.
Featured Article: Potholes
Pavement Guide: Pavement Maintenance
Asphalt Video: What is a Pothole?
Asphalt Fact: #035: In just a few months, asphalt turned one of America’s seven worst roads into one of the smoothest
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September 2017
Executive Director Message: Annual SAPA meeting report; GCA Construction Update meeting report; HAPI DOT Sampling Training report.
New HAPI Member: Pavement Management Solutions, Inc. and Orion Engineers & Associates
Featured Project: Rehabilitation of Streets , Phase 15A, Waianae, Oahu, HI
Featured HAPI Member: Road Builders Corporation
Pavement Guide: Marshall Method
Asphalt Video: Hello, I’m Asphalt
Asphalt Fact: #093: When asphalt pavement is reclaimed, the stone and asphalt cement in it are just as valuable as all-new material.
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August 2017
Executive Director Message: July lunch meeting report; HAPI Officers; HAPI Ad in Building Industry Magazine; Still time to sign-up for HAPI workshops
New HAPI Member: Aqua Patch Road Materials, L.L.C.
Featured Project: HART-Ramp H2R2 Construction, Pearl City, Oahu, HI
Featured HAPI Members: Geotech Solutions, Inc. and Tensar Corporation
Pavement Guide: Pavement performance measurement tools
Asphalt Video: Asphalt: The Answer to Road Age
Asphalt Fact: #03: One of the most cost-effective ways to rehabilitate and worn-out concrete highway is to rubblize it. . .
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July 2017
Executive Director Message: Understanding a JMF Submittal workshop announcement; Getting Most Use of Geosynthetics workshops report; City Water Quality Rules conference; HDOT Asphalt Sampling Certification Training Workshop announcement; Changes at the HDOT Highways Division
Featured Project: Rehabilitation of Streets, IDIQ4, Kalakaua Avenue, Honolulu, HI
Featured HAPI Member: Grace Pacific LLC
Pavement Guide: The three mix types
Asphalt Video: Porous Asphalt (Alexander Field)
Asphalt Fact: #109: Porous Asphalt is an environmentally friendly tool . . .
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June 2017
Executive Director Message: HAPI Office Aggregate Library; July lunch meeting report; ASCE golf tournament announcement
Featured Article: DIY or hire a consultant?
Pavement Guide: Aggregates
Asphalt Video: From the Quarry to the Road
Asphalt Fact: #93: When asphalt pavement is reclaimed . . .
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May 2017
Executive Director Message: Use of geosynthetics workshop; HAPI Job Postings; ACECH Symposium; Bid Results on Twitter
Featured Project: NDWP Widen Taxilanes G and L, Honolulu International Airport
Featured HAPI Member: Grace Pacific LLC
Pavement Guide: Airfield Pavements
Asphalt Video: Asphalt Maintenance
Asphalt Fact: #20: A smooth pavement maximizes tire contact
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April 2017
Executive Director Message: Best Practices for Asphalt Pavements workshop report; Upcoming Tensar workshops; NCPP certification exam report.
Featured Project: Hawaii Belt Road Resurfacing, Pepeekeo to Hakalau, Big Island
Featured HAPI Member: Jas. W. Glover, Ltd.
Pavement Guide: Arterials and Highways
Asphalt Video: Safety Matters
Asphalt Fact: #43: Asphalt pavements gives the best return on investments
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March 2017
Executive Director Message: HDOT Asphalt Sampling Workshop Report; NAPA’s SR 281 – Sustainability Reporting Information; Understading a JMF Submittal Workshop Announcement; Best Practices for Asphalt Pavement Workshops Announcements
Featured Project: Keola Hoonanea Parking Lot Improvements, Honolulu HI
Featured HAPI Members: Blue Ocean Civil Consulting and DC Asphalt Services, Inc.
Pavement Guide: Pavement Evaluation Categories
Asphalt Video: Drivability is What Matters!
Asphalt Fact: #58: If motorists love asphalt for its smooth ride, then what about bicyclist?
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February 2017
Executive Director Message: NAPA 2017 Research Project Summary; Upcoming Training in Hawaii; HAPI Lunch Meeting Report; SAPA Winter Meeting Report; HAPI in Construction Preview Issue
Featured Article: Highlights from the 2017 NAPA Annual Meeting
Pavement Guide: Asphalt Pavements are America’s Most Recycled Material
Asphalt Video: When It Comes to Paving, Sustainability Matters!
Asphalt Fact: #25: The Smoother the Pavement . . .
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January 2017
Executive Director Message: New Monthly Feature – Asphalt Video; HDOT Asphalt Sampling Workshop; NAPA Back 2 Basics Webinar Series
New HAPI member: TM Designers Inc.
Featured Article: A Look Back and Forward
Pavement Guide: HAPI Asphalt Pavement Guide
Asphalt Video: While You Were
Asphalt Fact: Back to Basics – What is Asphalt?
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December 2016
Executive Director Message: HAPI Lunch Meeting Announcement; NAPA Webinars
Featured Article: The University of Hawaii and the Asphalt Industry
Pavement Guide: Design Catalog
Asphalt Fact: #48: Cost Effectiveness – Pavement Type Selection
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November 2016
Executive Director Message: PaveXpress Version 3.0
New HAPI member: Gray, Hong, Nojima & Associates, Inc.
Featured Article: Farrington High School Track, Honolulu, HI
Featured HAPI Member: Grace Pacific LLC
Pavement Guide: Recreational Facilities
Asphalt Fact: #58: If motorists love asphalt for its smooth ride, then what about bicyclist?
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October 2016
Executive Director Message: What does it mean to be a HAPI member?
New HAPI members: Blue Ocean Civil Consulting and Broce Manufacturing
Featured Article: Asphalt Institute in Hawaii
Pavement Guide: Surface Preparation
Asphalt Fact: #36: Tack coat plays a vital role in the quality of pavements.
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September 2016
Executive Director Message: HDOT Asphalt Sampling Workshop Report; Understanding a JMF Workshop Announcement; SAPA Summer Meeting Report; GCA Update Dinner Meeting Report
Featured Article: Free On-Line Resources
Pavement Guide: HAPI Check List
Asphalt Fact: #04: Asphalt pavements are more economical than concrete pavements.
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August 2016
Executive Director Message: Bob Humer’s Workshops Announcement; HAPI Lunch Meeting Report
Featured Article: Kalaeloa Boulevard Improvements
Featured HAPI Member: R. M. Towill Corporation
Pavement Guide: Rehabilitation
Asphalt Fact: #84: Resurfacing an asphalt pavement creates that’s just as good as new.
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July 2016
Executive Director Message: HAPI Officers; ASCE (Steve Fong) Golf Tournament; Drone Workshop.
New HAPI member: Wesley R. Segawa & Associates, Inc.
Featured Article: The First Five Years
Pavement Guide: Subgrade
Asphalt Fact: #64: American taxpayers save over $1.5 billion per year by recycling asphalt.
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June 2016
Executive Director Message: Upcoming geosynthetics workshops; HAPI lunch meeting, and HAPI Life Cycle of a Road exhibit.
Featured Article: Recap of HAPI’s Modified Asphalt workshops
Pavement Guide: Top Down Cracking.
Asphalt Fact: #02: A Perpetual Pavement is an asphalt pavement designed and built to last indefinitely.
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May 2016
Executive Director Message: Upcoming “Talk Story” sessions with Chris Lubbers, Report on Best Practices for Asphalt Pavements workshops, National Public Works Weeks, and upcoming geosynthetics workshop
Featured Project: Hansen Road Pavement Reconstruction, Kahului, Maui, Hawaii
Featured HAPI Member: Bowers + Kubota Consulting
Pavement Guide: Construction Specifications.
Asphalt Fact: #28: Rough roads wear out tires, shocks, and other mechanical parts faster.
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April 2016
Executive Director Message: Upcoming seminars on modified asphalts; Free Webinars on Asphalt Sustainability; National Work Zone Awareness Week, Final Silica Rule.
Featured Project: Kamehameha Highway Resurfacing, Ka Uka Boulevard to Waihau Street, Oahu, Hawaii
Featured HAPI Member: Grace Pacific, LLC
Pavement Guide: Proper and adequate compaction.
Asphalt Fact: #25: The smoother the pavement, the lower a vehicle’s fuel consumption.
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March 2016
Executive Director Message: Upcoming seminars on modified asphalts; Still time to sign-up for April training.
New HAPI member: Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc.
Featured Project: Hawaii Belt Road Safety Improvements, Laupahoehoe Gulch and Ka’awali’i Gulch
Featured HAPI Member: Jas. W. Glover, Ltd.
Pavement Guide: The three general asphalt pavement mix types.
Asphalt Fact: #114: The Pringle Creek Community in Oregon uses porous asphalt streets.
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February 2016
Executive Director Message: NAPA’s Research Project Summary January 2016, upcoming local training; Potholes in the media, HAPI January Lunch Meeting; SAPA Winter Meeting report.
Featured Article: Highlights from the 2016 NAPA Annual Meeting
Pavement Guide: People in the paving industry.
Asphalt Fact: #21: Even pavements that were not designed to be perpetual can become perpetual pavements – one inch at a time.
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January 2016
Executive Director Message: HAPI Members continue to contribute to City’s repaving program; HAPI YouTube Channel; HAPI Twitter Account
Featured Article: A look back at 2015 and a look forward to 2016
Pavement Guide Highlight: HAPI Design Checklist
Asphalt Fact: #84: Resurfacing an asphalt pavement creates a road that’s smooth, durable, safe, and quiet.
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December 2015
Executive Director Message: HAPI Lunch Meeting; Rons Construction Corp. and Oahu Sealcoating & Paving featured in PavingPro magazine; FREE recorded TRB presentations – crack sealing process.
Featured Article: City and County of Honolulu Pavement Preservation Program
Pavement Guide Highlight: Pavement Maintenance
Asphalt Fact #129: Neither asphalt pavement or reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) leach petroleum.
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November 2015
Executive Director Message: GCA Construction Update Dinner
New HAPI member: Hida, Okamoto & Associates, Inc.
Featured Article: Sustainability and Asphalt Pavements
Pavement Guide Highlight: Quality Assurance
Asphalt Fact #75: Studies in Iowa, Kansas, and Ohio showed that asphalt pavements were more economical than concrete over the study period.
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October 2015
Executive Director Message: Mana Drag Strip – OCEA Award; Building Industry Hawaii article; NAPA Webinars.
Featured Article: Smoothness
Featured HAPI Member: Roadtec, Inc.
Pavement Guide Highlight: Segregation and Temperature Differentials
Asphalt Fact #25: The smoother the pavement, the lower a vehicle’s fuel consumption.
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September 2015
Executive Director Message: SAPA Summer Meeting; GCA Construction Update Dinner; HAPI in Building Industry magazine; Understanding a JMF Submittal workshop.
New HAPI member: R.M. Towill Corporation
Featured Article: Kalanianaole Highway Resurfacing – West Hind Drive to Vicinity of Hanauma Bay Road
Featured HAPI Member: Grace Pacific LLC
Pavement Guide Highlight: Top Down Cracking
Asphalt Fact #50: Asphalt has a proven track record when it comes to long life and smoothness.
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August 2015
Executive Director Message: State executives featured in Asphalt Pro magazine; Kalaeloa Plant Tour.
New HAPI member: C.M. Consulting
Featured Article: HAPI Welcomed Three Visitors
Pavement Guide Highlight: Superpave Mix Method
Asphalt Fact: What is asphalt made of?
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July 2015
Executive Director Message: HAPI Lunch Meeting, HAPI Officers, PaveXpress webinars
Featured Article: Ala Moana Center Ewa Mall Expansion
Featured HAPI Member: Rons Construction Corporation
Pavement Guide Highlight: Pavement Structure
Asphalt Fact: #025: A study by the Federal Highway Administration found that smoother pavements can reduce fuel consumption by trucks by up to 4.5 percent.
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June 2015
Executive Director Message: Tack Coat Workshops, HAPI Lunch Meeting.
Featured Article: HAPI Training Program Update
Pavement Guide Highlight: Pavement Distress
Asphalt Fact: #078: When a Perpetual Pavement needs rehabilitation, road crews mill off the top layer for recycling, then put a new surface on the road.
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May 2015
Executive Director Message: Training and meeting update.
Featured Article: Seal and Recoat – Central Oahu Regional Park Parking Lots
Featured HAPI Member: Oahu Sealcoating and Paving LLC
Pavement Guide Highlight: Design Catalog
Asphalt Fact: #012: Asphalt pavements are one of our greatest renewable resources
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April 2015
Executive Director Message: NAPA Talk Webinar series; FHWA Tack Coat Workshop; and the Launch of the HAPI Training Program
Featured Article: The Launch of the HAPI Training Program
Pavement Guide Highlight: Aspahlt Binder
Asphalt Fact: #045: Crushed concrete is rarely used as aggregate in asphalt pavement.
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March 2015
Executive Director Message: HAPI’s website FAQs; NCAT Test Track Conference; HAPI’s Upcoming Training
Featured Article: Highway Funding – The Time is Now to Fix the Highway Trust Fund
Pavement Guide Highlight: Aggregates
Asphalt Fact: #110: Constructing porous asphalt pavements is straightforward.
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February 2015
Executive Director Message: NAPA’s Research Project Summary January 2015
Featured Article: 2015 NAPA Annual Meeting Report
Pavement Guide Highlight: Drainage, Drainage, Drainage
Asphalt Fact: #009: Smoother pavements extend pavement life by as much as 10% to 25%.
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January 2015
Executive Director Message: HAPI featured in MidWeek; HAPI members contribute to UH Research project; new newsletter feature – HAPI Asphalt Pavement Guide highlight
Featured Article: A look back at 2014 and a look forward to 2015
Pavement Guide Highlight: Design of parking lots.
Asphalt Fact: #06: Perpetual pavements are built so that only the top layer needs routine maintenance.
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December 2014
Executive Director Message: Intelligent compaction wins 2014 Nova Award.
Note from our President: Executive Director Jon Young recipient of ASCE 2013 Region 8 Engineer of the Year.
New HAPI members: Group HI and Quality Paving Consultants
Featured Article: Performance Monitoring of Preservation Treatments in Honolulu
Asphalt Fact: #30: A livable future balances three key goals: vibrant communities, vital economics, and sustainable environments.
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November 2014
Executive Director Message: HAPI member Forta Corporation visit to Hawaii; the hazards of night work.
New HAPI member: Bowers + Kubota Consulting
Featured Project: Interstate Route H-1 Rehabilitation
Featured HAPI Member: Grace Pacific LLC
Asphalt Fact: #36: Of the 2.27 million of miles of paved roads in the U.S., 94% is surfaced with asphalt.
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October 2014
Executive Director Message: Quick Link navigation bar; Mayor Caldwell 3rd Quarter road report; Forta Fi workshop.
Featured Article: Summary of HAPI Guests activities during the week of 9/15.
Asphalt Fact: #56: Routine maintenance is simply a matter of periodically milling (about every 15 to 20 years) the surface for recycling, followed by placement of a smooth new overlay.
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September 2014
Executive Director Message: PaveXpress – a simplified pavement design scoping tool
Featured Project: Mana Drag Racing Strip Improvements
Featured HAPI Member: The Limtiaco Consulting Group, Inc.
Asphalt Fact: #10: The Asphalt Pavement Alliance has bestowed its national Perpetual Pavement Award on more than 80 pavements.
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August 2014
Executive Director Message: SAPA Summer Meeting; Asphalt FACT icon; Local training – MS-22 and P601 Specification
Featured Project: Seal Coating, Re-Striping and Repair at Waipio Peninsula Soccer Park
Featured HAPI Member: SealMaster Hawaii
Asphalt Fact: #05: Pavement Engineers have been producing long-lasting asphalt pavements since the 1960s.
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July 2014
Executive Director Message: Asphalt Institute MS-22 seminar; Two-year moratorium on work in newly paved roads; and 2014-15 HAPI officers
New HAPI member: Yogi Kwong Engineer, LLC.
Featured Article: HAPI’s 25th Anniversary Celebration
Featured HAPI Member: All members!
Asphalt Fact: #70: Asphalt pavements provide a smooth, quiet, skid-resistant ride surface.
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June 2014
Executive Director Message: Life Cycle Cost Analysis for Pavements; Asphalt Institute MS-22 seminar; and HAPI members Tensar and Geotech Solutions in action
Featured Project: Honolulu International Airport Maintenance
Featured HAPI Member: FORTA Corporation
Asphalt Fact: #03: One of the most cost-effective ways to rehabilitate a worn-out concrete highway is tor rubblize it, then overlay it with asphalt.
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May 2014
Executive Director Message: New asphalt industry grassroots website; change in leadership at HDOT; and MS-22 Construction of Asphalt Pavements seminar
New HAPI Member: Wirtgen America
Featured Article: Modified Asphalts
Asphalt Fact: #153: Using advanced technology, perpetual pavements are built in layers.
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April 2014
Executive Director Message: HAPI Giveaways; new and improved APA website; newly designed ISSA website; and Myth #3—Fix potholes right the first time
New NAPA member: ControlPoint Surveying, Inc.
Featured Project: Runway 26L Pavement Improvements, Honolulu International Airport
Featured HAPI Member: Jas. W. Glover, Ltd.
Asphalt Fact: #121: Smooth asphalt roads give vehicle tires superior contact with the road.
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March 2014
Executive Director Message: New NAPA Website; Free NAPA Publication – Best Practices for Emulsion Tack Coats; NAPA’s Go-to-Market effort; and the “6 Hour Shift” video
Featured Project: The County of Kauai’s Pavement Management System
Asphalt Fact: #17: The asphalt industry is the country’s number one recycler.
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February 2014
Executive Director Message: HAPI Members Meeting summary; DBE Certification Workshop announcement; and Warm-Mix Asphalt reaching new heights
Featured Article: NAPA 59th Annual Meeting Report
Asphalt Fact: #129: Does asphalt pavement or reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) leach petroleum? The answer to this question is NO.
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January 2014
Executive Director Message: Asphalt Magazine’s Year-end Thoughts; and Me Ke Aloha Pumehana to Professor C. S. Papacostas
Featured Project: HECO Waiau Power Plant, Re-paving of Parking and Yard Area
Featured HAPI Members: Geotech Solutions, Inc. and Tensar Corporation
Asphalt Fact: #114: The Pringle Creek Community in Oregon uses porous asphalt streets, so its roads are part of its storm water management system.
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December 2013
Executive Director Message: What material makes the smoothest roads?; NAPA wins NOVA award for WMA; NAPA Talks – Environmental Product Declarations; HAPI in a national article about he SAPAs
New HAPI members: Forta Corporation, Tensar and The Limtiaco Consulting Group
Featured Project: The City and County of Honolulu’s Pavement Management System
Asphalt Fact: #04: Studies have shown that on average, over a 40-year period, asphalt pavements are more economical than concrete pavements.
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November 2013
Executive Director Message: Environmental Product Declaration; Members in the News – Grace Pacific (Saddle Road); Co-NAPA State Directors; and Intelligent Compaction
Featured Project: Pier 38 Pavement Preservation, Oahu, Hawaii
Featured HAPI Member: GP Roadway Solutions
Asphalt Fact: #84: Resurfacing an asphalt pavement creates a road that’s smooth, durable, safe, and quiet – and just as good as new.
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Executive Director Message: Overseers/Superintendents Conference; TRIP news release; HAPI members in the news, NCHRP Report 747: Forensic Investigations; and Perpetual Pavements
Featured Article: Talking Asphalt: Asphalt’s Advantages
Asphalt Fact: #90: Asphalt can be constructed at night, saving commuters from costly delays.
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Executive Director Message: Local Workshop-Maximizing Life of a Pavement; Congratulations to Mr. Au; Asphalt Hawaii member of the Asphalt Institute; MEPDG recorded webinars
Featured Project: Pavement Management System, County of Maui
Featured HAPI Member: SealMaster Hawaii
Asphalt Fact: #22 Materials used in perpetual pavements.
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August 2013
Executive Director Message: HAPI’s website award, and HAPI officers for fiscal year 2013-14
Featured Project: Alexander Field Synthetic Turf and Field Event Improvments, Punahou School, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii
Featured HAPI Member: Grace Pacific Corporation
Asphalt Fact: #109 Porous asphalt use for land development.
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Executive Director Message: Asphalt Institute training in Honolulu
New HAPI members: Geotech Solutions, HDR Engineering Inc. and Top Quality Paving
Featured Article: A look back at the past two years
Asphalt Fact: #70 Asphalt pavements provide a smooth, quiet, skid-resistant ride surface.
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June 2013
Executive Director Message: A&B acquires Grace Pacific; HAPI’s Facebook page; and ISSA on-line training series
Featured Project: Library and Learning Center’s Fire Lane and Pedestrian Colonnade Mall, Windward Community College, Kanehoe, Oahu, Hawaii
Featured HAPI Member: StreetBond
Asphalt Fact: #27 Instruments buried in pavements all over the country are showing that Perpetual Pavements perform as designed.
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Executive Director Message: Road Repair Status Reports, upcoming training by AI, Earth Day, and building successful parking lots
Featured Project: Environmental Permitting Associated with Asphalt Plants
Featured HAPI Member: Environmental Science International
Asphalt Fact: #28 Rough roads wear out tires faster than smooth roads.
Technical Bulletin: Environmental Permitting Associated with Asphalt Plants
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Executive Director Message: Reports from the recently National Asphalt Pavement Association annual meeting and World of Asphalt Show and Conference
Asphalt Fact: #20 A smooth pavement maximizes tire contact, providing more traction.
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Executive Director Message: “HAPI News” is the place to go for an article or newscast about our industry.
Featured Projects: Repair Road C, at the Kaena Point Satellite Tracking Station
Featured HAPI Member: Jas. W. Glover, Ltd.
Asphalt Fact: #40 Did you ever notice that 99% of the automobile commercials are shot on asphalt? |
Executive Director Message: New Asphalt Facts monthly item, new member Environmental Science International, Tesoro end membership in HAPI, supply of asphalt binder
Featured Projects: Island-wide Road Resurfacing-Kauai and Kokee Road Resurfacing
Featured HAPI Member: Grace Pacific Corporation
Asphalt Fact: #17 The asphalt industry is the country’s number one recycler.
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Executive Director Message: New Asphalt Facts website, Mayor Caldwell fixing potholes, and the PG Performance Grading System article in the LTAP quarterly newsletter
Featured Project: Runway and Taxiway Pavement Preservation Program
Featured HAPI Members: Goldwings Supply Service, Inc. and Crafco, Inc. |

Executive Director Message: Our December newsletter presents our updated website, which improves our ability to fulfill our mission of providing engineering promotion and education.
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Executive Director Message: LTAP newsletter article; National Pavement Preservation Conference presentations; NCAT WMA Webinars; HAPI story in Asphalt Pavement magazine
New HAPI Members: Road and Highway Builders and StreetBond
Featured Project: Rehabilitation of Localized Streets, Phase 6A
Featured HAPI Member: Grace Pacific Corporation |
Executive Director Message: It’s been just over a year since I started as the executive director of HAPI. This issue takes a look back at what we have done and also shares with you what we are working on. |
Executive Director Message: Warm Mix Asphalt seminar by FHWA; National Pavement Preservation Conference report; HAPI Officers
Featured Project: Repave South Avenue
Featured HAPI Member: Road Builders Corporation |
Executive Director Message: HAPI member meeting; Open-graded pavement
Featured Project: Pavement Preservation for Roads in Hawai’i National Parks
Featured HAPI Member: SSFM International |
Executive Director Message: WMA and RAP
Featured Project: Pavement Preservation Treatment Demonstration by the City and County of Honolulu and HAPI |
Executive Director Message: ASCE Steve Fong Golf Tournament
New HAPI Member: C J Peterson Inc.
Featured Project: Kalaeloa Asphalt Terminal
Featured HAPI Member: Asphalt Hawaii |
Executive Director Message: HAPI/LTAP seminars; LTAP newsletter article
Featured Project: Kapolei Reseal
Featured HAPI Member: Seal Pro’s Hawaii
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Executive Director Message: HAPI/LTAP Seminars
New HAPI Member: Crafco
Featured Project: Localized Rehabilitation of Streets, Phase 3
Featured HAPI Member: AECOM |
Executive Director Message: HAPI Membership Meeting; HAPI presentation to the APWA; Shorter links to additional internet resources
Featured Project: Waena Apartments Pavement Preservation
Featured HAPI Member: DC Asphalt Services, Inc. |
Executive Director Message: HAPI Membership Meeting
Featured Project: Kaumalapau Highway Pavement Preventive Maintenance
Featured HAPI Member: JM Paving Services, LLC |
Executive Director Message: Updated NAPA Logo
Featured Project: Nimitz Highway and Ala Moana Boulevard Resurfacing Replacement
Featured HAPI Member: Grace Pacific Corporation |
Executive Director Message: Initial release of updated newsletter
Featured Project: Rehabilitation of Streets – IDIQ#3, various locations
Featured HAPI Member: Alakona Corp.
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