HAPI Newsletters

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.

If you are interested in receiving a copy of our newsletter please complete our contact form to indicate your interest in joining our mailing list.

April 2025

October 2022 – Special Issue

October 2020 – Announcements

October 2020 – Special Issue

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 2013

September 2013

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.

July 2013

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.

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.

May 2013

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

April 2013

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.

March 2013

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?

February 2013

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.

January 2013

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.

December 2012

Executive Director Message: Our December newsletter presents our updated website, which improves our ability to fulfill our mission of providing engineering promotion and education.

November 2012

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