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	Mississippi Valley AASHTO Conference APAI Partners with the IDOT for Mississippi Valley AASHTO Conference The Asphalt Paving Association of Iowa partnered with the Iowa Dept. of Transportation as a Gold Sponsor for the Mississippi Valley AASHTO conference held July 7th-9th in downtown Des Moines. Nearly 400 transportation officials across ten states attended the three day event. Click here for the complete story.
	Start Us Up Rally! Start Us Up Rally held May 7th at the Capitol Building A rally organized by the Iowa-Nebraska Equipment Dealers Association was held on the steps of the Iowa Capitol building on a cold, blustery afternoon Friday May7th with nearly ninety attendees. The theme of the “Start Us Up Rally” was that the construction industry has been particularly hard hit by the current recession with unemployment running near 25% in the construction industry and the manufacture and sale of construction equipment down by 50%. Click here for the rest of the story.
	2010 Spring Regional Meetings APAI Regional Meetings inform over 200 attendees! The APAI Regional Meetings concluded last week with over 200 state, county, city and civil engineers, public works officials, and contractors attending one of six regional meetings held across the State of Iowa. Meetings were held in Storm Lake, Council Bluffs, West Des Moines, Ottumwa, Quad Cities and Waterloo over the last two weeks of March and the first week of April. Attendees were treated to presentations on asphalt mix design for local systems, pavement rehabilitation and solutions, perpetual pavements roads and streets, using warm-mix asphalt and shingles, long-term performance of asphalt parking lots, porous roads and porous parking lots, using RAP to an agency’s advantage and much, much, more. Click here to view pictures.
	2010 Greater Iowa Asphalt Conference 2010 Greater Iowa Asphalt Conference has Record Attendance! The Greater Iowa Asphalt Conference (GIAC) held March 3rd – March 5th at the Des Moines Airport Holiday Inn boasted its biggest attendance ever this year, with nearly 500 attendees! The three day event also featured: top-level presentations, sixteen exhibitors, six hospitality rooms and a tremendous level of excitement about quality asphalt paving. The attendees were a wide mix of IDOT, county, municipal and consulting engineers and inspectors along with contractors from the president of the company to the screed man. Everyone was able to find something that fit their interest and level of expertise from the four distinct tracks offered at the conference. Click here to view photos of the Conference.
	2009 Annual Convention The weather may have turned cold, but the atmosphere in the West Des Moines Marriott on December 2 & 3, 2009 was anything but. The 54th APAI Annual Convention was well attended and the feelings were running hot as members enjoyed the speakers and entertainment that was available. Not only were the members diligent in attending the meetings, but they were able to renew old friendships and make new friends along the way. Click here to view the 2009 Convention in photos.
	WMA Demo - Warren County The third WMA demonstration project held yesterday in Des Moines and on highway 69 in Warren Co. was hugely successful with over 50 IDOT personnel, County Engineers, Consulting Engineers, Asphalt Suppliers and Contractors attending the event. This was the third and final WMA demonstration event held across the state in joint partnership between the IDOT, APAI and APAI contractors. The event began with a welcoming speech by Greg Kinser, of Des Moines Asphalt (OMG) at the Holiday Inn in DM followed by presentations by Bill Rosener of the APAI, Richard Draheim of Astec and asphalt consultant John Bellizzi. The group then boarded a bus to the Des Moines Asphalt Beaver Ave plant to watch the WMA being made at the state-of-the-art facility using the Astec Double Barrel Green process in “foaming” the asphalt cement. The temperature of the WMA was approximately 50 degrees cooler than the traditional HMA being produced at the plant. View full story here. Click here for WMA Demo -Warren County Photos.
	RAS Demo - Clinton County Determann Asphalt showed their operational skills during a recycled asphalt shingle (RAS) demonstration on Friday, Oct 2 on Highway 61 north of DeWitt. The demonstration was part of an IDOT and APAI demonstration and testing project to show off the use of tear-off recycled shingles for use in hot-mix asphalt. Determann Asphalt produced a ¾” shoulder mix utilizing 5% RAS and 5% RAP in a 50/50 blend. The use of RAS and RAP decreased the amount of required virgin asphalt cement from 6.3 % to 4.8%. Attendees witnessed the incorporation at the asphalt plant and placement on the shoulders of Highway 61, where over 23,000 tons of RAS/RAP shoulder surface mix is scheduled to be placed. Results from this test project will be used in the Developmental Specifications for the new IDOT RAM (recycled asphalt materials) Specification expected in December of 2009. View full story here. Click here for RAS Demo -Clinton County Photos.
	WMA Demo - Cherokee County Despite being delayed by a day due to rain, the Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) hosted by Tri-State Paving, Inc. (a division of Oldcastle Materials), the IDOT and the APAI was a well received event. The open house began with presentations by Larry Mattusch of APAI and Kent Dahl of Tri-State Paving describing the benefits of WMA and welcoming the almost 30 attendees who came to learn about WMA. The group boarded buses to visit the plant site near Ashton to watch the WMA being produced at approximately 230 degrees. The trip to the job site on Hwy 143 outside of Marcus allowed attendees to see the WMA being placed and the easier compaction that WMA provides for the contractor. This was a great day to watch a wonderful product being placed. Thanks go out to all of those involved in making this day such a success. View full story here. Click here for WMA Demo -Cherokee County Photos.
	WMA Demo - Charles City Highway 218 Warm Mix Demonstration is a Huge Success The Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) demonstration on Highway 218 sponsored by the IDOT, APAI and Mathy Construction was a huge success. Over thirty members of the IDOT, City and County officials, and contractors attended the plant production and asphalt paving demonstration outside of Charles City. A brief overview of the numerous benefits of WMA including: fuel savings, easier compaction, increased RAP usage and better worker conditions, was followed by more technical information on the Revix and Evotherm 3G additives to produce the WMA by Erv Dukatz of Mathy Construction. Attendees were able to observe the changes at the plant as the production temperature went from 290 degrees to 220-230 degrees. The group traveled out to the job site to watch the placement of the WMA by Mathy’s crew. Click here for WMA Demonstration Photos.
	2009 APAI Beach Party APAI members met at the new Honey Creek Resort at Moravia for a day of boating fun with a beach party BBQ held that evening. Friday morning kicked off with a 4-person best shot that was cut down to 9 holes due to a torrential downpour. The resort facilities and golf course are fantastic and will be even better by next year! Click here for APAI Beach Party Photos.