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APAM NEWS
Volume 8, Issue 8 December 20, 2013
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APAM Celebrates Holiday Season and Award Winning Teams
On December 12th, the association hosted its annual Holiday Banquet and the presentation of the APAM/MDOT Asphalt Paving Awards, at the Kellogg Center on the campus of Michigan State University. It was very festive night as we celebrated our 37th anniversary of the Asphalt Paving Awards Program.
Over 200 people attended and enjoyed the festivities including representatives from MDOT, APAM members, local agencies, county road commissions, consultants and Michigan universities. The evening was filled with cold beverages and great conversation as industry partners celebrated the upcoming Holiday Season and the honored award winning teams.
The evening's program began with Executive Director John Becsey welcoming the attendees.
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Greg Johnson |
MDOT's Chief Operations Officer Greg Johnson offered opening remarks on the need to focus on those things that we can control as an industry including producing high quality plans, writing specifications that fairly share risk and embracing innovation aimed at improving project delivery and pavement performance.
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L: Veronica Maslanka
R: Dave Copwer |
Dave Cowper, Ajax Paving Industries, announced the APAM Scholarship winners. This year six deserving students are receiving scholarships totaling $13,000. They are: Troy Hanson, Ferris State, Veronica Maslanka, Western Michigan, Nina Bonanno, Michigan Tech, Justin Daavettila, Michigan Tech, Madelaina Martin, Michigan Tech and Dylan Taulbee, Washtenaw Community College. For detailed information click here.
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Chuck Mills |
To complete the festivities, Chuck Mills, APAM Director of Engineering announced the winners of the 2013 APAM/MDOT Asphalt Paving Awards as the plaques were presented by MDOT's Greg Johnson and APAM President Chad Loney.
This year 53 projects were evaluated in 10 different award categories. The judging committee visited each of the nominated projects, traveling 4,100 miles in 12 days. Each project was rated on a scale of 1-10 in the following areas: Appearance, ride, texture, uniformity, longitudinal and transverse joints, edges, utility cover adjustments and degree of difficulty.
Congratulations to all the award winning teams who worked on the 15 projects that received the 2013 Asphalt Paving Awards.
(Click here to see a listing of the 2013 Award Winning Projects)
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2014 Elections Held
Elections were held at the Annual Meeting of the Members on December 12th. The following will serve as your Officers and Directors for 2014:
Chad Loney, Rieth-Riley Construction - President
John Krispin, Barrett Paving Materials - Vice President
Gregg Campbell, Michigan Paving & Materials - Secretary/Treasurer
Vance Johnson, Central Asphalt, Inc. - Director
Mark Johnston, Ajax Paving Industries - Director
Andy Maioho, Superior Asphalt, Inc. - Director
Aaron Price, Cadillac Asphalt, LLC - Director
Jason Reinhardt, Edw. C. Levy - Director
Aaron White, Central Asphalt, Inc. - Director
Kevin Gannon, Payne & Dolan - Immediate Past President
Thanks to these volunteer leaders for their service to the industry. The new terms of office begin on January 14, 2014. Congratulations!
SAVE THE DATE
Save March 18-19, 2014 for the 58th Annual Asphalt Paving Conference to be held at the Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. Brochures coming soon! Updates will be posted on the website.
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$115M in New Projects for 2014 Announced
On December 19th, Legislators throughout Michigan announced a list of 103 state and local transportation projects funded through the $115 million Roads and Risks Reserve (RRR) Fund.
As part of the Fiscal Year 2014 General Government budget, the Legislature created the RRR Fund, using $230 million in one-time General Fund revenue. One-half of the funds were available for appropriation on Oct. 1, 2013, and the other half can be appropriated for roads on Feb. 1, 2014, if it has not been dedicated to other purposes.
This funding is in addition to $121.3 million from the state General Fund used to fully match available federal transportation funds.
A full list of projects is available by clicking here.
Click here to view the MDOT news release:
MDOT Issues New Bureau of Highway Instructional Memorandums
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Happy Holidays from the APAM Staff
APAM Holiday Schedule
APAM Offices will be closing at noon on Tuesday, December 24, 2013
through Wednesday, January 1, 2014. The office will resume regular business hours on Thursday, January 2, 2014. From the staff here at APAM we wish you a very
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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2014 NAPA Annual Meeting
February 2-5, 2014 Boca Raton, FL. For conference information click here.
The North Central Asphalt User Producer Group 2014 Technical Conference will be held in Kansas City, MO February 18-20, 2014. More information, including a meeting agenda and hotel details, click here.
CONEXPO 2014
March 4-8, 2014 Las Vegas, NV click here for more information. |
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