"HOT TOPICS"

Warm-mix asphalt: The wave of the future Warm-mix asphalt is the generic term for a variety of technologies that allow the producers of hot-mix asphalt pavement material to lower the temperatures at which the material is mixed and placed on the road. Reductions of 50 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit have been documented.

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Rocky Mountain Asphalt Conference and Equipment Show
Early registration information is available for the 2009 RMACES
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NOMINATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR 2008 AWARD PROGRAM

Award nominations are now being accepted for CAPA’s 15th Annual “Best in Colorado” Asphalt Pavement Awards Program.  Quality awards are given in a variety of paving categories (check out the new Residential Category and the new Special Use/Unique Paving Category).  Nomination forms can be downloaded from the CAPA

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CAPA Supports Amendment 52

AMENDMENT 52 - $90M TRANS FUNDING YEARLY
www.betterroadsnow.com 
The measure will provide an estimated $90 million for highways next year, and approximately $300 million over the next five years. And it does so without raising taxes. That's something all Coloradans should appreciate at a time when the economy is sluggish and the only booming industry in the state - natural gas development - faces uncertainty from new state regulations. 

Rocky Mountain Asphalt Conference and Equipment Show
The advance notification for the 2009 conference is out, Mark the date

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• October 2008

WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CAPA

CAPA/APWA SCHOLARSHIP GOLF TOURNAMENT!

The benefit of the CAPA/APWA tournament are that we sent people to the NCAT HMA Technology course at Auburn University. The attendee's can choose from a week in late January 2009 or late February 2009.

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INDUSTRY NEWS

INTRODUCING ASPHALT MAN!!!  Pitkin County has taken a very innovative approach to public education and outreach in an attempt to inform citizens about the needs of their local roads.   

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The RMAEC is seeking input for the 2009 training calendar

The RMAEC is seeking your input for the development of the 2009 HMA education calendar.
We have listed several possible education seminars. For each seminar topic, circle the number that best fits your opinion on the importance of the topic. If you have ideas not listed, please use the space at the bottom to tell us what you would like to see the RMAEC offer.
Seminars will be developed based on the responses from this survey and wide spread appeal. 

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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

GREAT NEWS!! ELAM CONSTRUCTION JOINS CAPA

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Colorado Asphalt Pavement Association
6880 South Yosemite Court,
Suite 110
Centennial, CO 80112

303-741-6150 phone
303-741-6146 fax
office@co-asphalt.com e-mail

Rocky Mountain Asphalt Education Center
6880 South Yosemite Court,
Suite 110
Centennial, CO 80112

303-741-6148 phone
303-741-6146 fax
RMAEC@co-asphalt.com e-mail