Northeast Asphalt User Producer Group Meeting October 23-24, 2013

Northeast Asphalt User Producer Group Meeting October 23-24, 2013

Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel and Conference Center, Portsmouth NH

Agenda – Grand Ball Room

Noon Wednesday October 23, 2013 Lunch in Prescott and Woodbury Rooms

1:00 PM NEAUPG Update Chairman Alan Rawson, NHDOT

Vice Chair Ron Corun, NuStar Asphalt

1:15 PM Update on National Issues –ETG Activity Matt Corrigan, FHWA

1:45PM MAP-21 Discussions Tom Harman, FHWA

2:15 PM Implementation Update of MP-19 and Specification Overview Greg Harder, Asphalt Institute TFP 5 (230)

2:30 PM NEAUPG High RAP Project Update (Results from the Phase III Lab Study) Jo Sias Daniel, University of NH

3:00 PM Break in Trade Fair Area harbor’s Edge Room

3:30 PM Industry Perspectives: Sustainable Asphalt Technologies Heather Dylla, NAPA

4:00 PM Use of High RAP/RAS and Impact on Mix Performance Gerry Reinke, Mathy Construction

4:30 PM Balancing the Softening Effects of Asphalt Rejuvenators with

Polymer Modified Asphalt in High RAP Content Asphalt Mixes Walaa Mogawer, UMASS Dartmouth

5:00 PM Performance Characteristics of Asphalt Mixtures Incorporating

Treated Ground Tire Rubber Added the During Mixing Process Walaa Mogawer, UMASS Dartmouth

5:30 PM Reception in Trade Fair Area Harbor’s Edge Room BE SURE TO THANK OUR TRADE FAIR COMPANIES

Thursday, October 24, 2013

7:00 AM Breakfast in Trade Fair Area Harbor’s Edge Room

8:00 AM GTR Performance Grade Specifications John D’Angelo, Consultant

8:30 AM Binder Characterization Through Non-destructive Resonant Tests on Asphalt Mixtures Mansour Solaimanian, PA State Univ.

9:00 AM MassDOT’s Experience with Asphalt Rubber and Specification Development Ed Naras, MassDOT

9:30 AM High RAP Mixtures – Strategies and Their Implementation in the NE Tom Bennert, Rutgers University

10:00 AM Break in Trade Fair Area Harbor’s Edge Room

10:30 AM Pavement Preservation – The Need and The Return Jim Moulthrop, FP2, Inc.

11:00 AM NYC High Performance Thin Overlay Ron Corun NuStar

11:30 AM Use of Special Analysis Surface Wave (SAWS) Equipment for Determining the

Properties (Stiffness & Thickness) of Existing Asphalt Pavements Leslie McCarthy, Villanova University

Noon End of Meeting BE SURE TO THANK OUR TRADE FAIR COMPANIES

1:00 PM to 3:00 PM Committee Meetings (Open to all interested persons)

Lear Room (Lobby Level) Binder – Chairman Greg Harder and Karl Zipf

Gardner Room (Lobby Level) Mix - Chairman Bruce Barkevich and Ed Naras