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Georgia Asphalt
Pavement Association

  2160 Satellite Blvd NW
Suite 100
  Duluth, GA 30097

770-622-7798
info@gahotmix.com

GA Asphalt Pavement Association

Georgia Asphalt Pavement Association (GAPA) represents the interests of Georgia Hot Mix Asphalt producers, paving contractors and suppliers. GAPA supports an active research program on environmental issues and quality improvement in paving techniques used in the construction of roads, streets, highways, parking lots, airports, and environmental and recreational facilities using HMA.

The Association provides technical, educational, and marketing materials and information to its members, and supplies technical information to users and specifiers of paving materials.

Announcements

GAPA Announces New Technical Director

2/21/2010 - Duluth, GA – The Georgia Asphalt Pavement Association is proud to announce that Kendra Davis has been named the associations new Technical Director. Mrs. Davis was most recently a Research Engineer at the National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) where she completed research on local calibration for the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) for the state of Alabama, and pavement distress research for the 2006 NCAT Test Track cycle.

Mrs. Davis earned both her Undergraduate and Masters Degrees in Civil Engineering at Auburn University. Mrs. Davis is married and currently resides in Smyrna, GA.

 

IARC Reports "No evidence of an association between bitumen fumes and lung cancer in asphalt workers."

7/10/2009 - NAPA has just received a final report from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) which provides the detailed results from a multi-year, multi-country, very comprehensive study often referred to as the IARC Nested Case Control (NCC) study. This final phase of European asphalt worker research (mostly paving workers) which began in 2004 was conducted by IARC in cooperation with six European countries plus Israel. At that time, NAPA elected to co-sponsor the research along with other U.S. and European industry partners.

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NAPA Webinar

New Webinar Series from NAPA

NAPA is offering an informative and timely series of Webinars. Get more information here.

 

07/15/2009 - Thin Overlays for Pavement Preservation

08/12/2009 - Use RAP to Maximize Your Pavement Dollars

08/26/2009 - Recycling Shingles into Asphalt Pavements

GAPA Welcomes its Newest Members

  • Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions, Inc.
  • ASC Construction Equipment, USA, Inc.

Garcia, Lawrence, Pittman and Scruggs Named to New Executive Board of GAPA

At the February meeting of the Georgia Asphalt Pavement Association Dan Garcia, Vice President of Reeves Construction Company, was elected President of the Association.

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Asphalt Pavements and the LEED Green Building System

This brochure outlines the various ways which asphalt pavements may be used to obtain or contribute to LEED credits. (Download)

 

New Edition of MS-19 Basic Asphalt Emulsion Manual Now Available

January 9th, 2009 - The Asphalt Institute (AI) and the Asphalt Emulsion Manufacturers Association (AEMA) have released the 4th edition of MS-19, The Basic Asphalt Emulsion Manual. More information . . .

 

Asphalt Pavement:
Meeting the Challenge for America

The asphalt industry is ready to go to meet the challenges of an infrastructure stimulus package and to help pave the way out of America’s economic downturn. This new report from the Asphalt Pavement Alliance shows how. Read more . . .

Young Leaders' Conference & Tour Breaks Attendance Record

Young Leaders75 executives in the asphalt pavement industry gathered in Atlanta October 8-9, 2008 to learn about the latest green technologies sweeping the industry.
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Read 2008 Conference Highlights

Reeves Construction Uses 40% RAP in Road Projects

In July, Reeves Construction Corp., GA, completed its third project in the last two years using 40 percent or more reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP).
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Downtown Connector project in Atlanta proceeds with SMA and weekend closures.

The merging of I-75 and I-85 in downtown Atlanta carries more than 250,000 vehicles per day, making it one of the busiest highways in America.
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Events

January 17-21, 2010

NAPA’s 55th Annual Meeting

 

View details and more events in our News Section

GDOT Price Index

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Industry Awards Link

BeyondRoads.com Link

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QuietPavement.com Link

Asphalt In The News

Maximum Asphalt-NCAT Test Track Findings

11/2006 Better Roads Magazine(read more . . .)

Curbing the High Cost of Road Building

07/2006 Georgia County Government Magazine
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Asphalt Pavement Is America's Most Recycled Product

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