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 & Events

Erosion & Sediment Control Workshops

4/21/2010 - Free half-day training sessions available for all GHCA & GAPA members and employees on erosion and sediment control.  Marc Mastronardi with GDOT will be presenting ways to identify and avoid the most frequent shortfalls in this area, and cover the worksite erosion control (WEC) process.  Also, he will discuss the project manager's responsibilities within the special provisions and will allow time for questions.  Registration is required for everyone attending this workshop, and spaces are filling up fast so reserve your space now (request registration form from tstory@gahca.com)!  Conveniently held twice a day at each location (8:00am and 1:00pm).

• 05/11/2010 - Tifton District 4 Training Facility
• 05/13/2010 - Jesup District Office
• 05/17/2010 - Forest Park Lab
• 05/18/2010 - Macon Area Office

 

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.

Asphalt In The News

New Structural Coefficient and Life Cycle Cost

By Kendra Davis
From HMAT Magazine, 06/2010

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