Gubernatorial Candidate Scott McInnis and State legislative leaders meet with CAPA to discuss Highway Funding.
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2010 STATEWIDE BALLOT MEASURES – BE AWARE
There are three looming ballot measures that if approved by the voters this November, would be detrimental to the funding of road improvements in Colorado and local control of critical budget decisions. A Summary Document has been developed that outlines each ballot measure, visit Colorodans for Responsible Reform or visit Don’t hurt Colorado.
Justifying the Need for Roadway Funding
CAPA’s recent Asphalt Technology Forum included a panel presentation on “Pavement Management & Justifying the Need for Roadway Improvement Dollars.” The panel provided insight on the ever important goal of increased funding for roadways.
“Keeping Our Good Roads Good - Video” Chris Jacobsen, City of Lakewood
Pavement Management Principles – Mike Skinner, Stantec, presentation
CDOT’s Surface Treatment Program, Steve Olson, CDOT, handout
CDOT Project to Include Warm Mix Asphalt United Companies will begin paving a CDOT project at the Park-and-Ride facility in Clifton on Friday, April 9 with warm-mix asphalt. The project involves construction of two new parking lots off of 32 Road for CDOT in Clifton, and paving on Peach Street for Mesa County. (For More information or to attend)
"Best in Colorado" Asphalt Pavement Awards presented on Wednesday, February 24, 2010
The "Best in Colorado" Asphalt Pavement Awards were presented at the annual dinner on Wednesday Evening, February 24, 2010. The award winners included:
Airport: Centennial Airport, Brannan Sand and Gravel
Commercial: Ultimate Electronics, Aggregate Industries
City Street Re-surfacing, Longmont Overlay and Re-hab project, Premier Paving
CDOT Production Award, less that 100,000 Tons, Elam Construction
CDOT Production Award, more than 100,000 Tons, APC, Asphalt Paving CO
Project Delivery, USAFA, South Entrance, Rocky Mountain Materials and Asphalt
Rural Highway Resurfacing, SH 62, Dallas Divide, APC Southern
Urban Highway Resurfacing, SH 88, Federal to Santa Fe, Aggregate Industries
Preventive Maintenance Overlay, SH 160 in Cortez, Four Corners Materials
Special Use Pavements, Bull Reservior, Premier Paving
Urban Highway, New or Reconstruction, E-470 Jamica to Toll Plaza A, Lafarge West
Smoothest Pavement Resurfacing, US 160 Shaw Creek to Del Norte, Elam Construction
2009 "Partnership" Award. CAGE, Colorado Assocaition of Geotechnical Engineers
Preventive Maintenance, Surface Treatment, McLain Flats Road, Pitkin County, United Companies of Mesa County
Rural Highway New or Reonstruction, Trail Ridge Road, Coulson Excavating
Smoothest Pavement Reconstruction,
Trail Ridge Road, Coulson Excavating
City Street, New or Reconstruction, Buena Vista, East Main Street, ACA Products
Project Delivery, Buena Vista, East Main Street, ACA Products
Environmental Susatinability, Buena Vista, East Main Street, ACA Products
Environmental Susatinability, City of Fot Morgan, Downtown, Aggregate Industries
Environmental Susatinability, City of Colorado Springs, Lafarge West
CSU-Construction Management Showcases Renovated Facility The Construction Management Program at Colorado State University continues to make strides in support of the heavy construction industry and in undergraduate education. A Industry Forum was held on Feb. 9 at CSU. The forum was attended by both CCA and CAPA members. The event included a tour of the renovated Pre Construction Center (old Industrial Sciences Building), a presentation by Dr. Mostafa Khattab, CM Departm
ent Head, and an open discussion with attendees on the direction of the program and the proposed Heavy Construction Endowed Position. New faculty have been hired, a cap in enrollment has been established and strengthened entrance requirements have been put in place. “The improvements made are very impressive and the heavy construction industry of Colorado has a great partner in CSU-CM.” sated Jeff Keller of APC-Asphalt Paving Co. For more information contact Tom Peterson at tompeterson@co-asphalt.com or Tony Milo at tmilo@ccainfo.org News from the NAPA Annual Meeting: Increased RAP Usage Results in Energy Conservation & Reduction in Green House Gas Emissions: One very interesting technical session at the recent NAPA Annual Meeting was a presentation on the environmental benefits of using recycled asphalt pavement (RAP). According to research conducted by Granite Construction (and presented at TRB), the use of 20% RAP in HMA mixes results in a 15% reduction in green house gas emissions and a 15% conservation in fuel.
We Thank Our Members – As part of 2010 Membership Dues renewals, the following CAPA member companies have included “above and beyond” Volunteer Payments!! A Peak Asphalt, A-1 Chipseal, APC – Asphalt Paving Company, ASAP Companies, Coulson Excavating, Elam Construction, Foothills Paving & maintenance, Lafarge West Inc., Modified Asphalt Solutions, Paveover Inc., Pavetec, Rocky Mountain Materials & Asphalt, Westest Inc.
CAPA Logo Available to Members The CAPA logo is available to members in an electronic version, we will be pleased to send you one. For an electronic version of the CAPA logo, contact office@co-asphalt.com
CAPA WELCOMES 23 NEW MEMBERS IN 2009
CAPA held it's annual New Member Recognition Luncheon and Christmas Reception on December 11. At the luncheon we welcomed 23 NEW member organizations to the Association. The luncheon was attended by 120 members and invited guests. The luncheon presentations included a panel of experts discussing the 2010 Colorado economy. Available here is the 2010 Colorado Housing Market presentation given by construction economist Mike Rinner. The reception after lunch was sponsored by COBITCO, INC, SUNCOR ENERGY, SINCLAIR OIL CORP, MOUNTAIN STATES MATERIALS, AND FRONTIER OIL AND REFINING. See a few of the photos from the event here. To view more, Click Here!
2010 Colorado Business Economic Outlook The University of Colorado LEEDS School of Business 2010 Colorado Business Economic Outlook is available. The annual forecast of the state's economy includes snapshots from specific counties and regions around the state, as well as updates on international trade, population, labor force and personal income growth, and a general outlook on the state and national economy. CAPA’s Tom Peterson is a member of the Construction Committee that developed a portion of the annual report. The CAPA All Member Meeting on December 11 included a panel of experts discussing the 2010 Colorado economy. Available here is the 2010 Colorado Housing Market presentation given by construction economist Mike Rinner.
The 2010 Colorado Business Economic Forecast Presentation will be at 1:00pm on Monday, December 7 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Denver. All CAPA Members are welcome to attend this NO COST event. One revealing statistic is the Colorado Single Family Residential Permit graph. Joint CAPA/CDOT AIF Meeting Planned for December 11
The fall kickoff meeting of the joint CAPA/CDOT Asphalt Industry Forum (AIF) was held on October 28. Two new task forces have been formed, namely, Stone Matrix Asphalt – Part II and Submittal Criteria for Non-Standard HMA Mixes - for experimental feature consideration, (more information). The next AIF meeting is planned for the morning of Friday, December 11, in conjunction with the CAPA New Member Recognition Luncheon. All CAPA members are invited to attend. (agenda) Meeting Planned with FAA to Discuss Asphalt & Airports – January 7
A meeting is planned for 9:00am, Thursday, January 7 with the FAA to discuss asphalt specifications and airport paving projects. The FAA will be represented by Denver ADO Project Manager Brad Davis and Regional Airport Engineer & Paving Specialist Paul Johnson from the Seattle Office. Topics to be discussed include upcoming projects in 2010, 2009 in review, specification changes, recent MOD D-1 changes, open discussion). If you have questions or suggestions for topics of discussion, let either myself or Brad Davis (303) 342-1256 know. Tom Peterson, (303) 229-6710 tompeterson@co-asphalt.com
Jefferson Parkway Beltway Update/Call to Action – October 7, 2009
The next Asphalt Industry Forum is scheduled for October 28th.
Asphalt Industry Forum -- Technical Meeting
8:00am, Wednesday, October 28, 2009 Location: Aggregate Industries – WCR, Inc., Golden
Directions: 1707 Cole Blvd. #100 Golden, CO, I-70, exit Denver West Blvd. in Golden, proceed south take first left, office in the first complex in the southeast quadrant of interchange
Co-chairman: Tom Peterson - CAPA (303) 741-6150; Jim Zufall - CDOT (303) 398-6501
Sponsored by: Stantec Consulting
Preliminary Agenda
8:00am Coffee & Refreshments 8:30am Welcome and Introductions TASK FORCE UPDATES
Smoothness Eric Prieve/Tom Clayton
Asphalt Binder & Emulsion Task Force Roy Guevara
GENERAL UPDATES
-Implementation of Daily Rice Values/I-D Impact Richard Zamora
- Warm Mix Asphalt – Industry Update
- Sec. 401.17 Thin Lift Asphalt Roller Pass Study
- Planned HMA Projects for 2010 CDOT RME’s
DISCUSSION OF NEW EFFORTS PRESENTATION-Open Discussion
Adjourn
NOTE: A Meeting of the AIF Steering Committee will be held immediately following the AIF meeting.
Next AIF meeting: 8:30am, Friday, December 11, 2009, TBA, sponsored by Kleinfelder
Several large projects are under construction or have been completed this season. They vary from local agency projects, to CDOT and Airports. Some of those projects are highlighted here. Interstate 25, 6th Avenue to 23rd Avenue, Denver International Airport, Highway 50, Canon City, Interstate 70 Silverthorn to Vail, Interstate 25 Monument Hill to Monument, Highway 34 Greeley West, E-470 I-25 to Toll Plaza 1, Interstate 25 Broadway to 6th Avenue, Trail Ridge Road, Grand Lake Side, South Sheridan Blvd, South University Blvd.
The use of WMA contiinues to rise!
More projects continue to be constructed entirely or partially with Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) in Colorado. On the western slope, United Companies has placed more than 11,000 tons of WMA this summer. Their outside sales customers are also using WMA for parking lot repair and pothole repair. Brannan Sand and Gravel has placed WMA in Arapahoe County earlier this month. More are planned in the future
CAPA/CDOT Asphalt Binder/Emulsion Task Force
10:00am, August 25, at the CAPA Office. The Task Force agreed to the following at the last meeting (July 23).
Add PG 70-28 to the list of binders to be used by CDOT. This will allow PG 70-28 to be used in lieu of PG 76-28 in the situations that allow for less modification.CDOT will develop a standard special specification for CRS-2R (latex). For more information, contact Industry Co-Chairperson Mandy Monjaras of Mt. States Materials. mmonjaras@mountainstatesmaterials.com (307) 634-5103.
The Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Asphalt User Producer Group will be October 21-22, 2009 in Denver. This is a great forum for asphalt suppliers, agency specifiers, and contractor quality control personnel. For more information, visit www.rockymountainasphalt.com
CDOT has had several projects already completed this year utilizing the new RAP specification which allows up to 25% Recycled Asphalt Pavement (RAP) in lower lifts and up to 20% RAP in top lifts. Four projects which have been highlighted in the Metro area. They include the First of the stimulus projects, Belleview Avenue from South Federal to Santa Fe Ave, Sheridan Blvd from Mississippi to 6th avenue, Arapahoe Road and South University interchange (This project was the approaches to the intersection in each direction on University and Arapahoe Road) and South University from Easter Ave to County Line Road. All of the projects utilized the 20% RAP specification for top lift paving. The project personnel stated they saw no difference in the Lab or Field testing of the HMA. The tests results from QC to QA were consistent. The appearance of all of the highlighted projects was os a SMOOTH, QUIET Asphalt pavement. The materials placed were a high quality Asphalt Pavement, reported one Tester for CDOT.
TECHNICAL RESOURCES
Having Trouble convincing Elected Officials of the Need for Road Funding?
The American Public Works Association (APWA) has developed an excellent publication entitled “The Hole Story – Facts and Fallacies of Potholes” that helps explains the challenges of deferred maintenance. Also, CAPA Executive Director Tom Peterson has developed a White Paper on the subject entitled “Fix it Now or Fix It Later – The Public Works Dilemma of Deferring Road Improvements.” A limited number of copies of the APWA brochure are available from the CAPA office office@co-asphalt.com
Gov. Bill Ritter along with other officials were on hand Tuesday, May 19 for the ground breaking of Colorado’s first highway project funded with Federal stimulus funds. Identified as the Transportation Initiative Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER), the program is an important part of the statewide program to “create jobs, promote economic recovery, make transportation improvements, and provide recovery act dollars for much needed programs”, as stated by the Governor. The SH 88 project, being constructed by CAPA Member Aggregate Industries of Golden is located on West Belleview Ave. in Littleton between South Zuni and South Federal Blvd. CDOT Executive Director Russell George pointed out that $1.2 million was originally set aside to pave the approximately one mile project. With the current price of HMA construction materials and keen contractor competition, the project was bid at $407,000 vs. the original construction estimate of $580,000. Even with the cost of CDOT engineering and project testing there will be funding left over to be used on other projects. Work on the Belleview project is expected to take approximately 30 days. FHWA Assistant Division Administrator Doug Bennett stated that CDOT has exceeded a significant milestone of the use of the ARRA (Stimulus) funds by obligating a minimum of 50% of the state funds within 120 days. As of May 15, $180 million had been obligated on 37 projects.
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CAPA Presents to Transportation Commissioners, see attached text presented to the Colorado Transportation Commission on May 21, 2009. This presentation was a result of the Transportation Construction Coalition Fly-In to Washington D.C. on May 19-20 in which CAPA was a participant.
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CDOT Updates HMA Pavement Quantities, 2009, see attached. CDOT informed us at our Asphalt Binder Issues Meeting on Friday, May 15 that a new mix design is not required with the business change from Sem Materials to Suncor Energy.
Commission Approves $16 M for Asphalt Maintenance State Wide – see attached for locations, type of work (machine patch, chip seal, etc.)
Revised AC Cost Adjustment Provision submitted for approval. Use of prior month average AC cost versus 1st day of month spot price, see attached.
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Next CAPA/CDOT Asphalt Binder Issues Meeting, 1:00pm, Friday, July 8, 2009
May 12, 2009: Suncor Energy Inc. has announced an agreement with SemGroup Energy Partners, L.P. (SGLP) that establishes a new business relationship between Suncor and SGLP for the use of four asphalt specialty production plants in Colorado. Two of these plants are located in Commerce City, one in Pueblo and one in Grand Junction. The agreement allows Suncor the exclusive use of the facilities to store, throughput and process asphalt from our refinery into polymer modified asphalt cement (PMAC) and asphalt emulsions. With the use of the SGLP facilities, Suncor will be the primary supplier for these products in Colorado. Suncor is not purchasing these assets; SGLP will continue to own and operate the facilities at the direction of Suncor. Suncor will be responsible for sales of the finished product and product quality oversight. Suncor will begin to quote these products almost immediately, and are working to expedite the start-up of the facilities. For more information, contact Norb Schreiber, Manager, Asphalt Marketing, 303-796-2688 (office), nschreiber@suncor.com Businesses who have summer job opportunities for young adults ages 14-24. The Youth Works program will pay the salary of the candidate you choose, in exchange for training and inspiring young adults in our communities. Please find a press release and flyer, with all the details.
For more information, please visit www.jeffcoyouthworks.org or contact Stephanie Estes 303-271-4613 or email sestes@jeffco.us
Title: Trouble Shooting Problems PG Binders
When: 11:30am – 1:00pm, Friday, June 26, 2009
Instructor: Ken Grybowski, PRI Asphalt Technologies Inc.
This session is being taught by one of the foremost asphalt binder experts in the country and will provide instruction on asphalt binder problem identification and resolution.
Target Audience: QC/QA personnel, material engineers and testers, plant production personnel
ASPHALT PRODUCERS PRESENT BENEFITS OF WARM MIX The use of warm mix asphalt (WMA) continues to grow in Colorado. 2009 will see a number of HMA producers move forward with facility upgrades to incorporate warm mix asphalt technology and others are evaluating different WMA chemical additives. A panel of asphalt producers presented at the MGPEC Annual Meeting on April 13, 2009 at the Arapahoe County Municipal Building. “We have made the commitment to warm mix asphalt technology and recognize the benefit of its use,” stated Jeff Keller, President, APC-Asphalt Paving Co. of Golden. APC was the contractor that constructed the WMA project on I-70 near the Eisenhower Tunnel in 2007. The benefits of warm mix asphalt include a reduction of production and laydown temperatures which allow paving at colder temperatures and longer delivery times. The reduced temperatures result in lower emissions and fumes at both the plant and the paving operation. “A side benefit of WMA is the reduction in steam at the paving site which improves worker safety and driver visibility,” stated Todd Genovese, QC Manager, Lafarge West Inc. “WMA is placed like conventional hot mix asphalt and we have found improved workability and excellent compaction results,” stated Jarrett Welch, QC Manager, Brannan Sand & Gravel, Denver. Brannan is one of the area contractors that have made facility upgrades to incorporate WMA into mixes. For more information on warm mix asphalt, visit www.warmmixasphalt.com or contact Tom Clayton at tomclayton@co-asphalt.com
Contractor Panelists on WMA (left to right), Tom Clayton – CAPA, Jarrett Welch – Brannan Sand & Gravel, Todd Genovese – Lafarge West Inc., Jeff Keller- APC.
Warm Mix Asphalt Implemented in Kentucky – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has approved a Supplemental Specification that will allow warm mix asphalt on KYTC projects. The specification requires that each plant site must be evaluated by the Department prior to use. Mix properties and actual placement and compaction levels will be monitored. These specifications require that the WMA be evaluated prior to placement on KYTC projects. The Employee Free Choice Act is proposed federal legislation that interferes with the democratic process. It takes away an employee’s right to a secret ballot election to decide whether they want union representation. An informational presentation has been developed to educate your workforce on the concerns with this bill. Employee Free Choice Act Handout
INDUSTRY NEWS
The use of stone matrix asphalt (SMA) to
rehabilitate heavy volume roadways
continues to draw interest. CAPA hosted
representatives from the City of Aurora, the
E-470 Public Highway authority and the
City of Colorado Springs to discuss best practices in the use of stone matrix asphalt
(SMA). The City of Aurora continues to
use SMA as a planned element of their
yearly street improvement program. Lynne
Center, Project Engineer, City of Aurora,
provided a presentation on the City of
Aurora experience with SMA.
NOTE: Watch the RMAEC
Calendar for a Webinar entitled
“The Use of SMA to Rehabilitate
Heavy Volume Urban Roadways.”
ASPHALT WINS IN HEAD-TO-HEAD BID WITH CONCRETE
The Town of Parker must be pleased with the results of 
the recent bid opening for the Chambers Rd. Extension Project. 16 bids were received including 14 asphalt bids and 2 concrete pavement bids. The low asphalt bid of $4,785,959 was 13% below the lowest concrete bid of $5,420,626. The paving will consist of 9.5 inches of asphalt with 12” of aggregate base.
CSU INTRODUCES ASPHALT CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSE
The Colorado State University Construction Management Department is pleased to introduce a new Asphalt Certificate Program. The 6-week program meets Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:00 – 9:30 pm February 24 – April 2 at the CSU Denver Center in Downtown Denver. This certificate is ideal for industry professionals who wish to understand HMA mixture properties, production, 
construction, and forensics. (See detailed course outline under View Syllabus at our website). Please visit our website at www.csucertificates.com for detailed information and to register online or call 877-491-4336. Register Today! For more information, contact Kevin Jones at 970-491-3687. kjones@cahs.colostate.eduColorado counting on infrastructure funding
Denver Business Journal - by Cathy Proctor A year ago, the companies that build Colorado’s roads and bridges, parking lots and driveways employed 80,000. But now, the number of people employed in Colorado’s heavy highway and road industry is down by half — and that could drop further if government money and private investment don’t start flowing soon. (read more) {See info from CAPA Board members Rob Mangone and Wayne Leiser} http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/01/26/focus1.html?b=1232946000^1765872
short fall for the proposed CSU Construction Management Heavy Construction Endowed position. Regular meetings are being held with CSU and industry representatives to meet the program goal of $1.5 million by December 20, 2010. 
We are pleased to announce that the CAPA 2010 Membership Directory is published and available. If you haven’t received a copy or would like additional copies, contact 