WHEN IS IT TOO COLD TO PAVE???
As we enter the late season paving months the issue of cold weather paving will come up.  To help on this issue, CAPA has published a technical brief (The Asphalt Rap) on the subject of Cold Weather Paving  The documents sheds light on the challenge of paving in cold weather and what factors need to be considered to ensure quality and long term performance.  The publication is available from the CAPA website. 

NCAT NEWSLETTER CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE
One of the leading and most informative publications on advances in asphalt research and technology is the NCAT Newsletter. To view a copy of the spring newsletter for National Center for Asphalt Technology, click here. If you would like each issue sent to you via e-mail when it comes out send your request to kerrlin@eng.auburn.edu include your name, company name, and physical mailing address, with "Asphalt Technology News - Subscription" in the subject field.

CITY AND COUNTY FOCUS
A NEW DVD AVAILABLE ON
THE ART OF GRAVEL ROAD MAINTENANCE
The Minnesota LTAP has created a tool kit to teach maintenance workers, supervisors, and engineers the right way to perform gravel road maintenance. The key component of the toolkit is a new DVD, Gravel Road Maintenance: Meeting the Challenge. The DVD can serve either as a stand alone tutorial or as an instructor's tool to introduce the topics of gravel road maintenance. Each chapter of the DVD discusses a specific maintenance topic:

•Correct Roadway Shape
•Shaping the Roadway
•Good Surface Gravel
•Dust Control

The DVD can also be used for presentations to the public to explain what can be done to their local roads, what is being done, and why it needs to be done. To view the video visit the LTAP website. FHWA through the LTAP Clearinghouse is currently determining the potential need for the tool kit and will be providing information on ordering, etc. in the near future.

PROJECT SUCCESS THROUGH IMPROVED JOB SITE COMMUNICATION Communication and job site cooperation is a key to project success. One very important way to ensure that a project gets started off on the right foot is to have a productive and meaningful pre-paving meeting. A joint CAPA/CDOT Task Force has been established to revamp CDOT's Pre-Paving Meeting Agenda Guideline. The guideline has been streamlined and updated. It is in pre-final format and available for review and comment. For comments, please contact Tom Clayton at (303) 741-6150. It is expected that the final Guideline will be available for use on all CDOT projects by
June 1, 2006.

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