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Unveiling the work of many months of collaboration and research, Lindsay Matush, President of Vario Consulting, shared elements of the

Synergy Project with nearly 350 attendees at the general Session of the AEMA-ARRA-ISSA Annual Meeting in Tucson, Ariz. on February 15.

In early 2016, as part of an Asphalt Emulsion Manufacturers Association (AEMA) market research project, Vario Consulting was engaged to speak with a representative sample of agency and industry representatives throughout North America to build a deeper understanding of how customers make decisions and which strategies would be most effective to grow the market for pavement preservation and recycling. It quickly became apparent from this research that a broader initiative was warranted to advance the industry. Both the Asphalt Recycling & Reclaiming Association (ARRA) and the International Slurry Surfacing Association (ISSA) were invited to collaborate as part of this larger vision and the Synergy Project was conceived.

Matush shared that research showed that pavement preservation is at a tipping point

and the future is bright for recycling. As roadways deteriorate and road systems reach capacity, agencies are having to do more with less, and the treatments represented by AEMA, ARRA, and ISSA offer critical and powerful solutions. Yet in many cases, agencies resort to more traditional treatments like thin overlays or conventional reconstruction. Vario set out to understand this discrepancy and articulate strategies to advance our treatments.

Further conversations with agencies uncovered many of the barriers that appear to hold key decision-makers back from

adopting a true preservation mindset and recycling-first mentality. These include unpredictable funding, fear of failure, misperceptions, and minimal time to research and get answers to questions regarding new or untried treatments. These factors reinforce a prevailing ‘worst first’ mentality.

Exploration showed that a lot of good information is available on pavement preservation and recycling, but it is spread across various associations, companies,

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Lindsay Matush shares the collaborative vision of the Synergy Project with attendees at the 2017 AEMA-ARRA-ISSA Annual Meeting. Photo courtesy of FP2 Inc.

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ContentsSynergy Project .................................................1,3

AEMA-ARRA-ISSA Annual Meeting .........................4

Boards Install New Officers, Directors ....................5

AEMA President's Message ...................................7

ARRA President's Message ...................................9

ISSA President's Message .............................. 10-11

Executive Director's Message ..............................12

ARRA’s Technical Director Activities ....................14

DC: Beyond the First 100 Days .............................16

2017 Slurry Systems Workshop ...................... 18-19

2017 AEMA Award Winners ............................ 20-21

New Asphalt Emulsions Certificate Course Now Available .........................................21

2017 ARRA Award Winners .................................22

The Toughest Armor ...................................... 23-24

2017 ISSA Award Winners .............................. 25-26

AEMA-ARRA-ISSA Golf Tournament .....................27

Industry News & Notes .......................................28

Welcome New Members ................................ 29-30

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websites, and conferences. This makes it difficult for agencies to know which information is the most important. Often, solutions to their most specific questions are difficult to find. This results in customers having to spend the time to go to numerous sources for answers that don’t offer a full spectrum of solutions. The takeaway, therefore, is that a real opportunity exists to provide customers a centralized resource that is reliable and easy to navigate.

Furthermore, research showed that all high-performing agencies that make consistent use of our treatments as their primary go-

to solutions had one thing in common: a network mentality. This mentality allows them to plan predictively, make choices about individual roads in the context of their broader network, and make smarter allocation of dollars across more roads to demonstrate collective progress. Though ISSA, ARRA, and AEMA do an excellent job of representing various treatments, no “voice of the network” exists. This presents a powerful opportunity to collectively advance network thinking— knowing that this thinking naturally leads to an increased use of our treatments Collectively, we can assist agencies in making the right choices for their road networks and taxpayer dollars.

To enable collaboration, a new role for the Pavement Preservation & Recycling Alliance was envisioned. The goal being a collective space, bringing agency and industry together to advance the use of pavement preservation and recycling and to aid agencies in maximizing their resources—ultimately offering a voice together that is more powerful, credible, comprehensive, and effective than what any individual association could do alone.

To accomplish this, Matush outlined the vision for a new digital resource hub: a website that will act as a comprehensive resource for optimizing pavement management, incorporating elements such as: network optimization, a treatment toolbox, and pavement preservation and recycling and reclamation information. PPRA’s new vision is to empower agencies to be the best possible stewards of their road networks and taxpayer dollars.

As a first step in the process, the PPRA logo was reconfigured and a compelling new tagline added: Better roads today. Stronger networks tomorrow.

Association Brands Revitalized

To enhance the ability of AEMA, ARRA, and ISSA to play a role in this newly envisioned effort, research was conducted with each of the association’s memberships to determine the strengths, roles within the industry, and core essences of each brand.

As part of that research, ISSA’s value for members was found to center on five strengths: promoting and advancing the industry; networking; keeping abreast of industry trends, operations, and latest technologies; acting as a technical resource; and providing education, testing, and training. Members think highly of the organization, but are open to change and expect continued innovation, education, expertise and growth in the marketplace. ISSA plans to take these findings into strategic planning sessions to determine enhancements to their overall brand.

Member input helped to determine that ARRA’s brand should balance innovation, quality, and the maximum environmental, economic and engineering value that agencies experience through recycling and reclamation treatments. The brand should highlight ARRA’s dedication to quality engineering, the network of experts that leads the industry, and the commitment to innovation and sustainability.

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As part of the project, ARRA opted to update their logo and added a tagline to more clearly communicate their brand promise. The new tagline—Responsible Renewal. Reliable Results.—clearly articulates the reliability of our treatments, while challenging agencie to make the most responsible choices for their taxpayer dollars and existing asphalt infrastructure.

Research into AEMA highlighted the power of emulsions. Emulsions empower agencies to experience the maximum advantage of asphalt pavement, from starting strong through bond coat, to extending the life of pavement through preservation and enable maximum us of resources through recycling. AEMA's brand celebrates the advantages that emulsions offer, while underscoring the reliability and engineered science inherent in our treatments.

AEMA’s new tagline—Engineered solutions for the road ahead.—expresses that AEMA is looking to the future using science, technology, and engineering to pave the way. The logo further emphasizes these concepts.

Through a new vision for PPRA, and strong brand identities in place that effectively communicate the value of each association, ISSA, ARRA, and AEMA are poised to raise the industry profile, grow the market, and build the reputation for pavement preservation and recycling for years to come.

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AEMA-ARRA-ISSA Gather in Tucson for Joint MeetingInc., and Tracy Taylor, Williams & Jensen, updated attendees on recent FP2 activities as well as the Trump administration and its impact on Infrastructure. Larry Galehouse, PE, National Center for Pavement Preservation, shared information on the 2016 NCPP Conference, upcoming industry meetings, and provided information on the NCPP-offered certification programs. Buzz Powell, PE, National Center for Asphalt Technology, provided an overview of the NCAT and MnROAD National Long-Term Pavement Preservation Benefit Experiment and invited attendees to participate in the Pavement Test Track Conference taking place March 27-29, 2018. Hari Kalla, FHWA Office of Asset Management, Pavement, and Construction, also provided information about FHWA pavement preservation programs, including the Every Day Counts intitiative.

Technical sessions from each association offered educational opportunities over the course of the meeting.

During AEMA’s technical session, Trey Jordan, Paragon Technical Services, Inc., shared insights on evaluating trackless properties for tack coat applications; Ivann Harnish and Jeff Weitzel, RoadScience, providing information on the advantages and benefits of engineered emulsion; Hassan Tabatabaee, Cargill Industrial Specialiies, provided understandings on the advances in the use of bio-based solutions; Tim O’Connell, Ingevity, shared development of practices in laboratory wear testing of pavement preservation treatments; and Huachan Zhai, Idaho Asphalt Supply, Inc., presented jointly to AEMA and ISSA attendees on accelerating micro surfacing mix design process.

ARRA’s session featured Jonathan Pease, Rock Solid Stabilization & Reclamation,

Nearly 350 attendees were welcomed to the 14th combined annual meeting of the Asphalt Emulsion Manufacturers

Association, the Asphalt Recycling & Reclaiming Association, and the International Slurry Surfacing Association. Held on February 14 – 17, 2017, at the Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa in Tucson, AZ, the gathering heard 25 speakers over the four-day period, and offered technical presentations, recognition of individual and company accomplishments, and a variety of opportunities to network with industry colleagues.

With the unveiling of updated association logos, fresh taglines, and a new management company at this meeting, it was only appropriate that keynote speaker David Okerlund set the tone with his opening presentation on “Managing Change & Transitions.” He shared his experiences and thoughts on, as James Garfield coined, “managing the margins of greatness.” Conor Cunneencontinued the theme later in the week when he shared

his thoughts on leadership through the gift of GAB (Goals, Attitude, Behavior) with attendees at the meeting’s annual award breakfast.

Presentations from partners in the pavement preservation and recycling community were again the cornerstone of the general session. Jim Moulthrop, PE, FP2

who outlined how to plan and hold 2-Day Seminars; Don Matthews, Pavement Recycling Systems, Inc., described IRI specification and how ARRA disciplines impact final roadway surface smoothness; Craig Young, CPP Engineering, summarized best paving

practices for smoothness; and Marco Estrada, Pavement Recycling Systems, updated attendess on soil stabilization and full depth reclamation sustainable engineering applications.

Fabio Mendez, MPI, Ltda, described the road to sustained growth as a part of the ISSA Technical Session, while Rex Eberly, Bergkamp, Inc., provided a progress report on contractor certification.

Keynote speaker Conor Cunneen speaks to attendees during the annual award breakfast. Photo courtesy of FP2 Inc.

Buzz Powell, PE, updates the group on the NCAT and MnROAD National Long-Term Pavement Preservation Benefit Experiment. Photo courtesy of FP2 Inc.

Keynote speaker David Okerlund shares insights on managing the margins of greatness with meeting attendees. Photo courtesy of FP2 Inc.

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Boards Welcome New Officers and Directors

As part of its 44th Annual Meeting, AEMA installed its Board of Directors for the 2017-2018 term. Mark Ishee, Vice President of Pavement Preservation & Specialty Products at Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions,

Inc., was elected as President, taking the reins from Archie Reynolds, Walker Emulsions, who will remain as immediate Past President. Other AEMA officers include Vice President Todd Ryne, Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry LLC, and Secretary/Treasurer Bob Huitt, Russell Standard Corp.

Directors installed for 2017-2018 include Greg Arntson, Albina Fuel Co.; Arlis Kadrmas, BASF Corp.; Matt Kennedy, McAsphalt Industries, Inc.; Dan Koeninger, Terry Asphalt Materials, Inc.; and Rick Madison, Ingevity. Etienne LeBouteiller, Colas S.A. will continue as the International Member Representative; Vince Vopat, Bergkamp, Inc., was appointed as chair of AEMA’s Suppliers Committee and Mike Hemsley, Paragon Technical Services, was reappointed as chair of AEMA’s International Technical Committee.

ARRA inducted its Board of Directors during its 41st Annual Meeting, with Darren Coughlin, President of Coughlin Company, coming on as President. Passing the gavel was Ryan Essex, Miller Paving Ltd, who will continue as immediate Past President. Patrick Faster, Gallagher Asphalt Corp., is stepping back into an officer role as Vice President for 2017-2018. Eric Baker, Roadtec, Inc., will step into the role of Secretary/Treasurer.

Elected for the 2017-2018 term, ARRA directors include Mike Marshall, Wirtgen America; Jonathan Pease, Rock Solid Stabilization & Reclamation Inc.; David Peterson, Caterpillar Paving Products, Inc.; Kimbel Stokes, The Miller Group Inc.; and Ron Wilson, Dustrol, Inc. Steve Cross, PE, Oklahoma State University, will continue as ARRA’s technical director.

Celebrating its 55th Annual Convention, ISSA elected a new President, Carter Dabney, Vice President of Slurry Pavers Inc., with Rusty Price, Intermountain Slurry Seal, moving to the immediate Past President role. Other ISSA officers include Vice President Rex Eberly, Bergkamp, Inc.; Secretary Doug Hogue, VSS Macropaver; and Treasurer Eric Reimschiissel, American Pavement Preservation.

2017-2018 ISSA directors include Fabio Mendez, MPI Ltda.; Steve Olsen, Telfer Highway Technologies; Dan Patenaude, Sealcoating, Inc.; Brad Pearce, Viking Construction; Howie Snyder, Vance Brothers, Inc.; Larry Tomkins, Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions Inc.; and Dave Welborn, Ingevity. Bob Jerman, Ingevity, continues as ISSA’s technical director and will help coordinate activities of ISSA’s new executive technical director will begin in his role this April.

AEMA Board of Directors, from left: Bouteiller, Kadrmas, Huitt, Ryne, Ishee, Kennedy, Reynolds, Arntson, and Hemsley.

ARRA Board of Directors, from left: Pease, Stokes, Coughlin, Baker, Essex, Faster, Wilson, and Cross.

ISSA Board of Directors, from left: Tomkins, Dabney, Price, Olsen, Snyder, Hogue, Welborn, Mendez, and Eberly.

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President's Messageby Mark Ishee, Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions, Inc.

This message comes fresh off of a fantastic annual meeting held in sunny Tucson, AZ. The opportunity to connect and collaborate with

AEMA members, those of our “sister” associations ARRA and ISSA, as well as representatives of NCPP, FP2 Inc., and other distinguished guests, resulted in a great kickoff for the 2017 season.

There were far too many highlights to mention but the emotionally charged Awards Breakfast truly demonstrated the dedication and heart of this industry’s champions. AEMA awarded the President’s Award posthumously to AEMA’s third President, Leo McCarthur, a touching memorial to a life’s work in support of our industry. We had the honor of inducting two of our members to the AEMA Hall of Fame –both Jim Towns and Baxter Burns are now a permanent part of our rich history. The efforts these men have made and continue to make on all of our behalf is both inspirational and motivational.

Our outgoing President, Archie Reynolds, was recognized for his outstanding leadership of our association over the last two years. Those two years are really 10 when you consider the years of serving as director at large and the long hike through the executive positions. With a couple of years left to serve as past president the totality of the commitment to serve AEMA membership can be seen in Archie’s efforts. We owe him and all of our previous leaders a large measure of gratitude; it is upon their shoulders that we stand today.The new board of directors, members of which were elected by you prior to the annual meeting, were introduced and installed during the awards ceremony. Your current board is very strong in its diversity

of experience and talent; this group is purposefully built to lead us during the next evolution of our association.

A glimpse into our future was provided by Lindsay Matush with Vario Consulting. Elements of our new marketing strategy were presented including a new logo, fresh and powerful messaging and a proposed digital presence that, when completed, will serve all of our members equally well into the future. Mark McCollough, our president from 2013-2014, is to be recognized for his efforts to both jump start the marketing strategy planning as well as shepherd the effort through development and start up.

Social networking opportunities were numerous and the hard work of the various committees was on display during the International Technical Committee session. Several presentations during the AEMA technical session provided knowledge and information that will help each of our members move forward and improve in the ever changing and always demanding future. With two keynote speakers and a wide array of industry related updates, the benefits of attending were plentiful.

The 44th Annual Meeting was attended by 55% of our North American Manufacturer members, 40% of our International Manufacturer members, and 70% of our Supplier members. The board is very interested in any changes we can make that would result in an even larger percentage of our members joining us at future meetings. Whether you attended or elected not to, we welcome your comments, thoughts and suggestions as to how we can make this meeting even better than it is.

In closing, it is an exciting and busy time for AEMA. With a new marketing strategy to fully develop and implement, a new executive management team to engage us, and a new sense of purpose and re-dedication to serve our members, there is much to be accomplished. We will work even harder with our “sisters” to assure our synergies are amplified in the effort to inform those that use our member’s products. We will strive to be an even better resource to all of our members. As an example, the formation of a Young Members Committee is underway. Through this effort we can assure the continued advancement of our association by fostering new thoughts and ideas that are supported by fresh legs and strong backs. Your board encourages every member to find a way to participate in our continual development. Take a look at the committee structure and if you are interested in serving, let us know.

Stay tuned for more updates as the year unfolds and please remember, the board serves each of our members. If there is anything we can do for you individually, or if you have suggestions for the association, do not hesitate to reach out to any and all of us.

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congratulate all the award winners and Hall of Fame inductees from ARRA, AEMA, and ISSA.

While at the annual meeting our new management company, CM Services, Inc., and Rick Church, along with Vario Consulting and Lindsay Matush, were introduced to the association. I’m not sure that I will have the energy to keep up with them, but I will try. Matush introduced the ‘Synergy Project’ that will serve our association and our industry well. CM Services and Vario Consulting are well on their way in understanding who we are and what we do in the pavement preservation industry. They have started the momentum, now it is up to us to jump on board in making sure that progress continues.

ARRA offers one- and two-day seminars that could serve to help you further promote our disciplines in your local areas. One of my goals is to help you see ARRA as a resource. With timely and detailed communication to myself or the board members, we can help bring this resource to a seminar location near you. Our board is committed to evaluating all that we do as an association and how

President's Messageby Darren Coughlin, Coughlin Company

Greetings from sunny St. George, Utah. The trees are starting to bloom, the grass is beginning to turn green, and spring fever abounds!

We are still early in 2017 and I hope this year is starting well for all of you. Hopefully each of you have several contracts in place, with many more to come. However, may we keep in mind that good health, dedicated employees, and supporting families are what makes what we do worthwhile.

Let me speak for all our members when I say, “Thank You,” to Ryan Essex for all his hard work, dedication, leadership, passion and vision, that he has led ARRA with these past two years. Under his leadership, we have made a very successful transition in our management group. I can honestly say that we are set up for a very bright and successful future. Our sincere gratitude Ryan! We should all appreciate the efforts of our Board Members and Committee Chairs for what they do for our association… both now and in the future.

Our most recent annual meeting held in Tucson, AZ, was a great success and enjoyed by all who attended. Heartfelt thanks to all the sponsors who helped to make this happen, we are grateful for your loyal support of our industry. Also, a big thanks to all the presenters! This association is lucky to have such generous volunteers. The annual meeting provides numerous values as we all come together to learn from various industry presentations, receive updates from our association, and hear messages of hope and inspiration. We

our activities contribute to the growth of the recycling platforms. Remember that our core publication, the Basic Asphalt Recycling Manual (BARM), is a valuable tool to have on hand. I have personally provided dozens of these manuals to people in our industry including many agency folks along the front range of Utah reminding them of ARRA’s new tagline “Responsible Renewal. Reliable Results.” I invite you to provide this resource to key decision makers in your areas too.

As ARRA, AEMA, and ISSA continue to work in conjunction with each other within the pavement preservation industry, we will all benefit. Together we can move forward, together we can change perceptions, together we can offer “Better roads today. Stronger networks tomorrow”.

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President's Messageby Carter Dabney, Slurry Pavers, Inc.

As I begin my term as ISSA president, I have to reminisce about my first board meeting in 2008. There was a heated debate regarding whether

ISSA should expand into chip seals and crack treatments. The debate continued into the business meeting. Emotions ran high and both sides where very determined to voice their opinion. In the end, members voted to expand into chip seals and crack treatments, but from that experience I learned how passionate and dedicated ISSA members are. In nine years on the board, I have come to appreciate that passion and dedication. I think that is what makes this association so special. One of those passionate and dedicated members is Past President Rusty Price. Rusty has been a dedicated member of the board since 2006 and served as president for the past two years. He has really set the bar high for myself and future presidents. We have accomplished so much under Rusty’s leadership and his continued work as current past president.

I would like to welcome CM Services, Inc. as our new association management firm. AEMA, ARRA and ISSA unanimously picked CM Services from over 30 applications. I think I speak on behalf of all the board of directors and the membership in saying how impressive CM Services has been. Rick Church, Kristi Olson and the entire CM Services team have worked very hard, brought fresh ideas and made the transition as smooth as possible. Our contract with CM Services began on December 1, 2016. The honeymoon was short however since the Slurry Systems Workshop was in January and the Annual Convention the following month. The workshop was our biggest ever with attendance well over four hundred.

Twenty-five percent of the attendees were agency representatives. It’s hard to believe how far we have come since the early days when we had thirty or so people attending. Despite the record crowd, CM Services, our dedicated workshop committee, and many volunteers ran a great meeting.

The conference in Tucson was also a big success. It’s always enjoyable to network with counterparts around the country and the world. The convention is a great opportunity to learn from one other, catch up on the latest trends and innovations, and share best practices. I would like to thank all the sponsors for their continued support of this annual event. The convention would not be the success it is without them. I would also like to thank all the volunteers and the hard work of CM Services for putting on an outstanding convention.

At our board meeting in Tucson, we voted to pursue a contract with WSB and Associates, Inc. to hire Tom Wood as our Executive Technical Director. Tom has been a champion of pavement preservation in Minnesota since 1991. He helped MnDOT develop slurry/micro specifications and grow the pavement preservation program in Minnesota. Hiring a paid technical director is something we have been pursuing for a few years now and we are very excited about this opportunity. Being a volunteer organization with a big wish list of potential

projects and increasing complexity of relationships and opportunities, we feel the time is right to hire a paid technical director. Our goal is to have a contract in place this spring with WBS and Associates! For me personally, it is a true honor to serve as ISSA President. I’m certainly very humble knowing the wealth of knowledge and expertise in our association. I’m also very grateful for the dedication of the board of directors and many volunteers. The board of directors doesn’t just make the tough decisions and set the direction of the association. The board also does a lot of the hands-on work. Speaking of the board, I would like to recognize our new board members. Fabio Mendez from MPI Ltda. in Colombia, Dan Patenaude from Sealcoating Inc., and Brad Pearce from Viking Construction have all joined the board of directors for 2017. We are looking forward to working with all of them this coming year.

It’s an exciting time for ISSA with so much change. In addition to our change in management to CM Services and our future contract with WSB & Associates to hire Tom Wood, the ‘Synergy Project’, a combined marketing effort with AEMA and ARRA, is well underway. This is a chance to combine the resources of all three associations and create a meaningful

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“The opportunities for our association are abundant, but there is much work to do and

we need volunteers to accomplish our goals.”

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product that will bring agencies looking for information on pavement preservation and recycling products. ISSA also continues to build on our relationships with various agencies and organizations including, AASHTO, FHWA, NCPP, AMRL and FP2. The list of other activities and projects is seemingly endless. The opportunities for our association are abundant, but there is much work to do and we need volunteers to accomplish our goals. As most of you know, we are a volunteer association, and to be honest I see a lot of the same dedicated

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folks that were volunteering nine years ago when I joined the ISSA board. While we are grateful for their service, it is time to get the next generation involved. There are many opportunities to join committees and learn from the experts in the pavement preservation industry. I often hear people say that they are not qualified to help out because they are not ‘experts’ in our industry. I can assure you that very few of us, including myself, consider ourselves to be experts. It just takes a little time and the knowledge, networking, and experience you or your employees receive is priceless.

In closing, I’d like to wish all of you a safe and productive 2017. I believe the opportunities are unlimited for our industry. As ISSA members, let’s challenge ourselves to raise the bar for pavement preservation. Let’s commit ourselves to providing good solutions and delivering high quality work to our customers. A saying we have in our company is “Safety First, Quality Second, and Production Third.” If you do quality work in a safe manner, the rest will take care of itself.

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Spring Is My Favorite Seasonby Rick Church, Executive Director

Spring is my favorite season. Sure summer brings the vacations and warm, sunny weather. Fall has the beautiful changing colors. Winter

has the holidays. But Spring is my favorite. It renews my spirit from the dull Winter months. The sun starts shining more. The days start to get longer. The trees bud and the flowers begin to blossom. Spring is something I look forward to every year. It’s like an annual do-over or fresh start. Spring is the leader of the four seasons.

In a way, the Asphalt Emulsion Manufacturers Association (AEMA), the Asphalt Recycling and Reclamation Association (ARRA) and the International Slurry Surfacing Association (ISSA) (collectively the Pavement Preservation and Recycling Alliance (PPRA)) are entering the Spring of their existence.

Why do I say that? So many new and exciting changes are taking place within the organizations. New projects are being created. New directions are being set. New plans put in place. And, perhaps most exciting, a new collective industry marketing initiative is being created.

Here are some of the things members of AEMA, ARRA and ISSA have to look forward to.

After many years of dedicated service, Mike Krissoff retired at the end of 2016. The leadership and members of each association will miss Mike and his team. In fact Mike is being presented with a gift and thank you for his many years of service by the Presidents of AEMA, ARRA and ISSA. As a result of Mike’s retirement, the three organizations conducted an extensive search for a new management company during 2016. After considering many proposals and conducting several in-depth

interviews, the groups agreed to hire CM Services, Inc. CM Services has over forty years’ experience partnering with national and international trade associations. CM is an accredited company whose professional, trained staff invest themselves in the industries they represent to help the associations identify their missions and achieve their goals. CM’s team which will be working with AEMA, ARRA and ISSA include: Rick Church, Executive Director; Kristi Olson, Senior Association Manager; Lori Beth Irvin, Association Program Manager; Loretta Tomfohrde, CFO; Mary Hawkinson, Communications; and 20 other association professionals who will assist as needed. Some of the exciting things planned during the next few years include development of strategic plans for each organization. The strategic plans will be action oriented and will identify the specific goals needed to achieve each organization’s mission. The Boards of Directors will focus their efforts and leadership on the plans of the organization.

Some new activities you can expect to see over the next year or so include a focus on membership development and member engagement, improved and more frequent communications, development of a webinar program to deliver education to members and their employees, and development of young member programs within each organization to engage the next generation of leaders in our industry.

CM Services will also focus on making AEMA, ARRA, ISSA and PPRA events the “Can’t Miss Events” in the industry. We want the experience each attendee has to be so fun and so valuable to them that they aren’t willing to miss our meetings.

Another exciting industry initiative being undertaken by AEMA, ARRA and ISSA is the Synergy Project. This project represents a significant investment of time and money from each association. The result of the project will be a website (we are referring to it as a digital hub) for the industry. The site will contain valuable information about pavement preservation techniques, cost savings, sustainability and more. It will answer frequently asked questions and provide opportunities for DOTs and other customers to explore how pavement preservation techniques can be used for their network of roads. This is an aggressive marketing effort and the first of its kind in the industry.

Spring is in the air with AEMA, ARRA and ISSA. This is an exciting season and great time to be a member and participant in this industry and these associations. Please feel free to contact your staff team with questions, comments, complaints but most importantly with your willingness to get involved and become part of the exciting activities that are taking place that will shape your industry for years to come Thank you for letting us be part of your team.

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Update of ARRA Technical Director’s Activities by Stephen A. Cross, ARRA Technical Director

The 97th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) has come and gone. For many of you TRB is somewhat of

an annual rite of passage but if you are not familiar with TRB it is a very large meeting with a lot going on, seemingly at the same time. This year’s meeting had 13,000 plus attendees with over 5,000 papers presented in over 800 sessions. That said, this seems like a good time to provide a brief overview of some of the current research on in-place recycling.

The National Cooperative Research Program has two projects relating to cold recycling and full depth reclamation. They are NCHRP 9-51, Material Properties of Cold In-Place Recycled and Full-Depth Reclamation Asphalt Concrete for Pavement Design and NCHRP 9-62 Quality Assurance and Specifications for In-Place Recycled Pavements Constructed Using Asphalt-Based Recycling Agents. The experimental work on NCHRP 9-51 is complete and we are awaiting the publication of the final report. Dr. Charles Schwartz of the University of Maryland is the Principal Investigator on this project and Dr. Brian Diefenderfer of VTRC is a CO-PI. We have heard several presentations from them on this project, most recently at the National Pavement Preservation Conference in Nashville and at our ARRA Semi-Annual meeting in Auburn. The results have been very positive, showing CR and FDR mixes having material properties similar to asphalt base mixtures.

The NCHRP 9-62 Quality Assurance and Specifications for In-Place Recycled Pavements Constructed Using Asphalt-Based Recycling Agents project is listed on the web site as pending. However, the RFP has come and gone, and although I

have not heard the official word on who was awarded the project, letters have been sent to the unsuccessful bidders. The official announcement of the winning team should come out soon. This project has been tasked with developing time-critical tests for CR and FDR materials and guide specifications using these tests for process control and product acceptance. If successful, this will be a very important project for further acceptance of CR and FDR. NCHRP 9-62 is a three year, $1 million dollar study and the successful team will be looking to ARRA for assistance.

There is considerable interest in mix design methods as well. ARRA’s CR201 mix design procedure using emulsified asphalt was the basis for a draft AASHTO mix design procedure, developed by the emulsion ETF of the Pavement Preservation ETG, which is making its way through the AASHTO approval process. The same ETF has been asked to consider developing a draft foam mix design procedure for possible submittal to AASHTO as well. ARRA and the ETF are not alone in these efforts. TTI at Texas A&M is working on a new mix design procedure for FDR and NCAT, along with their continued evaluation of CR and FDR test sections, is looking into a mix design procedure for CR using foamed asphalt.

Balanced mix designs have been a hot topic with HMA with the increased use of RAP and RAS. Current asphalt mix design procedures do a better job of ensuring stability, often at the expense of durability or cracking. CR and FDR can have the same issues, especially when cement is added. A small amount of cement can be added to bituminous stabilized materials as an additive to improve resistance to moisture induced damage, speed initial curing and

improve early strength. Too much cement, as shown by Dr. Jones at out meeting in Auburn, can result in a brittle mixture. Dr. Charmot presented two papers at TRB this year showing promising initial results using the semicircular bend (SCB) test to develop balanced mix designs for CR materials. The SCB is being evaluated by several DOTs for asphalt mix designs and if successful, this could be the next step in CR and FDR mix designs.

Based on feedback we had a very successful Semi-Annual meeting in the fall at Auburn/NCAT. The ARRA Board is hoping to continue that success by planning the 2017 Semi-Annual Meeting at another location where we can visit research facilities and get updates on current research of interest to our members. The Board has contacted the Minnesota DOT and hopes to visit the in-place recycling test sections proposed for construction this summer at MnROAD at our 2017 Semi-Annual meeting. Besides the test sections, MnDOT has sponsored several interesting research projects on in-place recycling in cold weather climates they can share with us. Watch for more information and if everything comes together, we hope to see everyone in Minnesota this fall. If anyone would like more information on any of these research efforts let me know and I can get you copies of the papers and presentations.

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The Macropaver 12E includes many ergonomic improvements to the Operator station. These include an

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DC: Beyond the First 100 Daysby Tracy Taylor, Williams & Jensen PLLC

In this first quarter of 2017, Washington is abuzz with a new administration moving into place and with plans to, yes, “Make America Great Again.”

Fortunately, working on our nation’s infrastructure is a key component of that plan, and early-on President Trump indicated his desire to work with Congress to pass a large-scale infrastructure bill during the early part of the administration’s tenure.

At issue deadline in mid-January, details on the plan are light, President Trump has indicated he wants to spend $1 trillion over the next decade on infrastructure, relying primarily on private funding. He would encourage investment through the use of a tax credits which would raise the return to investors while lowering borrowing costs for state and local governments.

Very preliminary plans have the federal government offering a substantial tax credit on the equity investment, reducing the risk to investors, making investment more likely, and decreasing the overall cost of projects by 18 to 20 percent. The plan would also create incentives to deliver projects on time and on budget including by streamlining the permitting processes.

Chao: Emphasizing Investment

During then Transportation Secretary-Designate Chao’s confirmation hearing, she emphasized the need to invest in our

current transportation system as well as create additional capacity and keep up with innovations. She also indicated her desire to make risk-based and cost-benefit analysis central in any new rulemakings.

Secretary Chao focused heavily on developing regulations and policies that are “based on sound science and real data.” She has also stressed her desire to work hard to decrease the regulatory burden associated with building infrastructure projects.

While President Trump emphasizes tax credits and private investment when talking about an infrastructure package, Secretary Chao acknowledges the need to have transportation-related public expenditures. This latter component is necessary to gain the support of Democrats and members of Congress and senators who represent rural areas, who are all ultimately necessary to pass a robust transportation bill.

Funding for transportation will likely occur in a major tax reform package and the outlines of that tax reform package are likely to be developed in the first 100 days of the administration. Details of the substance of a transportation bill are expected to then follow.

FP2’s Voice Will Be Heard

While the details of a transportation infrastructure plan are opaque at this juncture, and will take the first hundred or two hundred days to crystallize, what we do know is that investment in roads, bridges and other assets should be front and center as one of several major initiatives the administration will undertake.

This is an opportunity which FP2 and its members need to capitalize on in order to further promote pavement preservation and a permanent solution to the Highway Trust Fund’s ongoing funding shortfall.

FP2 members sprinted out of the gate in early January with a strong set of meetings on Capitol Hill to explain to senators, members of Congress and their staff exactly what pavement preservation is and why it continues to be a solution to transportation agencies’ need to manage their road infrastructure at a higher quality with limited resources.

FP2’s voice will continue to be heard as Congress and the administration work to develop a transportation infrastructure bill that meets the current needs of our country.

This article was reprinted by permission from Pavement Preservation Journal, Spring 2017 issue.

Capitol Hill visits on behalf of pavement preservation legislation are enlightening and fun. Here, in January, Jonathan Pease (right), president of Rock Solid Stabilization & Reclamation Inc., visits office of Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.). To left is legislative assistant Martin Schultz. Photo credit, FP2 Inc.

Kansas citizens John Rathbun, Cutler Repaving Inc., and Scott Bergkamp, Bergkamp Inc., flank Rep. Kevin Yoder (R-Kan.) during Hill visit in January. Photo credit, FP2 Inc.

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2017 ISSA Slurry Systems Workshop Chair’s Messageby Joe Brandenburg, Marathon Petroleum Company

“With an increased focus on education via technical breakout sessions, micro surfacing and chip seal

exams and a robust slurry system demonstration session…the ISSA SSWS has no other rivals.”

Dear ISSA Members,

I trust this letter finds you well. As the Slurry Systems Workshop

(SSWS) Committee Chair, I had three separate agenda items in mind when I assumed this position two years ago: a mission, a hope, and a goal.

My mission for the SSWS was increase educational opportunities for the attendees. I planned to accomplish this through the addition of the strengthening the content of our workshops. To offer a greater amount technical presentations and additional training on best practices for the application of the products/ systems that ISSA supports. I believed the greatest way to grow our industry is through education.

My hope for the association was to increase awareness of pavement preservation and maintenance through the workshop. The workshop is the BEST place to learn about our industry and network with others. It provides federal, state, and local agencies, along with contractors, suppliers, and manufacturers a chance to learn about new technologies and network with others outside of their geographic areas.

My goal was to provide our members with the best education and training possible during the workshop. This was accomplished through new breakout sessions, hands-on demonstrations, mix

Joe Brandenburg, Slurry Systems Workshop Chair, addresses attendees.

tables, web-based training, and increased presence on social media, a robust contractor onsite demo and new topics for presentations. I also wanted to see an

increase in membership, not for the sake of our association, but for the benefit of our industry.

There has been tremendous growth the past two years within ISSA’s SSWS and our industry. I am excited about our potential and encouraged with our progress. All levels in our industry seem to be on the same page, whether it’s at the local agency level all the way up to FHWA. ISSA has reached more people with its online training and workshop than ever in its history. With an increased focus on education via technical breakout sessions, micro surfacing and chip seal exams and a robust slurry system demonstration

session… the ISSA SSWS has no other rivals.

As I step down as the committee chair for the SSWS it certainly is bitter sweet. I will miss seeing all of you in Las Vegas every January and all of the side conversations with industry friends new and old. However, I am encouraged with the growing enthusiasm and excited with the direction of the association. ISSA will have new a committee chair and co-chair, Chuck Ingram and Stephanie Stewart. With the addition of CM Services as the new management group for ISSA and Tom Wood as the new ISSA Technical Director, the SSWS is definitely in good hands.

I feel as though I was able to accomplish my three agenda items, but only with the help of many… you know who you are. Take care and God bless.

Joe Brandenburg

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Slurry Systems Workshop Hits Record Attendance

The ISSA Slurry Systems Workshop is proving that it continues to provide "can't miss" training, with a record-breaking 435 registered attendees in 2017. Held once again at Texas Station Hotel & Casino in North Las Vegas, NV, from January

23-26, 2017, the workshop featured industry information, breakout sessions, hand mix presentations, certification knowledge checks, great networking opportunties, and, of course, live demonstrations. Here are a few highlights of this unparalleled event:

Workshop Co-Chair Chuck Ingram of Slurry Pavers, Inc., speaks to the crowd at the 2017 Workshop.

Jamie Wing of Ingevity shares information during a hand mix session.

Howie Snyder, Vance Brothers, Inc., and his crew demonstrate examples of both proper and improper technique to more accurately educate workshop attendees

Attendees get a chance to relax during the Wacky Bowl contest.

Crafco employees provide a demonstration of proper crack fill technique.

ISSA President, Rusty Price, left, shares a laugh with a colleague.

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2017 AEMA Awards Honor Industry Icons

who is or was employed by a member firm, who has made a substantial contribution over the long term to the development of the Association or advancement of the emulsion industry. In 2017, two individuals were inducted into the AEMA Hall of Fame.

The first recipient, J. Baxter Burns, II, President of Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions, Inc., has, for more than 30 years, been devoted to the growth and development of the asphalt emulsions industry.

Mark Ishee, Vice President of Pavement Preservation & Specialty Products at Ergon Asphalt & Emusions, Inc., noted, in nominating Burns, “The requirements of this prestigious award are clear; the recipient must have contributed, over the long term, to the development of the association or the advancement of the emulsion industry. Baxter is not an “either or” kind of guy and strongly meets both of these requirements, as many in our industry will attest.”

While molding Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions into a company that could be flexible and responsive to the changing times, he saw the industry needing to move in this direction as well. As one of several industry leaders in making pavement preservation an accepted concept, Baxter spent untold amounts of time, energy and resources to help the industry make that shift.

As an active member of one of AEMA’s largest and most influential industry partners, the Asphalt Institute (AI), Burns served as Chair for both the 2003 and the 2012 terms.

In 2010-2011, he served as the second president of what we now recognize as FP2, Inc. Baxter also served from 2005 - 2011 on the Advisory Board for the National Center for Pavement Preservation, helping guide that group in the effort to centralize information related to the preservation movement into a mechanism the Federal and State Governments could support.

Burns’ long service to AEMA culminated in his role as AEMA President in 1994-1995. He continues to mentor many in the asphalt emulsion community and has strongly supported AEMA by encouraging and supporting the involvement of other Ergon employees.

The second recipient, Jim Towns, was in the Asphalt Emulsion industry for more than 30 years, spending his career with three AEMA member companies.

Each year, the AEMA President’s Award is presented to an individual who has demonstrated extraordinary commitment

to AEMA and the industry. In 2017, the AEMA President’s Award was posthumously award to Leo McArthur, president, CEO and chairman of the board of the Miller Group, who died January 11, 2017

McArthur dedicated his professional life to the asphalt emulsion industry. In 1970, McArthur and his partner, the late John Carrick, founded McAsphalt Industries, as supplier of asphalt cement to the road building inudustry. In 1976, the partners purchased Miller Paving Limited. McArthur took on the management of Miller and over the next 40 years vastly increased the company’s size and reach. The Miller Group now has 80 branches and subsidiaries and employs more than 4,500 employees across Canada and has a highly successful U.S. operation headquartered in Georgia.

McArthur’s career was characterized by hard work and rock solid integrity. His commitment to AEMA and his leadership helped shape AEMA into the organization it is today. Some would say AEMA and the pavement preservation industry are a family tradition Leo passed on.

The AEMA Hall of Fame Award is presented to an individual, active or retired,

Blair McArthur (holding award) accepts the AEMA President’s Award on behalf of the McArthur family.

J. Baxter Burns, II accepts the AEMA Hall of Fame Award from AEMA President Archie Reynaolds.

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His son Brett Towns, Account Manager at BASF Corporation, in nominating him, said, “He devoted his life to his family, but through the marketing, promotion, and sales of asphalt emulsion, he took care of his family.”

Jim Towns joined Hi Way Asphalt Products in 1978, where he was Vice President and part owner, and grew Hi Way’s business by successfully promoting asphalt emulsions for chip seals, slurry, and microsurfacing. In 1986, Towns moved to Morgan Emultech (now known as VSS Emultech) where as President and General Manager he helped grow the company to include four emulsion plants. Jim joined Western Emulsion in 2000, serving as the Executive Director of Marketing, and helped grow the company and the PASS brand with great success until his retirement in 2013.

Towns also promoted other types of asphalt emulsions for pavement preservation

Jim Towns accepts the AEMA Hall of Fame Award from AEMA President Archie Reynolds.

2017 AEMA Awards (cont’d from page 20)throughout his career. Agencies in Oregon, Nebraska, California and other places relied on his expertise and knowledge when putting projects together and valued his recommendations. Between 1980-2013, he gave more than 30 seminars a year to agencies and other organizations. These seminars not only helped grow his business over the years, but also grew his competitors’ emulsion business, as well.

Towns served as a liaison between AEMA and the National Association of County Engineers, as well as serving on the AEMA International Technical Committee. In addition, he was one of the original cofounders of the California Chip Seal Association and served as their first Chairman of the Board. He also received their first Lifetime Achievement award for his leadership in creating the association, and for his efforts to promote chip seals and pavement preservation products in the western states. He also

Offered in partnership with the University of Arkansas College of Engineering, AEMA is proud to announce the offering of the

Pavement Maintenance and Rehabilitation: Introduction to Asphalt Emulsion Certificate I course. The goal of this course is to provide a broad, foundational understanding of asphalt emulsions. This course takes approximately 16 hours to complete and registrants will have 4 weeks to complete the class. Upon completion, if requested, 15 professional development hours will be awarded.

After a brief overview of the history and importance of asphalt emulsion, tools will be provided to understand the classification of asphalt emulsion into cationic versus anionic, rapid versus medium versus quick versus slow setting, and how the type of asphalt emulsion influences breaking and curing. Additionally, a broad perspective

of the production of asphalt emulsion will be provided, followed by an overview of existing AASHTO specifications for the testing, sampling, and handling properties of asphalt emulsion, the classification of asphalt emulsion, tests on the recovered asphalt emulsion residue, and performance tests developed for asphalt emulsion pavement maintenance and rehabilitation products. Finally, uses of asphalt emulsion in roadways will be covered, including spray applications and mixture applications, encompassing an introduction to all pavement maintenance and rehabilitation products

Learning Objectives:

• Classify asphalt emulsion by physical and chemical characteristics

• List the tests run in the laboratory for asphalt emulsion

New Asphalt Emulsions Certificate Course Now Availableby Andrew Braham, University of Arkansas

• Follow the components of asphalt emulsion production

• Describe the uses of asphalt emulsion in pavement construction maintenance and rehabilitation products

The course is now available and is offered onoline and on demand. To register for the course, please go to: https://training.uark.edu/professional-development/courses/pavement-maintenance-and-rehabilitation.php. AEMA Members qualify for discounted registration. To receive the discount code,please call 630-942-6579.

participated in the International Slurry Seal Association, and was a member of the Board of Directors for both the Nebraska and California Chapters of the AGC.

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2017 ARRA Awards Celebrate Achievementspavement together. The third project, 5.5 centerline miles long, is on State Road 10 just south of Huntington, UT.

Stephen Steed, Coughlin Company, who nominated Miles, commented, “Mike is an innovative leader and advocate for recycling. His team is responsible for the success of recycling in Southern Utah.”

During Miles’ 8 year tenure as RME in Region 4, 13 CIR projects covering 190 lane miles have been completed.

Each year, the Asphalt Recycling & Reclaiming Association offers Special Recognition Awards to honor public officials and

consulting engineers who have made outstanding contributions to the asphalt recycling and reclaiming industry.

This year the Charles R. Valentine Award for Excellence Cold In-Place Recycling was presented to Mike Miles, Utah Department of Transportation Region 4 Materials Engineer (RME). As RME, Miles oversees the Materials and Asset Management Division which is responsible to ensure the standard of quality for materials placed into their roadways, to evaluate pavement conditions and then design projects to address these needs.

During 2016, under Miles’ leadership, three CIR projects totaling 59 lanes miles of pavement were completed. The first project included 8.8 centerline miles on US 191 through Indian Canyon. This highway is a main transportation corridor between central and northern Utah. Steep elevation changes and sweeping curves make this road a challenge to maintain. The second project was 5.74 centerline miles on US 50 west of Holden, UT. This highway has extensive heavy truck traffic and prior to the CIR, UDOT was using maintenance patches and chip seal to keep this

Mike Miles, Utah DOT Region 4 Materials Engineer accepts the ARRA Excellence in Cold Recycling Award from ARRA President Ryan Essex.

Full Depth Reclamation Project Project Name: Verdigre Street

Read about why the Verdigre Street Renovation was an award recipient this year on Page 23.

Full Depth Reclamation Project Project Name: Whitney Portal Road

Length: 11.2 miles Cost: $10.8 million Designer: Central Federal Lands, FHWA Owner: Inyo County, CA Contractors: Hat Creek Construction and Materials Inc.

Hot In-Place Recycling Project Project Name: SR-199

Length: 84 lane-miles Cost: $11 million %RAP used: 70% Cost Savings: $4.05 million Designer: UDOT Region 2 Owner: Utah DOT Contractors: Granite Construction, Cutler Repaving

Read about why the SR-199 project was an award recipient this year: https://www.roadsbridges.com/waste-not-want-not-0

ROADS & BRIDGES magazine & ARRA partner annually to award the prestigious Asphalt Recycling Awards. These awards recognize top projects in Hot in-Place Recycling, Cold In-Place Recycling, Cold Planing and Full Depth Reclamation. Nominations are submitted to the R&B editorial staff, which selects the winners based on amount of RAP used, cost savings and project challenges.

In 2017, three projects received ARRA/Roads & Bridges Asphalt Recycling Awards.

Read about why the Whitney Portal Road project was an award recipient this year: https://www.roadsbridges.com/paving-gateway-0

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The Toughest ArmorVillage of Verdigre, Nebraska finds a long-lasting solution

To settle the nerves he just kept making a fist.

After water was added to a mixture that included portland cement, the old asphalt that once formed Main Street (and its sub-base) in the village of Verdigre, Neb., Dale Bohac started following the padfoot roller on the job. Every few yards he would bend down and pick up a handful of the new mixture, and if he could ball it up the water/cement ratio was about on target. “You can do all the math you want in the world, but you need to make it work in the field,” Bohac, a project engineer for JEO Consulting Group Inc., told Roads & Bridges. “So I just reached down and grabbed it, and if I opened up my hand and it all stuck together that meant I was getting enough water into the material. “As you are going through there, the consistency of the dry material changed. I might have 2 in. of armor coat [tack] or asphalt and then go to nothing. Generally it was within reason but you always wanted to make sure you had water available for the cement to hydrate. “ For years, road funding for the village of Verdigre was dry. City Superintendent Willie Bosanek, who proudly drove around in an old Chevy pickup with personalized license plates that read POTHOLE, usually worked with a $30,000 per year preservation and maintenance budget. After neglecting the roads for nearly 25 years, city officials thought it was time to improve as much as possible and passed a bond. Now the question was what method to use, and after Village Chairperson Dave Wickett placed some calls the answer became obvious. Full-depth reclamation had been performed successfully across the region, and the village of Verdigre called on the team of JEO Consulting (Norfolk, Neb.), GSI (Grand Island, Neb.), Coughlin Co. (Salina, Kan.), and Sta-bilt (Harlan, Iowa) to

handle the work that began Sept. 26 and took just seven days to complete. “They would like to do more [full-depth reclamation], but a lot of these towns are in the same position,” said Bohac. “They only have so much they can afford to put towards the streets out of their general budget. In this area, people are pretty conservative. They are not going to go out and borrow a bunch of money and then figure out how to pay it back later.” The village of Verdigre was able to cover 17 of its 66 blocks, or just over 25%, at a cost of $347,500. Typical reconstruction of the roadway with hot-mix asphalt would have cost about $650,000, so in the end the village saved just over $300,000, and claimed a 2017 Roads & Bridges/Asphalt Reclaiming and Recycling Association Recycling Award. “It is the best use of funds they could do to improve these deteriorating streets, because if you asphalt-overlay three or four blocks what do you gain?” said Bohac. “You are really not touching the town, so we were able to take this money and paint a pretty broad footprint and improve the main streets.”

Getting It Done

Surveys performed by JEO of the existing road found the existing asphalt layer in very poor condition. According to Bohac, the sub-base had deteriorated to a point that an asphalt overlay would not last very long. Potholes and alligator cracking infested the routes in, out and around town. Years worth of tack coat made conditions even worse. Main Street also carried a heavy amount of truck traffic, as it serves as the only route in and out of town. “A lot of towns in this area armor coat one-fourth of their streets every year, and you just keep building that up and up and you really don’t fix what is underneath,” claimed Bohac. The project consisted of 31,000 sq yd of debilitated roadways, including Main Street, identified for reclamation. The FDR mix, provided by GSI, used 6% portland cement as the stabilizing agent, 40%

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reclaimed asphalt pavement (3 in. thick) and 60% (5 in. thick) of the existing road base. The mix of materials provided the structure in the base course and then a chip seal was added to serve as the final wearing surface. Pulverizing the existing streets began on Sept. 28, 2016. In order to maintain curb reveal and match the road profile, a Caterpillar RM 500 Reclaimer was used to do the initial work which began on the outside edge of the roadway. This required two passes, then a Komatsu GD 655 motor grader windrowed the material, and some of the material was loaded into dump trucks and hauled away. A cement spreader truck equipped with a 28-ton hopper and automatic controls was used to accurately measure the cement application rate of 6% by dry weight, or about 121.5 lb per cu ft. A 3,000-gal tandem axle water truck added water to activate the portland cement and bring the optimum soil moisture content to

8.4%. Once the portland cement was mixed in with the old asphalt and sub-base by the Cat RM 500, a Caterpillar 562 padfoot roller and an Ingersoll Rand pneumatic tire roller followed. The target compacted density of the reclaimed material was 126 lb per sq in. The goal was to achieve 300-400 psi unconfined compressive strength in seven days. In between the pad foot roller and pneumatic tire roller, an operator working the Komatsu motor grader would come in and create a 2% crown for the road profile . . . all by feel and sight. He did not use any type of GPS technology or string line. “It takes somebody that has run a machine quite a few years to be able to do that,” remarked Bohac. “He was doing it all manually. At first I thought he was unfriendly, but then I realized he was paying attention to what he was doing. He was just doing it by touch, by feel of the controls.”

The Toughest Armor (cont’d from page 23)The chip seal was applied by Sta-bilt a few days after the road had cured to an acceptable moisture content. Sta-bilt used ED Etnyre 4,000-gal chip spreaders. The compaction of the roadway was completed with two Ferguson pneumatic tire rollers. A Troxler nuclear gauge was used to check for density, which fell within a 98-100% range.If maintained properly, Bohac believes the village could get 10 years or more out of the FDR project. The first real test is going on right now during the winter months. “I want to see it go through a freeze-thaw and check it in April and May when there is some warm rain to tell us the whole story,” said Bohac. “When I first came into this I told them we were not giving them the Yellow Brick Road, but we were going to make it better.” This article is reprinted by permission from ROADS & BRIDGES magazine. The article initially appeared in the February 2017 issue.

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ISSA Recognizes 2017 Award Winnersand environmentally sensitive areas, due to works around major tourist attractions, and delivery around peak tourist seasons.

Downer implemented several Zero Harm initiatives for project safety including an interactive system to discuss daily risks and hazards with thcrew, training in a Red Zone initiative to incude a 10 meter exclusion zone around the mobile plant, and implementation of a near miss reporting system.

The project exemplied the criteria of the ISSA President’s Award, showcasing high quality results achieved using microsurfacing to extend and improve the characteristics of their network asset. The contract was delivered on time, within budget, and without any safety or environmental impacts.

The ISSA Excellence in Pavement Preservation Award is presented annually to an Owner/Agency or Engineering Firm responsible for specifying and managing a pavement preservations program utilizing the applications represented by ISSA (slurry surfacing, micro surfacing, chip sealing, cape sealing, crack treating, and other asphalt emulsion-based surface treatments).

The Town of Fairfield, CT, received the award this year in the North America category for performing as a model agency champion for pavement preservation.

The Town of Fairfield manages a 288 centerline mile network (275 miles of roads, plus the equivalent of 13 miles in parking lots). Their cost-effective pavement

management program has a proven multi-year track record of success. The Town of Fairfield implemented 11 different pavement management treatments during the 2016 construction season, with 87% of the nearly 62 miles improved utilizing preservation treatments higher up the curve than traditional mill-and-fill.

Sealcoating, Inc., in nominating the Town of Fairfield, noted that they were fearless innovators, astute asset managers, regional leaders, outstanding communicators, and fully committed to pavement preservation.

Each year, the ISSA President’s Award is presented to recognize those contracting achievements that best exemplify the highest

quality of workmanship and materials, and conformance to best practices as defined by the International Slurry Surfacing Association. Submissions are judged based on customer satisfaction, innovation and complexity, appearance, and safety.

In 2017, the ISSA President’s Award was awarded to Downer EDI Works Pty Ltd for the Microsurfacing VicRoads Statewide Contract project.

VicRoads manages the arterial road network in Victoria, Australia, and its use as an integral part of the overall transportation system. This project, completed by Downer EDI Works, involved work across three separate VicRoads regions, including 43 separate sites, with coordination of individual region priorities and requirements. The primary work was to supply and lay microsurfacing (Type III, 7mm aggregate), with the objective of improving of both pavement ride and shape.The complexity of the VicRoads project included the delivery of microsurfacing over geographically isolated locations, involving long haulage distance, lack of suitable stockpile locations, and supplying of potable water given the remote locations. Three separate microsurfacing designs were used for the project. The work included culturally

ISSA President Rusty Price presents the ISSA President’s Award to Aydin Molokov, Project Manager – Microsurfacing and Texturing, Downer EDI Works Pty Ltd.

“Downer’s performance and management of works completed within VicRoads Northern Region

on Contract 9193 during the 2015/2016 was of an excellent standard.”

– Peter Gibbs, Senior Maintenance Officer, VicRoads Northern Region

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Scott Bartlett receives the ISSA Excellence in Pavement Preservation Award from ISSA President

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Under the leadership of Scott Bartlett, Superintendent of Public Works Operations, Fairfield has consistently been a leader in seaking new pavement preservation treatment. In the last four years, they have utilized two different crack sealants, and multiple variations of chip seals, micro surfacing, and cape seals. When approached by Sealcoating, Inc., Bartlett volunteered to host a field trial to evaluate the long-term durability of different micro surfacing mixes with various performance additives.

Additionally, Bartlett periodically reviews the Equivalent Annual Costs of all the treatments in his program, and has shown that keeping good roads in good condition with proactive pavement preservation provides the best value for taxpayers. With the continual work to improve an already robust pavement preservation

2017 ISSA Award Winners (cont’d from page 25)

Roger Cahoon was recognized as an ISSA Honorary Member at the 2017 Annual Convention.

program, Sealcoating, Inc. noted, “We firmly believe Fairfield, CT has become a model agency for pavement preservation.”

ISSA Names Three Individuals as Honorary Members

From time to time, the ISSA Board of Directors confers Honorary Membership upon individuals or firms for their service to the association or to the industry.

During the 2017 Annual meeting, ISSA President Rusty Price recognized three individuals as new ISSA Honorary Members. Honored were Roger Cahoon, 1994 ISSA President, W. Roy Allan, 1990 ISSA President, and his wife Gay Allan, a longtime ISSA participant and historian.

2017 Semi-Annual Meeting

Join us for industry updates, technical sessions, committee meetings, and a tour of the MnROAD Pavement Test Track.

October 16-19,2017* --- Minneapolis, MN

SAVE the DATE

*Tentative Date. Subject to change. Visit arra.org for details, coming soon.

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More than 110 players made their way to the links at La Paloma Country Club on Thursday, February 19, to take part in the 2017 AEMA-ARRA-ISSA Annual Golf Tournament. Competition was fierce during the 2017 Tournament, but when the final results were in, the following teams edged out the rest of the field:

1st Place: Gary Houston, VSS International, Inc.(Score of 56) Joe Rountree, BASF Brett Towns, BASF Scott Watson, Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions, Inc.

2nd Place: Bob Huitt, Russell Standard Corp.(58) Robert Pike, Ultrapave Brad Schneider, Specialties Company, LLC Matt Shaffer, Hammaker East

3rd Place: Myles McKemie, Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions, Inc.(60) Greg McMurtrey, Missouri Petroleum Products Co. Todd Porter, Cargill Industrial Specialties Jason Lampley, Intermountain Slurry Seal, Inc.

There were two Closest to the Pin awards for men this year, with Randy Dobson, CAT, and Todd Plate, Tricon Wear Solutions, taking the honors. Ashley Hummel, POET Green Chemistry, won the Closest to the Pin prize for the women.

Chris Musser, Vestal Asphalt, Inc., made the Longest Putt. Brian McGillis, Kennametal, made the Longest Drive for the men, while Charlie Neven, Rock Solid Stabilization & Reclamation, Inc., had the women’s Longest Drive.

The Golf Tournament could not have been possible without the generous support of the following companies:

Russell Standard Corp., Title SponsorCoughlin Company, Beverage Cart Sponsor

AkzoNobel, Lunch SponsorAlbina Asphalt, Lunch Sponsor

AEMA-ARRA-ISSA Annual Golf Tournament

Players practice their putting and get set for the shotgun start.

AEMA President Archie Reynolds watches as his wife Donna makes a drive.

Bob Huitt, Russell Standard Corp., takes a brief break before his team went on to take second prize honors at the tournament.

It was a beautiful day to be on the course at the La Paloma Country Club.

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With regret, we announce the passing of Jacob (Jake) P. Broadaway, former President of the International Slurry Surfacing Association, on March 9, 2017 at the age of 82.

In 1965, together with his brother Vance, they began a career “paving the world black” with the creation of Bituminous Asphalt Sealing Specialists (BASS Co.) They were the initiators of coal tar sealing, slurry sealing, and micro surfacing in the AR/LA/MS area. In 1980, this operation was expanded into Central America, establishing offices in Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala. He served on the ISSA board for five years

Industry News and NotesO’Leary Receives AMAP Lifetime Achievement AwardOn February 8, former AEMA President Michael O’Leary was honored by the Association of Modified Asphalt Producers (AMAP) with the 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award and induction into their hall of fame. With more than 40 years in the field, O’Leary was recognized for advancing technology in the asphalt industry.

O’Leary served as president of the Asphalt Emulsion Manufacturers Association from 1998 to 2000, and in 2001 received the AEMA President’s Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the asphalt emulsion industry.

TRIP Names New ChairNick Yaksich, senior vice president for government and industry relations for the Association of Equipment M a n u f a c t u r e r s (AEM), has been elected 2017 chairman of the Board of Directors of TRIP, a private, national transportation research nonprofit based in Washington, D.C. Yaksich joined the TRIP Board of Directors in 1999, serving on its executive committee since 2001.

In addition to his service to TRIP, Mr. Yaksich is a member of the executive committee of Americans for Transportation Mobility and is a past chairman of The Road Gang, Washington’s Transportation Fraternity.

New FP2 President Andrew Crow (right) presents Immediate Past President Rod Birdsall with a token of appreciation for his service. They are joined by FP2 Executive Director Jim Moulthrop. Photo courtesy of FP2 Inc.

FP2 Inc. Elects Crow as PresidentDuring its January meeting, the board of FP2 elected Andrew Crow, Vice President of Pavement Technologies at Ingevity, to a two-year term as President. Crow was a member of the ISSA board of directors for eight years, serving as President in 2009.

“In my opinion, the No. 1 most valuable thing FP2 is supporting is the ongoing

preservation research at NCAT and MnROAD,” Crow said. “This research is a powerful way to demonstrate to state DOTs and local road agencies how preservation techniques can economically prolong pavement performance. That field research is something we as an industry talked about for years, but struggled to get done. Now FP2 and its partners have made it happen.”

AEMA, ARRA, and ISSA are founding members and continuing partners with FP2 Inc.

before becoming president in 1987. He and wife Virginia enjoyed traveling the world promoting this new surfacing material to government agencies.

His grandchildren summed up his life in these words: “He was a man of adventure, living life to the fullest, and taking crazy chances that others would have run from. He was a man that, when you heard his booming voice and laugh, you knew he was someone you wanted to know better. There was no question, people were drawn to him.”

We extend our condolences to the Broadaway family.

Passing of Former ISSA President Broadaway

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North American Manufacturer MemberMarathon Petroleum Company539 S. Main StreetFindlay, OH 45840Ph: 419-421-2061www.marathonpetroleum.comJoseph BrandenburgSr. Asphalt Technologistjcbrandenburg@marathonpetroleum.com

Supplier MembersCargill Industrial Specialities13400 15th Ave N, Ste BPlymouth, MN 55311Ph: 800-842-3631www.cargill.com/asphaltRobert NeumannBusiness Development Managerrobert_neumann@cargill.com

Wacker Polymers6810 Tilghman StreetAllentown, PA 18106Ph: 610-336-2743 www.wacker.comDr. Ranjini MurthyBusiness Development Mgranjini.murthy@wacker.com

Florachem Corporation5209 San Jose BoulevardJacksonville, FL 32207Ph: 904-733-5759 www.florachem.comJames R. ProhaskaPresidentjprohaska@florachem.com

Contractor MemberAsphalt Paving Systems PO Box 350Hammonton, NJ 08037Ph: 610-636-0121www.asphaltpavingsystems.comMichael J. PolakSales/Marketing & Education Director mpolak@asphaltpavingsystems.com

Welcome New Association Members

Supplier MembersSuperior Tire & Rubber Corp.40 Scientific RoadWarren, PA 16365Ph: 814-723-2370www.superiortire.comJim BergquistInside/Outside Account Managerjbergquist@superiortire.com

Tricon Wear Solutions2700 5th Ave SIrondale Industrial Park Irondale, AL 35210Ph: 205-956-2567www.tricornwearsolutions.comVance MoodyMarket Development Directorvance.moody@triconwearsolutions.com

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Contractor MemberAmerican Pavement Systems, Inc.1012 11th Street, Suite 1000Modesto, CA 95354Ph: 209-522-2277www.americanpavementsystems.com Mike MarchiniSlurry Division Managermmarchini@americanpavementsystems.com

International Contractor Members Manufacturas y Procesos Industriales Ltds (MPI)km 2 Floridablanca-Giron Ecoparque Natura Torre 1 oficina 515Floridablanca, Santander 68276ColombiaPh: 577-678 88 88http://www.mpi.net.coFabio MendezManagerservicioalcliente@mpi.net.co

Nantong Keheng Construction Engineering Co., Ltd3990, Jianghai Avenue 1701-1705, Building 8, Meilihua SquareNantong, Jiangsu Province 226001ChinaPh: +86 138 1872 0262Qingyue Zhou769729774@qq.com

Supplier MemberJinan Shenquan Group (SQ Group)Diao Chemical Industry Park, Zhangqiu, ShandongZhangqiu 250204ChinaLeo Jialeo.jia@shengquan.com

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Governmental MembersCity of Houston --Public Works & Engineering5500 McCarty, Houston, TX 77013Ph: 832-395-4703http://houstontx.govLarius HassenMaintenance Managerlarius.hassen@houstontx.gov

City of Nanaimo2020 Labieux Road Nanaimo, BC V9T 6J9 CanadaPh: 250-756-5321www.nanaimo.caJamie RoseConstruction Specialistconstructioninfo@nanaimo.ca

Associate Members WSB & Associates701 Xenia Avenue SouthMinneapolis, MN 55416Ph: 612-419-4013http://wbeng.comTom WoodPavement Specialisttwood@wsbeng.com

Applied Pavement Technology115 W. Main StreetSuite 400, Urbana, IL 61801Ph: 217-398-3977www.appliedpavement.comDavid PeshkinChief Engineerdpeshkin@appliedpavement.com

Merisis Consulting, Co., LtdRoom 1802, No 798, Rd ZhaojiabangShanghai City, China 200030Ph: +86-21-3113-0488www.merisis-asia.comTracy Cuimarketing@merisis.cn