ROCKY MOUNTAIN ASPHALT USER/PRODUCER GROUP

13th ANNUAL MEETING

MINUTES

Rocky Mountain Asphalt User/Producer Group’s 13th Annual Meeting was held October 5-6, 2004 at Four Points by Sheraton Phoenix Metrocenter, Phoenix, Arizona.

The Group would like to extend their gratitude to everyone that made this meeting a great success.

Speakers:

• "Recent Developments in Binder Fatigue Testing" - Dr. Hussain Bahia, PhD, University Wisconsin, Madison
  
• "Effect of polymer and acid modification on asphalt laboratory performance" - Mr. Thomas Harman, FHWA for Jack Youtcheff
  
• "Challenges in the Calibration of the Superpave Gyratory Compactor" - Mr. Thomas Harman, FHWA
• "AMRL Proficiency Sample Program" - Mr. Jim Hewston, AMRL
  
• "Specifications for Modified Asphalt; Subtitled: A new view of PG Plus testing with increased accuracy made easy" - Dr. Raj Dongre, FHWA for Mr. John Casola, Malvern Instruments
  
• "Direction of Asphalt Binder Testing" - Dr. Raj Dongre, FHWA and Dongre Laboratory Services, Inc.
  
• Welcome & Opening Remarks - Mr. Doug Forstie, Arizona Department of Transportation
• "HMA Mixture Issues and Research Update" - Mr. Thomas Harman for Mr. John Bukowski, FHWA
  
• "Quantifying the Effects of Polymer Modified Asphalt on HMA Performance" - Mr. Harold Von Quintus, ARA
• "New Technologies for HMA Moisture Resistance - AggCoat" - Dr. Mark Bouldin, Pebblecrest
  
• "New Technologies for HMA Moisture Resistance - Fly Ash" - Mr. Kevin Copeland, Boral Material Technologies
  
• "NCAT Research Update" - Mr. Douglas I. Hanson, NCAT
  
• "Binder Product Certification - Legal Perspective & Implications" - Mr. Brian A. Bannon, Blank Rome, LLP
  
• "Status of Mechanistic-Empirical Design Implementation and Critical Elements of Flexible Pavement Design Using the M-E Approach" - Dr. Leslie Myers, FHWA
• "The Asphalt Industry Perspective the Proposed Mechanistic-Empirical Design Guide" - Mr. Dave Newcomb, National Asphalt Pavement Association
  
• "NCHRP Research Updated - Handout" - Mr. John Tenison, New Mexico Department of Transportation
• "Montana Superpave Volumetric Acceptance - A Pioneering Shift - Mr. Scott Barnes, Montana Department of Transportation