ROCKY MOUNTAIN ASPHALT USER/PRODUCER GROUP

16th ANNUAL MEETING

MINUTES

Rocky Mountain Asphalt User/Producer Group's 16th Annual Meeting was held October 16-17, 2007 at the Hyatt Regency, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The Group extends it gratitude to everyone for their help in making this meeting a 'HUGE' success.

Monday, October 15, 2007 - Golf Tournament @ University of New Mexico Championship Golf Course

Golf & Reception Sponsors:
BASF - Joe Rountree, Brett Towns, Chris Lubbers
Frontier - Tom Johnson
Gecan - Tony Manzi
Holly Asphalt - Bob McGennis
Husky Energy - Ralf Hinterleitner
Innophos - John Hanrahan, Matt Storm, Jean Valery-Martin, Bretton Greenwood
Ponderosa Petroleum - Charles Reilly, Brian James
SemMaterials, L.P. - Marshall Shackelford, David Lynch, John Duvall

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 - General Session

Steering Committee Co-Chairs:
Rick Harvey - Wyoming DOT (Term ends 2010)
Delmar Salomon - Pavement Preservation Systems, LLC (Term ends 2009)

Speakers:

• Opening Speaker - Robert Ortiz, Deputy Secretary of Operations, New Mexico DOT
  
• "At the Crossroads - Preserving our Highway Investment" -John O'Doherty, National Center for Pavement Preservation
  
• "Paving the Way to Well-funded Highway Programs" - William M. Wilkins, The Road Information Program
• "Asphalt Markets - An Update on Price Indexation and Market Developments" - Donal Wessel, Poten & Partners, Inc.
  
• "Standardization of Supplier & Binder Requirements" - David R. Jones, IV, Owens Corning / Trumbull Asphalt
  
• "Perpetual Pavements" - Kent Hansen, National Asphalt Pavement Association
• "Conserving Energy and Materials in the use of Hot Mix" - Rebecca McDaniel, North Central Superpave Center
  
• "Green Highways" - Jeffrey Melton, University of New Hampshire
  
• "RAP" - Gerald Huber, Heritage Research Group
  
• "European Warm Mix Asphalt Scan" - Wayne Jones, Asphalt Institute
  
  
  Wednesday, October 17, 2007 - Binder Subcommittee / Mixture & Construction Subcommittee combined meeting
  
  Binder Subcommittee Co-Chairs:
  Marshall Shackelford - SemMaterials, LP (Term ends 2008)
  Bill Schiebel - Colorado DOT - (Term ends 2008)
  
  Mixture & Construction Subcommittee Co-Chairs:
  Murari Pradhan - Arizona DOT (Term ends 2009)
  Michael O'Leary - Ultrapave (Term ends 2008)
  
  Speakers:
  
  
• "Binder Technician Certification Program" - Mike Anderson, Asphalt Institute
• "Acid Modification of Asphalt Binder in HMA" - Jack Youtcheff, FHWA
• "Recommendations on using the Internal Angle for the SGC" - Randy West, National Center for Asphalt Technology
  
• "Development of a simple procedure for determining mixing and compaction temperatures for HMA" - Randy West, National Center for Asphalt Technology
  
• "Innovations in Asphalt Mixtures" - Phil Blankenship, Asphalt Institute
  Open Discussion:
  
• State Update on Mix Specs: Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming
  
• Warm Mix Project Update - Bill Schiebel, Colorado DOT
  
• Technician Workshop Update - Mandy Monjaras, SemMaterials
  
• New Mexico Perpetual Pavement Project - Bob Meyers, New Mexico DOT
  
  General Session Business:
  Steering Committee Elections: Bob Meyers, New Mexico DOT was elected for a four year term (Term ends 2011), John Duval, SemMaterials was elected for a four year term (Term ends 2011)
  
  Mixture / Construction Business:
  Murari Pradhan, Arizona DOT was re-elected as Mixture Subcommittee Co-Chair (Term ends 2009)