Although leaves are falling and days
are getting shorter, there seems to be plenty of work to get done before the
first snowflakes fall in November and December.
Part of that work for UAPA involves preparing and planning for the 2015
Southern Utah Seminar happening on
November 17th at the Dixie Center
in St. George. The Seminar this year
will deliver on great educational topics from the importance of tack coats in
pavement construction to a review of maintenance options and applications
available for your road. You can find
out more or you can register for the Seminar HERE. CE
Credits will be available for each of the four breakout sessions.
In looking back, October was yet
another month full of meetings for the association. In addition to our regularly scheduled
committee meetings (Board, Executive Committee, Technical Committee, Membership
Committee, and Operations Committee) the month quickly passed with additional
meetings to review and recommend changes to the APWA Specifications for the
next construction season and a great partnering meeting with the LDS Church for
a review of their asphalt pavement specifications. Much of this work is ongoing, but it is
wonderful to see true partnerships and friendships grow through UAPA and these
organizations.
In the next few days UAPA will also
be headed up to the University of Utah to hold our first-ever Asphalt Seminar
with students from the Civil Engineering Department at the university. This event promises to be a great
relationship building avenue, as we continue to seed the UAPA Scholarship Fund
through events such as our golf tournament and asphalt conference.
Of course, the month of October
would not be complete without UAPA’s attendance at the APWA Fall Conference and
Annual UDOT Conference. Both of these
venues have proved valuable in building new connections while helping to spread
the word to some of our biggest supporters about all of the good work UAPA
continues to do. This includes
participating in another productive and informative UDOT-UAPA Quarterly meeting
held a little earlier this month.
As always, here’s to hoping that
end of the month and construction season brings us lots of treats and no
tricks! Thanks for all you do for
industry and for this association.
Best regards,
Reed Ryan
UAPA Executive
Director
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