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NAPA Annual Meeting Photos |
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 More than 780 individuals participated in the NAPA Annual Meeting that was held January 17-20 in Maui. By all accounts, the meeting was a great success. "I expect our Members learned a lot by coming to the annual meeting, said NAPA 2010 Chairman Larry Lemon. "Those who participate in NAPA events are always ahead of their competition. Learning from others is a lot cheaper than making the mistakes yourself." Attendees at the event heard from keynote speakers Chris Gardner, author of The Pursuit of Happyness, and key NAPA Members and staff on the state of the industry. At the opening session, outgoing Chairman Jim Weeks, Colas Inc., Ohio summarized the challenges and accomplishments of the previous year before turning the gavel over to new Chairman Larry Lemon of Haskell Lemon Construction Co., Oklahoma. Lemon's chairmanship will focus on member recruitment.
Click on the photo above or here for more information and pictures of the event.
NAPA 2009 Awards
 The National Asphalt Pavement Association’s Awards Program recognizes those in our industry who achieve excellence. NAPA awards are meaningful for the winners because they are bestowed by peers, but publicity reaches far beyond the NAPA membership. Winners are highlighted in industry publications throughout the country and recognized for the quality work they are doing. 2009 award winners were recognized at the NAPA Annual Meeting.
Click on the photo for pictures of the awards breakfast and presentation.
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Acott Represents Industry At Top-level Conference on Worker Health |
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 NAPA President Mike Acott was a keynote speaker at the Making Green Jobs Safe workshop, held in Washington, DC on December 14. The conference was created by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to provide a forum for ensuring that the new “green jobs” that are being created in today’s economy are also safe jobs for workers. They spotlighted the asphalt pavement industry because they consider it the example of an industry that has made worker health and safety its number one priority, and has therefore achieved breakthroughs. Acott’s speech described the journey the industry has traveled, including the formation of partnerships with agencies, academia, and unions; the historic agreement that put engineering controls on asphalt pavers; the transformation achieved through warm-mix asphalt; and the scientific studies of asphalt fumes that are currently being completed. His presentation elicited strong positive responses from his fellow panelists and the audience. NAPA also submitted a report describing the industry’s approach, which will be published in the proceedings of the conference.
To download Acott’s presentation, click here.
To download the full report, click here.
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NAPA Introduces New Sustainability Publications |
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NAPA has introduced two new publications,
a sustainability report and a companion brochure. In announcing the new publications, NAPA President Mike Acott commented, “For decades, the asphalt pavement industry has been proactive in reducing the impact of its operations on
the environment. The new report discusses some of the products we have developed – warm-mix asphalt, reuse/recycling, porous asphalt, and Perpetual Pavements – and shows how an accelerated deployment program could lead to even greater achievements.”
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