The 2021 FASP Sporting Clays Tournament at Fishhawk |
Registration continues for the 2021 Florida Asphalt Scholarship Program Sporting Clays Tournament. Last year we hosted 120 shooters from across the state. Our friends at Ranger Construction took home the top shooting honors and we raised over $17,000 for the Florida Asphalt Scholarship Program.
The year we are planning for another fun, safe, and competitive event. Space is limited so please register quickly. Sponsorships are available as well, and all proceeds from the event go to college students with close connections to the asphalt industry.
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Thank you to our Corporate Sponsor, Martin Marietta, and additional support from: |
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The Women of Asphalt had another successful event at CWR's Wildwood Plant. Members held a networking session and received a tour of CWR's facility. The Florida Branch of the Women of Asphalt has over 60 members currently and continues to grow. Membership is open to anyone interested in the success of of the organization and currently members work for consultants, engineers, the FDOT, and of course, asphalt contractors. Learn more about the Women of Asphalt and how you can get involved here. |
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The FDOT will let just over 280,000 tons in September. A list of asphalt related pay items in here.
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The three largest jobs this month are here: |
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Conferences
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Webinars &
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A new asphalt mixture will be making its debut on the stretch of street — just west of College Avenue on Stadium Boulevard. A product of a collaboration between MoDOT, Dow and MU's Asphalt Pavement and Innovation Lab, the asphalt is different from traditional pavement: it contains recycled plastic.
Source: Fulton Sun
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Recovery of construction worldwide continues, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Global Construction Monitor. Its latest activity index, which measures current and expected workloads in residential, non-residential and infrastructure sectors, as well as company profit margins, reached +25 in the second quarter of 2021, rising from +14 in the first quarter.
Source: Engineering News-Record
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The Union of Concerned Scientists, a non-profit group aimed “to use rigorous, independent science to solve our planet's most pressing problems” released a report Tuesday that says extreme heat could threaten outdoor workers’ earnings in Florida by $8.4 billion each year by midcentury.
Source: Naples Daily News
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The Indiana Department of Transportation is partnering with Purdue University and German infrastructure technology company Magment on a pilot project to develop the nation's first paved highway segment that contains contactless, wireless technologies to charge electric vehicles as they drive over it.
Source: Construction Dive
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The expansive $1 trillion infrastructure bill that the Senate passed on Tuesday — a 2,702-page bipartisan deal that is the product of months of negotiating and years of pent-up ambitions to repair the nation’s crumbling infrastructure — would amount to the most substantial government expenditure on the aging public works system since 2009. Source: The New York Times
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The teams of the future will be distributed all over the world. They’ll be fluid, quickly spinning up to tackle new challenges and often including gig workers, which are projected to make up as much as half of the U.S. workforce in the next decade. Source: Forbes
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Smooth Slopes: Improve Worker Safety, Lower Insurance Premiums and Increase Your Safety Rating
Traditional compaction machines are about as rigid as it gets. Every degree of slope is felt by operators as they sweat through the sloping road shoulders and ditches. Some manufacturers are taking the main obstacles presented by traditional methods—danger, high maintenance and limited utility—and offering a solution to improve safety. Here’s how. Learn more.
Lynn Marsh is the president of Road Widener LLC and has 20 years of experience in the road construction industry.
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As the Anderson Columbia team continues to grow, the company is looking for an experienced survey rodman/rodwoman to join one of its Crestview survey crews. If you think this job may be the right fit for you, click the link to learn more and see how Anderson can work for you.
Image credit: Anderson Columbia Co., Inc.
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CWR Contracting's PJ Adams Parkway Widening project (SR 85N to Wild Horse Drive) in Okaloosa County, Florida is moving right along! Check out a before and after shot of theikr work thus far. CWR's teams are working hard and they are committed to building a long lasting multi-lane road for the traveling public.
Image credit: CWR Contracting
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