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Gerken Gerken Paving, Inc. View the digital version at http://ohioasphaltmagazine.com. Board of Directors 6 The President’s Page Frank T. Bell A Q&A with NAPA President on Thinlays M & B Asphalt Co., Inc. James P. Jurgensen II 10 Footpaths to Freeways, Part II Valley Asphalt Corp. By Emily Foster Ty Nofziger 16 Ohio Asphalt Expo The Shelly Company Variety of Sessions, Opportunities Attract Many to ‘Join the Experience at Ohio Asphalt Expo’ Rodney Russell 24 Quality Asphalt Awards Barrett Paving Materials, Inc. 43 Individual Awards Howard J. Wenger Northstar Asphalt Inc. 46 Pervious Pavement Use for Cost-Effective Drainage Solutions By Josh Lockhart, P.E. Dean Wikel Erie Blacktop, Inc. 48 FPO Scholarship Recipient Relying on Knowledge of Asphalt as County Engineer Staff Monroe County’s Zwick Helping O&G Industry, Residents Share the Road Clifford Ursich By Emily Foster President & Executive Director 52 Mark Your Calendars William H. Fair Director of Engineering Services 52 New Members Andrew Gall 53 Obituary Director of Customer Relations A Tribute to Asphalt Industry Leaders – Dean Miller & “Herk” Wolfe Florence H. Flowers 54 Index to Advertisers Executive Assistant Contact Connect on Telephone: 614.791.3600; 888.446.8649 Fax: 614.791.4800 ON THE COVER: Erie Blacktop Inc. was one of many companies participating in the 2017 Ohio Asphalt Expo as either a www.flexiblepavements.org sponsor or exhibitor. See extensive coverage of this year’s event starting on page 16. Layout & Design TriAd Marketing & Media Ad Sales & Editorial Preparation Flexible Pavements of Ohio is an association for TriAd Marketing & Media 371 County Line Road West the development, improvement and advancement Westerville, OH 43082 of quality asphalt pavement construction. fax: 614.846.8763 Advertising Sales Mark Wolf Ohio Asphalt is the official magazine of Flexible Pavements of Ohio. 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How many pages is the credit application? shellyco.com Ohio Asphalt Summer 2017 5 The President’s Page A Q&A with NAPA President on Thinlays If you’ve ever had opportunity to see things He has been president of NAPA since 1992, from 30,000 feet – as it were – you can and has helped develop partnerships with understand what it is to have the “long view.” government and union partners that Such is true when you have opportunity to sit have resulted in an improved workplace down with an industry leader. Recently, I had environment. This has included successful a Q&A session with Mike Acott, president of the national initiatives on engineering controls, Clifford Ursich, P.E. National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) warm mix and best practices that have resulted President & Executive Director to learn his viewpoint as to the future of the in reduction in workplace exposure. asphalt industry and the role of Thinlays. Mike Acott has been active in the Transportation "The cost effectiveness First, about Mike … Research Board and is a former member of its of pavement preservation executive committee and is a board member Mike Acott is a past chairman of the Global of the National Center for Asphalt Technology is well established. By Asphalt Pavement Alliance. His career activities (NCAT), based at Auburn University. preserving pavements involve nearly 35 years of experience in the pavement industry in Europe, South Africa He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics – in good condition, an and the United States, including experience with honors – and a Master of Science degree in owner can avoid costly with aggregate and bitumen suppliers and Civil Engineering for his work on foamed asphalt. management of an asphalt construction reconstruction or company. Ursich: Mike, thank you for taking time rehabilitation ... Agencies for this question-and answer-session. Readers of Ohio Asphalt will be very interested to need to look at their learn of what’s ahead from your viewpoint pavement management Acott: You’re very welcome. It’s always a systems and see how pleasure to talk about asphalt and the future each treatment performs of our industry. under different distresses. Ursich: In recent years, NAPA has Only then can they really completed market research to better understand what’s on the minds of roadway know which is the right owners and motorists. Can you share about treatment for the right the findings of the research? road at the right time." Acott: As part of our broad industry Mike Acott market research, we have conducted NAPA President interviews and surveys of road owners, Mike Acott pavement designers and the driving public 6 Summer 2017 Ohio Asphalt to best understand their needs and opinions. One thing that was clear Acott: Thinlays can address most pavement surface issues, if the from the interviews with leaders at departments of transportation and severity of these issues is not excessive, which is why it is important to public works agencies is that they are severely constrained by their evaluate the extent and severity of any distresses to determine before limited budgets. They recognize the problem we have across the country any pavement preservation treatment is applied. In fact, a New Jersey of deficient infrastructure, but they are not able to keep pace with Department of Transportation official recently commented that when current maintenance and improvement needs. a Thinlay is applied to a road in need of preservation but in otherwise good condition, the state is getting about 14 years of life from the thin In our most recent survey of pavement designers, completed in overlay versus just seven years when applied on a pavement in poor November 2016, the top-three priorities when it comes to pavement condition. assets are performance, cost and speed of construction. This has been a consistent theme across all our market research starting in 2013, Thinlays are excellent for correcting raveling and restoring skid- driver and road owners alike want pavements that provide a high level resistance. They can correct minor rutting (less than a quarter inch), of performance, which includes a smooth ride and long life; that are and they are also the only preservation treatment that can offer a cost-effective to build and maintain; and that can be built, maintained significant improvement in ride quality. However, a Thinlay cannot and expanded with minimal delay for the driving public. Thinlay meets be expected to make an excessively rough road smooth. Thinlays these needs and expectations.