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TRB Webinar: Superpave Volumetric Mix Design—Beyond the Basics

This webinar was posted on 09/12/2023

Date(s)
October 30, 2023 01:00 PM - 02:30 PM U.S. Eastern
Cost (for your seat)
$100.00
Professional Development Hours for this webinar
1.50 hour(s)
Continuing Education Hours for this webinar
AAE: 0.00 hour(s)
AICP: 0.00 hour(s)
CLE: 0.00 hour(s)
Details

Attention to details in the volumetric acceptance process is important to ensure an asphalt mixture with adequate asphalt content. These details apply to the mixture design and acceptance. TRB hosted a webinar on Monday, October 30, 2023 from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM Eastern that shared key properties that need to be included in the design and acceptance of asphalt mixtures. Presenters shared how to strengthen quality assurance programs in the design and acceptance of asphalt mixtures.

This webinar was sponsored by TRB’s Standing Technical Committees on Asphalt Materials Selection and Mix Design, Production and Use of Asphalt, and Aggregates.

The slides are available. Please contact trbwebinar@nas.edu for a link to the recording. There may be a $90 fee.

 

Webinar agenda and presenters

  1. Unintended consequences of volumetric design: Key findings from Mississippi Department of Transportation’s (DOT) database – Ben Cox, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

  2. Indiana DOT adjustments: Determining bulk specific gravity of the aggregate; Using volume of effective binder instead of voids – Matt Beeson, Indiana DOT

  3. Tips and tricks for strengthening your quality assurance program – Geoff Rowe, Abatech

  4. Question and answer session moderated by Tim Aschenbrener, Federal Highway Administration

The first 60 minutes of the webinar were for presentations and the final 30 minutes were reserved for audience questions.

 

Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar, participants can:

  1. Identify key properties that need to be included in the design and acceptance of asphalt mixtures

  2. Strengthen your quality assurance program in the design and acceptance of asphalt mixture

  3. Determine key relationships that should be evaluated throughout the process

 

Professional Development Hours

This webinar was delivered as a scheduled – e-learning live event and is categorized within RCEP as Technical, Health and Safety.

Professional Development Hours (PDHs) earned on completion of this program were reported to the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Certificates of Completion are issued to all participants via the RCEP.net online system. Complaints about registered providers may be addressed to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Fl., Washington, DC, 20005.