FHWA Pavement Preservation Workshop – May 2018

The Pavement Preservation workshop took place on May 1 – 2, 2018 at the Manoa Grand Ballroom in Honolulu.  Just over 60 people attended from the FHWA, all 4 HDOT Districts, the 4 Counties, and industry. Master of ceremonies Casey Abe, for the Hawaii DOT welcomed everyone to the workshop. Dr. Adrian Ricardo Archilla from the…

Murray Boulevard Case Study

Murray Boulevard is a major arterial best known for being the access to Bowerman Drive, the main entrance to Nike World Headquarters where thousands of employees work on a sprawling campus that would make many prestigious colleges jealous. To asphalt pavement engineers Murray Boulevard is important not because of its famous tenant, but because of…

Resiliency and Sustainability

Resiliency and sustainability—some of asphalt’s greatest (but lesser-known) benefits There are plenty of reasons agencies and contractors choose to pave with asphalt—from lower lifecycle costs, to greater opportunity for minimally-invasive rehabilitation, to faster opening to the driving public. Resiliency and sustainability are two more reasons asphalt should be your pavement of choice. Resiliency When we…

Saddle Road – Bringing an Island Together

The following article is from the Asphalt Today, a supplement to Road & Bridges magazine Crews had to construct a new road through native, undeveloped ground. The Daniel K. Inouye Highway (DKI), also known as Saddle Road, is the most direct cross-island route between east and west Hawaii Island.People use the road for business travel,…

HAPI Members Featured in Building Management Magazine Hawaii

HAPI  and HAPI members DC Asphalt Services, Inc. and SealMaster Hawaii, contributed articles in June/July 2017 issue of Building Management Hawaii magazine.  Their readers own, manage, and maintain facilities and buildings. Articles (click on the title to see article): Maintaining, Protecting and Preserving Your Asphalt Pavement by Kia Kamauu Plant Operations Manager SealMaster Hawaii Re-Surfacing: What Does…