Training opportunities
HAPI Shorts: The highlighted March session was about Pavement Treatments Used in Hawaii. The presentation was updated to include the use of mastic for filling wide cracks.
Please see the HAPI Calendar of Upcoming Events below for other upcoming HAPI Shorts sessions.
Still time to register!
2026 LTAP/HAPI Annual (Virtual) Paving Conference: Our 2026 annual conference is scheduled for April 29, 2026. The four speakers have been secured:
- Christopher J Piche, P.E. Technical Sales and Marketing Development Engineer, Kraton Corporation
- HP (High Performing) Binders Past Present and Future
- David Johnson, P.E., Senior Regional Engineer, Asphalt Institute
- MixBusters – The Truth About Asphalt Myths
- Jon Young, P.E., Interim Executive Director, HAPI
- Prime Coats versus Tack Coats – Are They Really Different?
- Nathan Roberts, P.E., Division Manager, Scotty’s Contracting and Stone
- High Performing Parking Lots – How to Get the Most from Your New Pavement
Click here for the session descriptions and speaker bios.
Click here for additional information and to register:
– $0 for Hawaii Government Agency employees and UH System students and faculty
– $40 for HAPI members
– $45 for everyone else
Be a Sponsor: Our paving conference offers sponsors a unique opportunity to be in front of industry leaders and government agencies responsible for Hawaii’s roadway infrastructure. Sponsorship demonstrates your company’s support of the industry while providing meaningful exposure to those who plan, design, and deliver paving projects statewide. Click here for information about being a sponsor.
Reports and announcements
Balanced Mix Design (BMD) Implementation: NCAT continues to make steady progress. They have completed testing for three of the first five mixes and anticipate completing the fourth by the end of April.
The tests being conducted on the first five mixes are the IDEAL-CT, the IDEAL-RT, and the Hamburg Wheel-Tracking Test (HWTT). Once the testing is complete the members of the Task Group 3.2: Identify and Assessing Performance Test Appropriateness and Task Group 5.2: Conduct Benchmarking Studies, and NCAT, will meet to discuss the results and how to go forward.
Updates will be provided via our monthly report to the Friends of the Hawaii BMD Implementation. Please contact Jon Young with your email address at jon@hawaiiasphalt.org if you would like to become a friend of the implementation.
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2026 Best Practices for Asphalt Pavement: About 90 people attended our Best Practices workshops on March 30th in Kahului and April 1st in Honolulu. A big Mahalo to Jarrett Welch, from HAPI member Quality Paving Consultants, for sharing his years of practical experience with the group. We have had the good fortune of Jarrett being our instructor for this annual training since 2015. Click here for a report, including photos.
Understanding a Job Mix Formula Submittal workshop was conducted on March 17, 2026, at the HAPI office. Staff from HDOT Airports, the City’s Department of Planning and Permitting, and HAPI members HDR Engineering, Inc. and Wesley R. Segawa & Associates, Inc. participated in the two-hour workshop. The next session is tentatively scheduled for September 2026.
The FHWA’s Mobile Asphalt Technology Center (MATC) is offering a free, Asphalt 101 three-part virtual webinar series to help strengthen understanding of asphalt materials, mix design, paving, inspection, and evaluation.
Register for each session (11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. EST) below:
• Session 1: Materials & Mix Design https://lnkd.in/gf_ajbmx
• Session 2: Production & Transport https://lnkd.in/g_NXAZTA
• Session 3: Placement, Compaction, & Evaluation https://lnkd.in/gDr37jmK
Click here for the course flyer.
Perpetual Pavement Award: By Performance: HDOT received the By Performance award for Route 11 in Hawaii County. Originally constructed in 1926, this 8-mile section of roadway has provided nearly a century of service while continuing to perform under unique environmental conditions. For additional details, click here for the Asphalt Pavement Alliance media release.
New Member: Please welcome new Active members Pahoehoe Paving Products LLC. They are a locally based asphalt binder supplier.
Job Opportunities at HAPI Member companies are listed at: http://hawaiiasphalt.org/careers/job-postings/:
Positions shown in blue are first time postings
- Project Manager (Kauai) – Road and Highway Builders
- Technician 2 (Guam) – Hawthorne Cat
- Technician 1 (Guam) – Hawthorne Cat
- Technician 1 (Guam) – Hawthorne Cat
- Tech 3 (Hilo) – Hawthorne Cat
- Tech 2 (Kauai) – Hawthorne Cat
- Tech Trainee 3 (Maui) – Hawthorne Cat
- Tech Trainee III (Waipahu) – Hawthorne Cat
- Tech Trainee (Waipahu) – Hawthorne Cat
- Intern – Civil Engineer – Oceanit
- Quality Control Technician (2 openings) – Jas. W. Glover, Ltd.
- Construction Engineer Internship – Jas. W. Glover, Ltd.
- Construction Claims Specialist, Kirschner Contractors
- Full Time Civil Engineer (0-5 years), Orion Engineers & Associates
- Sr. Civil Engineer/Project Engineer, Full Time, Orion Engineers & Associates
- Heavy Equipment Shop Technician / Mechanic – Kapolei, Pape Machinery
- Engineering Positions, Austin Tsutsumi & Associates, Inc.
- Transportation/Traffic Positions, Austin Tsutsumi & Associates, Inc.
- Civil Design Engineer, The Limtiaco Consulting Group
- Senior Scheduler, Kirschner Contractors
This month’s highlights
The highlighted websites for the month are all the websites mentioned in the feature article.
Tour the FHWA Mobile Asphalt Technology Center (MATC). Staff were on hand at the 2023 Transportation Research Board annual meeting to give conference attendees a look inside the new MATC. New features include a 29-foot section that can extend 5 feet wider than the old trailer to accommodate 20 people for classroom-style training, demonstrations, and open-house events, solar panels on the roof, and a wheelchair lift.
From Research to Runways: A Look at the Airport Asphalt Pavement Technology Program (AAPTP): The AAPTP is driving innovation in asphalt pavement design, materials, and construction to help build safer, more reliable, and efficient airfield surfaces. The program brings together the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA), industry leaders, and research institutions to reduce premature pavement distress, improve construction consistency and quality, and modernize specifications.
This article discusses 2025 AAPTP Projects, Current Research: 2026–2027, and Moving Research into Practice. Click here for the complete article by Trenton Clark, P.E., VAA President, Virginia Asphalt Association.
