Training opportunities
HAPI Shorts: The highlighted February session was about High-Friction Surface Treatment (HSFT). Attendees learned what an HFST is, where is it used, and how is it installed. They also learned how an HSFT improves the safety of the road. It was interesting to have three people from WSP Canada join us.
Please see the HAPI Calendar of Upcoming Events below for other upcoming HAPI Shorts sessions.
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
Still time to register!
2026 Best Practices for Asphalt Pavement: The 2026 workshops are scheduled for March 30, 2026, on Maui (Kahului Courtyard by Marriott) and April 1, 2026, on Oahu (East West Center). Click on the links below for additional information and to register:
- Maui workshop, March 30, 2026 – Only 4 seats remaining.
- Oahu workshop, April 1, 2026 – Only 6 seats remaining.
Reports and announcements
Balanced Mix Design (BMD) Implementation: NCAT continues to make steady progress. By the end of March, they anticipate that testing of three of the first five mixes will be completed.
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 Group Task 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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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 highlight websites for the month are all the websites mentioned in the feature article.
The Gypsy Paver Hidden Camera Investigation: This 7-minutes news report from KRQE News 13 in New Mexico shows how a gypsy contractor secured a paving job and the consequences he faced because of his actions. Hopefully, no one will ever have to go through an experience like this. Click here to watch the report.
Self-Healing Asphalt: Fact Versus Fiction: Were you aware it is a fundamental fact that traditional asphalt mixtures already exhibit natural self-healing. Work summarized by Sun and colleagues in Advances in Colloid and Interface Science shows that, at elevated temperatures and during rest periods between load cycles, conventional bitumen can flow and partially close very small microcracks. The amount of healing depends on temperature, rest time, loading level, and binder type and age.
