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NCAUPG
Organizational Review
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West Lafayette, IN 47906
Telephone: (765) 463-2317 x226
Fax: (765) 497-2402 |
Presentation given by Gerald Huber, Heritage Research Group,
Indianapolis, IN
Spring 1997 NCAUPG Meeting
Madison,
Wisconsin
WHY NCAUPG SHOULD CONTINUE
- Partnership of key players
- A united voice is stronger than single states
- More economical to exchange information than to collect everything by self
WHY NCAUPG SHOULD NOT CONTINUE
- Are needs being covered by other organizations?
- Too many meetings
ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING FIRST FIVE YEARS
- Supplier certification program developed
- Non-Superpave test procedures standardized
- Asphalt binder specification adopted by most states
- Networks have been set up to share experiences
GOALS
- Form and/or support local agency/industry groups
- Collect information regarding benefits
- Evaluate uniform Superpave binder, aggregate and volumetric mixture design
specifications
- Evaluate uniform QC/QA
- Monitor constructability issues
ACTION ITEMS
- Goal 1Local Agency/Industry Groups
- Identify state user-producer groups
- Communicate minutes of NCAUPG
- Goal 2Collect information regarding benefits
- Compare existing mix design to Superpave
- Establish pavement performance criteria
- Track performance
- Goal 3Evaluate uniform performance-based binder, aggregate and
volumetric mixture design specifications
- Synthesize binder specification information
- Synthesize mixture specification information
- Synthesize project specific design data
- Goal 4Review, evaluate and refine uniform QC/QA
- Identify QC/QA criteria used
- Use and document standard test methods, equipment and criteria
- Training and certification of technicians
- Develop and implement a uniform quality specification
- Goal 5Monitor constructability issues
- Identify and collect problems encountered
- Publicize hot line for solutions
NCAUPG ORGANIZATION
- Management Committee
- Two representatives from each state
- One agency and one industry representative
- Executive Committee
- Two co-chairmen, one agency and one industry
- Selected by Executive Committee
- 2 year co-chair term
- One co-chair chosen each year
ACTION ITEMS
- Executive Committee
- Four representatives, two agency and two industry, from IA, MB, MI, MN, ND, NE, SD, SK
and WI
- Four representatives, two agency and two industry, from IL, IN, KS, MO and OH
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