Vol. 5, No. 2

Dedicated to encouraging greater usage of high quality, cost effective asphalt pavements containing recycled tire rubber.

Spring, 2001

PW Dept gets award but real winners are the Contra Costa County, Calif taxpayers!

The Contra Costa County Public Works Department has been presented with the national "Outstanding Achievement Award" from the RPA. Above, RPA Director Murl Butler, marketing manager for Western States Surfacing, Modesto, Calif, presents the award to Public Works Director Maurice Shiu during a weekly meeting of the county's Board of Supervisors in Martinez, Calif. Contra Costa County was honored for its early use of Asphalt-Rubber in California. Its first application, a chip seal with 25% crumb rubber in the A-R binder, was placed in 1976. Many of the early applications are Cape Seals in which a Type II Slurry is placed over the chip seal to provide a smoother surface and assist with rock retention. Below is a 19 year old maintenance free project butting up against a two year old project in Pleasant Hill. Contra Costa County is planning a $7.5 million Asphalt-Rubber program for the coming season which will include 137,000 sq yds of Cape Seal as well as A-R Hot Mix.

Reed elected RPA President

Jeffrey Reed, President of the Arizona based International Surfacing Systems, one of the southwest's major Asphalt-Rubber contracting companies, was elected president of RPA at the association's annual meeting, January 7, in Washington, D.C.

Reed, a California resident, is also president of Valley Slurry Seal, West Sacramento, CA. In addition to its contracting operations, Valley Slurry Seal is a worldwide manufacturer of emulsion plants and slurry microsurfacing machines.

Jeff is a graduate of Gonzaga University in Washington state and holds a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering and a master's degree in Business Administration.

He has been a Director of RPA since 1997 and has served as Second Vice President since 1998. He is a past president of both the International Slurry Surfacing Association and the Asphalt Emulsion Manufacturers Association and is currently the Vice Chairman of the International Road Federation.