 Cliff Ashcroft, V.P., California
Operations for FNF Construction, Inc., was elected to head the
Rubber Pavements Association for 2005.
Ashcroft joined FNF Construction
in 2000 after 10 years marketing Asphalt- Rubber pavements in
California. He became a member of the RPA Board of Directors
in 1998 and served as the Chairman of the association's California
Task Force for several years.
Ashcroft has a solid reputation
as an industry expert in the use of Asphalt- Rubber paving materials
and is well known to public works agencies throughout the state.
He is an active member of several Caltrans/RPA committees and
participated in the 1999 review team of Caltrans Asphalt-Rubber
projects throughout the state. Ashcroft has been a speaker at
dozens of workshops in California as well as Texas, Arkansas,
and Illinois. He also presented a paper at Asphalt-Rubber 2003 in Brazil. Because of his enthusiastic
and fervent speaking style, Cliff is often called "Brother
Ashcroft" by his industry colleagues. He is a member of
the California Asphalt Paving Association and serves on the Green
Book Specifications Committee in Southern California.
Ashcroft's goal for his term in
office is the development of promotional information on the key
questions often raised by agencies that are unfamiliar with Asphalt-Rubber
Technology. To accomplish this he has appointed RPA past president,
Jeffrey Smith, to serve as Chairman of Promotion Committee which
includes RPA 1st & 2nd Vice Presidents, Mike Hoag of Granite
Construction and Grant McIntosh, President of Western Tire Recycling
of British Columbia. Included in this edition are three "issue
briefs" addressing key elements of Asphalt-Rubber benefits,
Noise, Safety, Long Term Performance and Air Quality. A glossary
of Terms is also presented to help our readers with research
papers on Asphalt-Rubber (see page 10). Future "issue briefs"
will address What is Asphalt-Rubber? Asphalt-Rubber User Cost
Benefits and Tire Recycling.
Ashcroft has also tapped the new
RPA Secretary, H. Barry Takallou, PhD., to chair a Public Affairs
Committee which includes Past President Sidney Cox and Donna
J. Carlson, Director of Communications. |
 Ali Zareh, P.E., Sr. Pavement Design Engineer
with the Arizona Department of Transportation, was elected to
the Rubber Pavements Association's Technical Advisory Board as
the 24th member of the group which contains Asphalt-Rubber experts
throughout the United States. Zareh
received his B.S.C.E from Montana State University and is currently
pursuing his MS at Arizona State University. During his 20 years
with ADOT, Zareh has gained valuable experience in designing
and reviewing Asphalt-Rubber Pavements. He is expert in the use
of AASHTO Design, including the 2002 AASHTO Mechanistic Design.
He has been involved in the Arizona Quiet Pavements Programs
which has gained much popularity with Arizona drivers. Zareh received
the 2003 "Excellence in Public Service" award from
the RPA for his excellent database and records on ADOT's Asphalt-Rubber
project. This information has been extremely valuable to researchers,
the industry and other agencies throughout the world. Each year
he prepares a booklet which tracks ADOT Asphalt-Rubber projects
since 1988 and records the number of waste tires used by the
agency.
A U.S. citizen since 1993, Ali
recently returned to his native country, Iran, to conduct a workshop
on Asphalt-Rubber at the University of Tehran. The interest was
so high, Ali was asked to repeat his presentation again on the
following day, so all the 600 attendees on the two day conference
would have an opportunity to hear. Zareh joined a list of speakers
from England, Denmark, Holland, Australia, South Africa and India.
Cliff Ashcroft, RPA President said the industry was fortunate
to have a continuing ADOT presence on the Technical Advisory
Board. |
