New RPA Member Rubber Technology International   Rubber Technology International has joined the RPA as producer member. The company is a leader in the emerging recycled rubber and molded products industry. It produces crumb rubber from waste tires received from retailers, service stations, public agencies, private companies, and individuals. RTI also uses recycled rubber as the exclusive source for its own molded rubber products and sells processed rubber as a raw material for use by others. Contact Trevor Webb, president, or Jim Mason, vice president, at Rubber Technology International, 3185 E. Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90023 . The phone is 323-268-6842. Fax at 323-268-7328. The e-mail address is rtekintl@aol.com and the company web site is www.rubbertek.com.   FHWA updating A-R document The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has agreed to update a Summary of Practices document for Asphalt-Rubber in the major user states of Arizona, California, Texas, and Florida. The work is being conducted by Larry Smith, head of QIS in Gainsville, FL since retiring as materials engineer for the Florida DOT. It is under the supervision of Katherine Petros, pavement and materials engineer for the Western Resources Center of FHWA. The project will update the 1996 Oregon State University report by R. G. Hicks, J. R. Leahy, D. Hanson, and J. Epps that was part of a five year pooled study by 33 states and the FHWA. Smith and Petros are meeting with contractors and agencies in the four states to review specifications, field blending practices, and projects. Their report is intended to provide other states with the current practices, materials, construction, and performance of the four states that see a benefit in using CRM and HMA. Members in Motion Cliff Ashcroft, former marketing manager for Manhole Adjusting, Inc., has joined FNF Construction as vice president California operations. Based in Fullertorn, Cliff can be reached at: 714-525-2666, by fax at 714-525-1717, or by e-mail at cliffa@fnfinc.com. RPA president Mark Belshe has been promoted to a vice president of FNF Construction. He will oversee the company's Asphalt-Rubber operations throughout the U.S. Mark has been with FNF since 1988. Melissa Herrington has joined the RPA staff as an executive assistant. Before returning to her Arizona home she attended Linn-Benton Community College and Oregon State University. Melissa is pursuing a degree in engineering. RPA secretary Ross Kashiwagi an Lori Hanson were married on August 5. Ross is the plant engineer for Granite Construction in Sacramento. Lori is a teacher. RPA staff member Doug Carlson and Cynthia Bayne were married July 22. Doug is RPA's government relations director. Cynthia is a registered nurse working in cardiac research. Unix Rubber of Korea has changed it membership status from associate to producer, giving the company a seat on the board of directors. Unix is the second international firm to choose full voting membership. The first was Recipav of Portugal. Bay Area Tire Recycling (BATR) is expanding its capacity to 23 million pounds annually to meet the anticipated need for crumb rubber in asphalt pavements in northern California. The demand is being triggered by the marketing efforts of the Northern California Rubberized Asphalt Concrete Technology Center in Sacramento County. PolyTek Rubber and Recycling has become the country's largest crumb rubber producer with the acquisition of new plants in Michigan and Pennsylvania. They join plants in Arizona, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. The Phoenix-based company has a combined capacity of 150 million pounds annually. The PolyTek Southwest plant is an active supplier to the Asphalt- Rubber paving industry in California, Arizona, and Texas. Jack Van Kirk, Basic Resources, has been appointed to represent RPA on the Caltrans/Industry Task Force on Binders. The former Caltrans engineer is a member of the RPA Technical Advisory Board. He presented a paper on Caltrans' equivalency tables for reduced thickness applications of Asphalt-Rubber at the World of Asphalt in Australia last February. Gary Hicks, PE, PhD, a retired Oregon State University professor, also presented a paper at the Sidney conference on the Life Cycle Cost Analysis of Asphalt-Rubber pavements.     Contents | Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | About Us