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VAA Board of Directors: Meet Ben Miller

I’m Ben Miller, the general manager of plants for F.O. Day Co. I joined the Virginia Asphalt Association Board of Directors in July 2022....

Experts are Now on VAA’s YouTube Channel

For nearly a decade, Virginia Education Center for Asphalt Technology (VECAT) has partnered with national experts on various training topics associated with the asphalt...

VECAT Proficiencies in Full Swing

The Virginia Education Center for Asphalt Technology (VECAT) in-person school season may have ended, but the online certification program is still in full swing....

VAA and VDOT Talk Big Picture

Sometimes it is best to talk about generalities; other times, it’s better to talk about specifics. On April 27, VDOT’s senior leadership, the Virginia...

FHWA’s MATC Has New Toys for Showcase and Loan

During a recent visit to FHWA’s Turner-Fairbank Research Facility in McLean, Virginia, VAA President Trenton Clark was treated to a tour of the recently...

Clark Addresses Australian Flexible Pavement Association (AfPA)

Biannually, the Australian Flexible Pavement Association (AfPA) conducts an international scanning tour. The primary purpose of the tour is to learn about the innovations...

Paving Against the Clock: Chambers Field-NS Norfolk

The Golden Lute Award is given to the top paving project in Virginia completed the previous year and is based on the quality of...

Assessing Sustainability: Recycled Plastic Waste & High RAP Content

What Is Sustainability? In 1987, the World Commission on Environment and Development defined sustainability as a “development concept that meets the needs of the present...

Can You Spell EPD?

“Can you spell EPD?” asked National Asphalt Pavement Association’s (NAPA) 2022 chairman and Virginia Asphalt Association (VAA) member Jim Mitchell at the VAA 71st...

Getting to Know VDOT’s Deputy Chief Engineer, Shane Mann

The following is a brief Q&A with the Virginia Department of Transportation’s (VDOT) new Deputy Chief Engineer. Before his fourteen years with VDOT, Shane...