Cover | Page 2| Page 3 | Page 4| Page 5 | Page 6| Page 7 | Page 8


OFFICERS
President
Sidney Cox, Cox Paving Co., TX

1st Vice President
Cliff Ashcroft, FNF Construction, CA

2nd Vice President
Jorge Sousa, Recipav, Portugal & CA

Secretary
Mark Chalfa, Granite Construction, CA

Treasurer
Barry Takallou, CRMAZ

Executive Committee Members-at-Large
Mike Harrington, BAS-CA
Barry Takallou, Crumb Rubber Manufacturers
(CRM) California

Technical Advisory Board
Chairman George Way, P.E., ADOT (ret)
Vice Chairman, Gene Morris, P.E., ADOT (ret), AZ
Serj Amirkhanian, Ph.D., ARTS, Clemson University
Mark Belshe, P.E., FNF Construction, AZ
Douglas Bernard, P.E., FHWA (ret) DC
Joe Cano, P.E., Bureau of Indian Affairs, AZ
Jon Epps, Ph.D., Prof. Emeritus UNR, NV
Kathryn Evans, Ph.D., Texas DOT, TX
Rudy Jimenez, Ph.D., Prof. Emeritus, UofA, AZ
Kamil Kaloush, Ph.D., ASU, AZ
Byron Lord, P.E., FHWA, DC
Jay McQuillen, P.E. , Granite Construction, CA
Lawrence Smith, P.E. Florida DOT (ret), FL
Jorge Sousa, Ph.D., Recipav, Portugal
Anne Stonex, P.E., LAW Engineering, AZ
Dick Stubstad, P.E., ERES, CA
Maghsoud Tahmoressi, P.E., PaveTex Eng., TX
Barry Takallou, Ph.D., of CRM,
Jack Van Kirk, P.E., Valley Slurry Seal, CA
Dale Rand, P.E., Texas DOT

Executive Director, Douglas D. Carlson
dougc@rubberpavements.org

Director of Communications, "RPA News",
Donna J. Carlson
donnac@rubberpavements.org

Office address:
1801 S. Jentilly Lane, Suite A-2
Tempe, Arizona 85281

Telephone: (480) 517-9944
Fax: (480) 517-9959

 Welcome

Recycling Research Institute joins RPA as Affiliate. Mary Sikora, founder of the Recycling Research Institute (RRI) in 1986, has become the latest RPA Affiliate Member. The RRI was established to develop and disseminate information concerning proper scrap tire recovery, reuse, recycling and disposal. RRI is an environmental consulting firm specializing in scrap tire management and market development issues. Capabilities incude legislative and regulatory policy/language development; market research and feasibility studies; recycled rubber product development analyses; and evaluation of scrap tire supply and diversion activities on local, state, regional levels. In addition to publishing the Scrap Tire News, the company develops and publishes the Scrap Tire & Rubber Users Directory - an internationally acclaimed business reference book for the scrap tire industry. The Directory is now in its thirteenth edition. RRI is located at 215 Davis Ave S.W.,Leesburg, Virginia 20175. Telephone: 571-258-0500 FAX: 571-258-0502.
Web site "http://www.scraptirenews.com"

 


RTERF Funding Starts
The Recycled Tire Research and Engineering Foundation received its 501-C-3 status from the Internal Revenue Service on July 28,2004 positioning the Foundation to receive tax deductible contributions, bequests, devices, transfers and gifts. George Way, Chairman, announced that the East Arkansas Planning and Development District has become the first sponsor for new Foundation. The EAPDD has actively been pursuing the establishment of a crumb rubber program in their state. Way also announced the Foundation was recently placed under contract with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality to develop guidelines for crumb rubber use in Portland Cement Concrete Mixes. Doug Carlson, Executive Director for the Rubber Pavements Association will serve as the Principal Investigator backed by an Expert Advisory Panel consisting of James Willson, Executive Director, Arizona Cement Association; Kamil Kaloush, Ph.D, P.E. Asst. Professor, Arizona State University, Han Zhu, Ph.D., P.E., Tempe Tech, consultant; Robert Barkley, Hanson Aggregates, Phoenix; H. Barry Takallou, Ph.D,P.E., President of CRM; Mark Belshe, P.E., FNF Construction, Arizona and Gene Morris, P.E. retired Director of Research, Arizona Department of Transportation.

   The Foundation is now positioned to seek funding for a variety of projects which include technology transfer around the globe. To further opportunities in Latin America, Andres Sotil, a native of Peru and a doctoral candidate in Civil Engineering at Arizona State University, was chosen by the RTERF Board to serve as a Technical Advisor.

   Way said the Foundation is starting a fund raising drive to secure sponsors from the private and public sector. Sponsorship levels include Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum categories with the Bronze for contributions of one to ten thousand dollars; Silver, eleven to fifty thousand; Gold, fifty one to one hundred thousand and Platinum at any contribution over one hundred thousand dollars. The contributions will be used to further the following goals of the Foundation:

  • 1. Development of new tests and construction procedures for asphalt-rubber based on the Strategic Highway Research Program, AASHTO, and Superpave testing and design procedures.
  • 2. Development of pavement designs to reduce surface noise caused by tire interaction with rigid or aging pavements.
  • 3. Evaluation of the use of crumb rubber processed from scrap tires in old stockpiles.
  • 4. Establish a program for engineering colleges to provide exposure to the technology, encourage faculty and student research and production of technical papers for appropriate symposiums.
  • 5. Establish a scholarship program for undergraduate and graduate civil engineering students interested in pursuing a career specializing in Asphalt-Rubber paving materials.
  • 6. Maintain a technical library that will collect historical and current research papers and articles to be disseminated to agencies, academia, and the general public. The Foundation will also review papers not published in any other medium and produce an annual journal.
  • 7. Establish a training program for agency and engineering firms, design, materials and construction engineers in the appropriate use of rubber materials. This objective will be achieved through workshops and field tours conducted by experienced technical experts. The Foundation will also organize international conferences to educate transportation agencies and paving contractors from other countries interested in establishing a program for the use of environmentally enhanced materials within their country.
  • 8. Create educational materials in the form of videos and print material for agency or public distribution. The Foundation will also establish a website featuring current information on rubber enhanced materials, with links to other organizations with pertinent information on the same.
  • 9. Establish and fund a Technical Advisory Board comprised of Professional Engineers from the public and private sector with expertise in the use of crumb rubber from scrap tires in paving materials and other construction related applications and consumer products.

       Any parties wishing to participate as a sponsor for the Foundations mission, may contact the Chairman, George B. Way, P.E. at george.way@rterf.org or phone: 602-710-8433.