ASPHALTopics | Spring 2014 | VOL 27 | NO 1
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INDUSTRY<br />
NEWS<br />
OGRA/ROMA TRADESHOW IN TORONTO, FEBRUARY 23 rd TO 26 th<br />
OHMPA Technical Director Sandy Brown and City of Hamilton Director of Engineering Services and<br />
Public Works Gary Moore talk asphalt at the OHMPA booth at the ROMA/OGRA combined conference held<br />
at the Royal York Hotel in downtown Toronto, February 23 rd – 26 th . The OHMPA booth was a popular stop with<br />
conference delegates — it was located in the main corridor near the coffee station and visitors<br />
got to try their hand at a hole-in-one on OHMPA’s putting green.<br />
2013 FALL ASPHALT SEMINAR A SUCCESS<br />
OHMPA’s Fall Asphalt seminar, held at the Le Jardin Conference Centre<br />
in Woodbridge on December 11th, brought in a full house with nearly<br />
500 attendees. Highlights from the seminar included a presentation on<br />
the most recent RAP and warm mix asphalt studies from Dr. Richard Willis,<br />
lead researcher at the National Centre for Asphalt Technology at Auburn<br />
University, as well as Dr. Susan Tighe, Director of the Centre for Pavement<br />
and Transportation Technology at the University of Waterloo. This year, not<br />
only were the Trillium Awards presented, but also the Dr. Norman McLeod<br />
Award for Innovation in Road Building and OHMPA’s inaugural “Bleeds<br />
Black” award. All seminar presentations are available on OHMPA’s website.<br />
BARRIE RESIDENT WINS<br />
#ONGREATROADS CONTEST<br />
The Ontario Great Roads Contest started last summer as a photo challenge<br />
open to the public to submit photos of their favourite roads. Celebrating<br />
Ontario’s roads, the contest brought in over 50 submissions. The lucky<br />
winner, Gayle Bellemare of Barrie, won an iPad mini. Ms. Bellemare’s<br />
submission was chosen at random from the dozens of entries that came<br />
in through OHMPA’s Twitter and Facebook pages. She said that after<br />
entering the contest, she gained a new appreciation for asphalt roads as<br />
she took several photos on Highway 11 north to her family’s cottage.<br />
Stay tuned for more #ONGreatRoads contest opportunities this summer.<br />
Gayle Bellemar’s winning entry.<br />
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