AIEI - Asphalt, Innovate, Enlighten, Implement

Our Q3 newsletter is published! Check it out to read a message from our Program Director, learn about our Year 2 Sows, and get a sneak peek at the upcoming TRB meeting! See which team members are presenting and which workshops are relevant to our program's innovation areas! Click here to access the Q3 newsletter: https://lnkd.in/eVgXyB3r

In just two weeks, our AIEI Program Manager, Elie Hajj, will facilitate the FHWA Balanced Mix Design Workshop: Moving Forward with Implementation along with Tim Aschenbrener, MS, PE and Derek Nener-Plante, MS, PE. These workshops are a vital part to the success of our AIEI Program and will take place around the country in the upcoming year. Follow the link to see what's ahead for our Year 2 Statements of Work in our latest newsletter: https://lnkd.in/eVgXyB3r

Last week (Nov 14th) FHWA announced the awarding of almost $2 billion in grants to 39 State DOTs! Follow this link to?see a list of award recipients: https://lnkd.in/eBPj3nN5

The AIEI Webinar from last month available online now! UNDERSTANDING POTENTIAL REVISIONS TO THE PG ASPHALT BINDER SPECIFICATIONS presented by R. Michael (Mike) Anderson, PE, CAE and moderated by Tim Aschenbrener, MS, PE. Follow this link to access the webinar: https://lnkd.in/ebsZsjHP (webinars are alphabetical by title so scroll to the bottom) Click on the + sign next to the title and you will find a link for the webinar, the powerpoint?in PDF form, and related publications.

Who's attending the Arizona Pavements and Materials Conference this week? Catch Tim Aschenbrener, MS, PE, and Derek Nener-Plante, MS, PE's presentations; they relate to the AIEI areas of innovations!

The annual SEAUPG meeting starts next week! If you're attending be sure to catch presentations by members of our team! R. Michael (Mike) Anderson, PE, CAE, Subject Matter Expert?and Nam Tran, Subject Matter Expert,?are?presenting! Both presentations relate to AIEI's Design, Specifications and Practices innovation area. You can see the 2024 SEAUPG agenda by following this link: https://lnkd.in/e4TDGGrG

The Mid-Atlantic BMD Peer Exchange meeting is in full swing in DC! Speaking of BMD, did you know there is a BMD Implementation Working Group? Follow the link to learn more about it in our recently published November newsletter! https://lnkd.in/eVgXyB3r

The annual TRB meeting is less than 2 months away! Check out this TRB e-circular E-C295: Day to Day Practices to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Asphalt by following this link:?https://lnkd.in/ehAwTfKZ It summarizes?this session from last year and is related to AIEI's Y2 SOW D.2.1 (Integrating carbon credits with the LCCA of asphalt pavement to justify the use of low-carbon asphalt materials). Get ready for TRB by accessing other resources in our recent newsletter -follow this link: https://lnkd.in/eVgXyB3r

This week: Mid-Atlantic BMD Peer Exchange! Members of our team and FHWA (Elie Hajj, Randy West, Fan Yin, Ph.D., P.E., Tom Harman, Tim Aschenbrener, MS, PE, Derek Nener-Plante, MS, PE) are hosting the FHWA Lead State Peer Exchange on Asphalt Balanced Mix Design in Washington, DC. This directly corresponds with AIEI's SOW C.1.2. You can read about this SOW and others in our Q2 newsletter from July by following this link: https://lnkd.in/eqPg5FfJ This newsletter also highlights other BMD Peer Exchanges from around the country!

Our Q3 newsletter is published! Check it out to read a message from our Program Director, learn about our Year 2 SOWs, and?get a sneak peek at the upcoming TRB meeting! See which team members are presenting and which workshops are relevant to our program's innovation areas! Click here to access the Q3 newsletter: https://lnkd.in/eVgXyB3r