Perseverance in 2010 for Concrete Pavement

American Concrete Pavement Association-Southwest Chapter (ACPA-SW) greets 2010 with renewed energy and continued perseverance.

Despite major economic downturns and a mid-year adjustment to the ACPA-SW annual budget, the ACPA-SW team met and exceeded the goals within the Association’s Strategic Plan for 2009.

We have worked in California and Nevada to address challenges and find long term solutions for concrete pavement in an even, carefully crafted series of actions that meet our members’ needs.

Because of your support this last year, three local agency design, construction, and concrete pavement repair workshops were held in California. In addition we successfully completed a Statewide Concrete Pavement Workshop in Sacramento with Caltrans, the Federal Highway Administration and University of California Berkeley, Tech Transfer Center as co-sponsors. The Just in Time Training sessions between contractors and Caltrans emphasized quality concrete pavement during construction. This program provides that necessary partnership that Caltrans seeks with contractors and vendors for concrete pavement solutions. We intend to maintain or exceed this pace during 2010 of participating in many meetings with technical staff and policy makers.

As one of the founding sponsors of the Nevada Infrastructure Concrete Conference, ACPA-SW continued its major support and participation in that annual event. With our partners the California Nevada Cement Association, the Sierra Nevada Concrete Association, and the northern and southern California Concrete Promotion Councils, we form the Pacific Southwest Concrete Alliance, sharing resources and coordinating our promotion efforts.

From these consistent Association efforts, we have already begun implementation of the ACPA-SW Strategic Plan for 2010.

It is through you, the members of ACPA-SW and our many professional colleagues, that ACPA-SW will be sustained and grow. As a member, you are recognized as the best by those involved in concrete pavement. We encourage you to bring new members to the Chapter.

State budgets in California and Nevada are dismal as we enter 2010. Although we expect intense legislative dialogue over the gas tax, Prop. 42 and transportation bond sales and expenditures, I pledge to keep our segment of the surface transportation industry heard.

ACPA-SW is the recognized “go to resource” for concrete pavement in surface transportation. The year 2010 will be about construction methodologies, pavement decisions and the protection of funding for construction projects. ACPA-SW works for you, responds to you, and brings concrete pavement solutions into the marketplace.

Key personnel working on your behalf are Richard Moore in Nevada, David Akers in Southern California, Robert Wallace in Northern California, and The Ewing Group in Sacramento and Newport Beach. Plus, you get the benefit of having National and other state resources available as needed.

Thank you for your continued involvement and interest in ACPA – Southwest. We look forward to more concrete and a prosperous 2010. Please provide any comments you may have so we may better serve you.

Sincerely,

Craig A. Hennings

Executive Director