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National Pavement Expo West offers seven new paving opportunities

National Pavement Expo West’s (NPE West) expert-led conferences offer the most comprehensive educational resource and purchasing tool for paving professionals in the Western part of the United States. The industry’s only event designed specifically for the Western paving and pavement maintenance professionals, NPE West will take place November 17-19, 2005 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. With five workshops, five free roundtable sessions, 25 seminars and a packed exhibit floor, NPE West provides opportunities to discover new products, network with peers and enhance jobsite efficiency.

Attendees will master new trends and business developments in six new paving seminars and one new paving workshop. The conference seminars include: Slurry Seal and Microsurfacing for Pavement Preservation; Pavement Milling: An Affordable, Profitable Service; Improve Your Asphalt Paver Operations; Effective Compaction of Hot Mix Asphalt; Solving Mix Segregation in the Field; and Troubleshooting HMA Joint Construction. The new workshop is Applying “Best Practices” to Your Paving Operation.

Effective Compaction of Hot Mix Asphalt is one of the new 90-minute seminars featured at the event. Jim Scherocman, P.E., an industry recognized consulting engineer will help paving crews understand the basic elements of compaction, the various types of rollers, and teach contractors how to perform effective compaction for both stiff and tender HMA mixtures.

Applying “Best Practices” to Your Paving Operation is a special three-hour workshop presented by nationally recognized paving jobsite specialist, John S. Ball III, of Top Quality Paving. Relying on his patented video discussion, Ball will take contractors through a “best practices” program that focuses on paving techniques, efficient crew and equipment management, and jobsite troubleshooting to help crews construct high-quality asphalt pavements.