Name: 2026 Best Practices for Asphalt Pavements - Oahu
Start: 2026-04-01T08:00:00-10:00
End: 2026-04-01T16:30:00-10:00
Location: East-West Center

2026 Best Practices for Asphalt Pavements - Oahu

A basic understanding of materials, production, placement, and compaction operation that combine to produce a quality asphalt pavement.
About this Event

Registration Fees: $275 HAPI Member (plus fees if paying by credit card); $325 non-member (plus fees if paying by credit card); $0 for all government agencies

If paying by check: You will sent an invoice for your registration fee.

Parking: Zone 20 and lots near the East West Center at no cost; details will be send to those that have registered closer to the day of the workshop.

HAPI and the Hawaii Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) are jointly organizing the annual and popular 2025 Best Practices for Asphalt Pavements workshops

Speaker: Jarrett Welch, Quality Paving Consultants

Who Should Attend? Government agencies, contractors, engineers, and construction managers wanting to gain an understanding of how to construct a quality asphalt pavement.

Cost: $0 government agencies (sponsored by LTAP), $325 non-members, and $275 for HAPI members. Includes refreshments and lunch.

The goal of this one-day workshop is to provide a basic understanding of materials, production, placement, and compaction operation that combine to produce a quality asphalt pavement. The workshop agenda is as follows:

• Introduction

• What is Quality?

• How is it achieved?

• Specifications

• Pre-construction Recommendations

• Mixture Designs

• Asphalt Production Facility

• Surface Preparation

• Materials Transfer

• Paving Operations

• Compaction

• QC/QA Testing

• Troubleshooting mat defects

Takeaways:– An understanding of quality– An overview of construction of an asphalt pavement– An understanding of the importance of quality control

What workshop attendees have to say about the workshop:• I learned more in this one-day workshop than I have in one- week workshop or in one semester.

• Very informative. I gained appreciation of the right methods to a quality asphalt pavement.

• Good introduction for those without background in HMA.

• Jarrett helped me see a better picture of the standard practice of paving from start to finish.

• Proper compaction is important for A.C. pavement.

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