Arizona Pavements and Materials Conference

Workshop 1 Session: Balanced Mix Design (BMD): Advancements, Challenges, and Insights from Diverse Perspectives
Moderator 1: Matt Manthey, City of Mesa

• Presentation 1: Overview of BMD Implementation Status in the US (Speaker: Jhony Habbouche – AI)(~20 min)
• Presentation 2: Technical and practical aspects; impact of passing #200 sieve on asphalt mixture (Speaker: Peter Sebaaly - UNR) (~45 min P + Q&A)
• Presentation 3: ADOT’s BMD Update related to spec, field trial, implementation status. (Speakers: Jesus Sandoval / Paul Sharma - ADOT) (~20 min)

Break – Refreshments (15 min)

Moderator 2: Jhony Habbouche, Asphalt Institute

• Presentation 4: BMD implementation status, performance of produced and placed mixtures, and what to do when produced 
• mixtures are out of specifications (Speaker: Matt Manthey – Mesa Transpo / EVAC) (~45 min P + Q&A)
• Presentation 5: Perspective from an asphalt supplier (Speaker: Greg Groneberg – Southwest Asphalt) (~20 min)

 
Panel Discussion (~30 min): Peter Sebaaly (UNR), Matt Manthey (EVAC), Jesus Sandoval & Paul Sharma & TBD from district (ADOT), and 
Marc Macintosh (Wright Asphalt).  

Turquoise Room 
Workshop 2 : Innovations in Asphalt Materials and Pavement Preservation 

2:00-2:05    Moderators: Rick Risner, Tim Murphy, Mo Rahman
2:05-2:25    Daniel Darling – New & innovative crack sealing, mastic, patching
2:25-2:45    Mo Rahman – Modified (Hi Mod) liquid asphalt and emulsions
2:45-3:05    Ryan Olson – Slurry & micro seal construction best practices
3:05-3:25    Brad Parker – How do we handle RAP in slurry & micro?
3:25-3:45    Jeff Smith – What’s new in chip seal? 
3:45-4:00    Break – Refreshments 

4:00-5:00 Panel discussion: Daniel Darling, Mo Rahman, Ryan Olson, Brad Parker, Jeff Smith