Tag: Blair Barnhardt

Roadbuilding

Four common pavement preservation myths

The International Pavement Management Association (IPMA) has set the record straight with its video about pavement preservation myths. Blair Barnhardt, accredited pavement manager (APM), founder and executive director of IPMA, hosts the video, debunking four myths: 1.  Pavement preservation is expensive. 2.  Free training is always unbiased. 3.  We have to continue to pave the […]

January 17, 2014

Roadbuilding

Arizona DOT saves money, improves pavement life with cracksealing on I-10

An Arizona Department of Transportation (AZDOT) employee talks with Blair Barnhardt, APM, founder and executive director of the International Pavement Management Association (IPMA) and IPMA Academy, about the agency’s cracksealing work on Interstate 10. In this video, which is part of a series put together by IPMA, Jason (no last name was given) of AZDOT […]

January 15, 2014

Roadbuilding

How and why to use heater scarification in full-depth reclamation

Blair Barnhardt, APM, founder and executive director of the International Pavement Management Association (IPMA) and IPMA Academy, talks with Brian Frix, APM, pavement manager for the Rockdale County, Georgia, Department of Transportation, about heater scarification. In this video, which is part of a series put together by IPMA, Barnhardt and Frix discuss how and why […]

January 13, 2014

Roadbuilding

How to be a ‘Pavement Management Rockstar’

The International Pavement Management Association (IPMA), the organization that gives asphalt pavement manager (APM) certifications through its IPMA Academy, has put together a series on how to achieve better roads. “If we continue to rehabilitate our roads like it’s 1956, we are headed for disaster,” says IPMA Founder and Executive Director Blair Barnhardt. In this […]

January 10, 2014