Tag: IPMA Academy

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

Roadbuilding

IPMA Academy gives Caltrans Accredited Pavement Manager IPMA Academy 2013 Award of Excellence

Caltrans District 8 superintendent honored for ‘enthusiasm, passion and hunger to learn’ in a surprise presentation of the award The International Pavement Association (IPMA) has honored John Hubbs, APM, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) area superintendent, with the organization’s inaugural IPMA Academy Award of Excellence. He was the first-ever person to complete the Academy coursework […]

December 19, 2013