CAPRI Chats

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2025 Webinars

Solvents: Solvent Future

Speakers:
Richard Willis, NAPA
Wes Cooper, Asphalt Institute
Ramez Hajj, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
This webinar explored the future of asphalt laboratory solvents and extraction and recovery methods, focusing on alternatives to TCE, safety and regulatory challenges, emerging solvent technologies and ongoing research efforts.
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Solvents: State of the Practice

Speakers:
Jean Paul Fort, NAPA
Ann Baranov, Infratest
Kevin Burke, Illinois Asphalt Pavement Association
This webinar reviewed current asphalt solvent testing practices, including TCE regulations, exposure monitoring, laboratory safety procedures, solvent alternatives and automated extraction technologies.
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Solvent Regulations

Speakers:
Howard Marks, NAPA
Ann Baranov, Infratest
This webinar examined evolving EPA regulations on chlorinated solvents used in asphalt testing and discussed compliance timelines, exposure monitoring and laboratory safety strategies.
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Cold Weather Paving

Speakers:
Tim Murphy, Murphy Pavement Technology
Buzz Powell, Asphalt Pavement Alliance
This CAPRI Chat focused on best practices for successful cold weather paving, including compaction, mix design, temperature management, warm mix technologies and quality control strategies.
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Warm Mix Asphalt

Speakers:
John Garrity, MnDOT
Brander Brever, MAPA
Carolina Rodezno, NCAT
Katrina Mangiaracina, Ingevity
This CAPRI Chat explored warm mix asphalt technologies and their impact on sustainability, pavement performance, emissions reduction, compaction and lower-temperature asphalt production.
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2024 Webinars

BMD Field Validation: Lessons from Alabama and North Dakota

Speakers:
Zane Hartzog, ALDOT
Tyler Wilmouth, NDDOT
This CAPRI Chat highlighted field validation projects in Alabama and North Dakota focused on connecting balanced mix design laboratory results with real-world pavement performance.
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Guidelines and Recommendations for Field Validation of Test Criteria for BMD Implementation

Speakers:
Tom Harman, NCAT
This CAPRI Chat introduced a new CAPRI guide designed to help agencies plan field validation sections and establish balanced mix design performance criteria.
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Environmental Product Declarations

Speakers:
Richard Willis, NAPA
This CAPRI webinar provided an overview of environmental product declarations, low-carbon pavement policies and how agencies and contractors can use EPDs to support sustainable asphalt practices.
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