The 63rd annual conference was held in Regina November 11-14 and was attended by almost 300 delegates.
The delegates along with 20 Accompanying Guests enjoyed the conference and local areas. For those members who were not able to attend the conference, the technical proceeding was mailed before
Christmas so should be in your possession.
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The pre-conference course this year was on the topic of Technical Aspects of Seal Coats and was presented by Jean-Martin Croteau, Tony Kucherek, Trevor Moore, Chris Dechkoff and Nathan Prosko.
There were 80 registrants for the course and very positive feedback from all attendees. The CTAA is thankful for the members who put together and presented this course on their own time, it is through such efforts that we continue to provide a forum for the
exchange of relevant technical information. Course attendees can obtain their participation certificate for PDH’s from their profile on the
member portal.
Course participants –
login to the Members area and under ‘
My Account’ on the ribbon bar, select ‘My Certificates’ to print your certificate for the course.
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At the Robert Noble Awards Luncheon, Wednesday, November 14, 2018, the Canadian Technical Asphalt Association recognized those that contribute to the success of the Association.
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The Robert Noble Awards Luncheon was the opportunity to show our appreciation to individuals for service to the Association.
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The Canadian Technical Asphalt Association invites paper proposals (Abstracts) for the 2019 CTAA Annual Conference
Montréal, QC
November 24 - 27, 2019
Stay tuned, conference details will be available July 2019.
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2020 Kelowna, BC
2021 Charlottetown, PEI
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The Canadian Technical Asphalt Association welcomes the newest inductee as an honorary member at the Robert Noble Awards Luncheon. Art was introduced to the attendees by Bryan Palsat.
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The 63rd Annual General Meeting of the Association was held on Monday, November 12, 2018, in conjunction with the Annual Conference. The draft minutes of the AGM are posted in the member’s area – they can be accessed from
the Workspace area “Minutes of Annual General Meetings Files”. Note also that the audited Financial Statements of the Association can also be viewed/downloaded from within this workspace area.
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(left to right) Front row: Todd Strynadka, Ryan Clark, René Dufresne, Rielle Haichert, Nabil Kamel Back row: Michael Esenwa, Jen Penner, Chuck McMillan, Steve Goodman, John Laxdal, Brandon
MacDonald, Richard Hart, Véronique Szabo, Alan Carter
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Kathy Fyfe, after 19 years with the Association will be saying good-bye to us!
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As most of you know, Kathy has been the voice of CTAA in the Victoria office these past 19 years. What you may not know is the breadth and width of duties she performed on behalf of the Association to help
make our Association run smoothly.
While Kathy officially finished at the end of 2018, she has agreed that she will be available to help provide back-ground and guidance as we transition the bookkeeping and other duties.
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I am sure Kathy would love to hear from the membership – her email is
kathy@ctaa.ca - please feel free to send Kathy your well wishes.
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Remember if you paid the non-member fee to attend the Conference in Regina you had your membership for the remainder of the 2018 membership year (i.e. to December 31/18).
Notices for your 2019 General Membership annual dues have been e-mailed as of January 3 to all. Please take advantage of the early bird payment discount by using the code (Promo2019) as described in the renewal email.
Members needing to pay by cheque are asked to ensure that a copy of the invoice number accompany all payments to ensure payment is applied to the correct member’s account. ALSO – please make sure the Associations new address in West Kelowna is used – as will
be shown on the invoice or via the website.
Members whose fees are not paid will get further email reminders. If you have not paid by March 30th you will lose access to the member's area. The Board approved membership fees in November to stay at $200 with an incentive to pay early with the discount that
effectively keeps the dues at the 2012 level! Please read your reminder email for details.
Please consider encouraging colleagues and associates that you think can benefit from membership in the Association to apply for membership. New membership applications are accessed from the member's area tab on the
www.ctaa.ca website.
When renewing your membership please ensure your information is accurate.
Sustaining Membership renewals will be emailed on January 9th to Sustaining Member contacts. We will attempt to contact Sustaining members who have not renewed by mid-February – remember you can add your Assistant to your profile to assure they also receive
all the emails sent to you, including renewal reminders with the direct link which can allow them to pay the dues for you.
Please remember your personal (General) membership is separate from your companies Sustaining Membership.
We will also be sending you the promised Sustaining Member logos in the new year – these logos are intended to be used by Sustaining member companies to promote their support of the Association and Industry.
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For 2019, CTAA will again have three scholarships available. In order to be considered for the annual CTAA Scholarships the required materials must be received no later than July 1st. This year
however, the application will be accepted online only. The scholarship information is distributed to schools with an asphalt technology component and can be found on the CTAA site.
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The CTAA Executive is please to advise that the first edition of the CTAA text book is now available. The Text book is the accumulation of efforts by Professor Alan Carter and a small team of CTAA members who have worked diligently
over the last several years to produce a e-Text book that is targeted at both students and practitioners.
The Text Book is comprised of 11 chapters covering various aspect of asphalt technology and construction. Chapters cover varied topics on the history of mix design, asphalt and modified asphalt cements, aggregates and additives, mix type and mix design as well
as testing and Production.
This first release does contain typos and some grammatical inconsistencies which will be addressed in subsequent releases – please feel free to forward any errors you identify (admin@ctaa.ca)
The textbook can be downloaded via the CTAA store. MAKE SURE TO LOGIN in order to get the member pricing (FREE!). Non-members will be charged $20 to download the e-Text. The Text is available in English only.
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