This year, the Manitoba Chapter of the Canadian Public Works Association is pleased to present its Annual General Meeting December 3, 2009. For $20, each registrant will have the opportunity to come and go for a variety of events running between 10:00am and 1:00pm.

This year's theme is "All about Asphalt". Included with with your registration is:

• Click, Listen Learn webinar on Asphalt Pavement Preservation
• Presentation by local experts Randy Pitz and Steve Blayney on Warm Mix Asphalt
• Lunch including Pizza, Salad, Beverages and Dessert
• Annual General Meeting

Cost is $20. All are welcome to attend. Please feel free to invite friends and colleagues.

1. Click Listen and Learn: Asphalt Pavement Preservation

Opinions differ between agencies if it is more prudent to do planned asphalt pavement preservation or to react to crisis situations resulting from poorly constructed or poorly maintained roadways. Speakers present information about the importance and value of developing preservation maintenance strategies for asphalt.

Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

• Identify proven asphalt treatment strategies.
• Prepare a strategy to convince elected officials and the public of the long-term financial gain to using preservation strategies.
• Recognize different strategy applications from case study examples.

Presenters include:

• Dan Patenaude - President NE Division Roadway Management Inc.
• William Robertson - Director: Bureau of Street Services - Department of Public Works, City of Los Angeles
• James J. Dean - Superintendent of Highways, Town of Orangetown, New York
• John G. Calvert - Director: Tennessee Public Works Institute (TPWI)

2. Presentation: Warm Mix Asphalt

Warm-mix asphalt allows the producers of asphalt pavement material to lower the temperatures at which the material is mixed and placed on the road. Reductions of 50 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit have been documented. Such drastic reductions have the obvious benefits of cutting fuel consumption and decreasing the production of greenhouse gases.

Presenters include

• Randy Pitz, Manitoba Infrastructure and Technology
• Steve Blayney, Maple Leaf Construction

3. Lunch:

Meal to include:

• Pizza
• Salad
• Beverages
• Dessert

Lifetime Membership Presentation to be made.

4. Annual General Meeting