The Scrap Tire Research and Education Foundation (STREF), a non-profit foundation established by the RMA along with the Rubber Pavements Association, Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society, Asphalt Institute, National Asphalt Pavements Association and the National Center for Asphalt Technology, will co-host the fifth National Conference on Rubber Modified Asphalt.
The event will be held Nov. 3-4, at the Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol in Austin, Texas.
The topics to be discussed include an analysis of the life-cycle costs of rubber modified asphalt, noise reduction attributed to rubber modified asphalt, cold weather applications, performance grading, several state case studies, terminal blending, research on hybrid blends of rubber, an update on research recently concluded, and rubber products used in highway and road maintenance.
Scrap tire rubber has been used to modify asphalt since the mid-1960s and is one of the larger end uses for ground tire rubber, RMA noted. Rubber modified asphalt is used widely in Arizona, California, Texas and Florida and is now being used in colder climate states in the U.S. and across Canada.
For additional information on the conference and to register, visit stref.org.
