Brochure Winner and Finalists promote the HMA industry.

The 2003 Outstanding Brochure Winner, A.E. Stone, Egg Harbor Township, N.J. developed the award-winning, full-color, 8 1/2" x 11" brochure as a marketing tool to provide company information to engineers, developers and contractors who were not familiar with the services that the company provides. Construction services, information on recycling and rentals as well as special projects and materials are included in the body of this attractive brochure.

Brochure finalist Bituminous Roadways, states on its cover, "Worry-Free Paving Solutions... Since 1946." This colorful bi-fold piece has photos of its quality workmanship through the layout and includes a listing of the pavement maintenance services. The brochure states that the company produces its own asphalt and employs seasoned professionals "who are trained in the most current construction and maintenance techniques."

Duval Asphalt Products, Florida, also an Outstanding Brochure finalist, created a sleek, 9" x 12"" folder that lists the many services that the company can provide and has pockets to add information for individual services. It is a marketing piece for the company, designed to be given to new and established clients when submitting a proposal. It clearly promotes Hot Mix Asphalt with information on asphalt paving, maintenance and manufacturing, as well as full-color photos emphasizing those services in the center of this tri-fold piece.

State Asphalt Association and HMA Producer are both winners of NAPA's 2003 Web Site Award.

Colorado Asphalt Pavement Association and Tiller Corporation were named winners of the 2003 NAPA Website Awards. The Web Site Awards category recognizes NAPA and State Asphalt Pavement Association members who promote the use of Hot Mix Asphalt.

Colorado Asphalt Pavement Association uses colorful graphics on its homepage, www.coasphalt.com, and is updated at least on a weekly basis. The site was created to improve communications to its members and provide timely and comprehensive information. It is easy to navigate and covers issues currently of interest to Colorado, such as Airports / Asphalt Issues, Asphalt News, Education and Certification, as well as offering online technical resources.

When Tiller Corporation d.b.a. Commercial Asphalt created its website, www.tillercorp.com, its goals were to present the company in a positive light, highlight the contributions of the industry to the community, provide accessible information to neighbors and community leaders, and provide generalized information to its customers. Visit the site and you will see that each of those goals have been met. The result is an informative and user- friendly guide to Tiller Corporation.

NAPA also named seven finalists in the Web Site Awards. They are: Alabama Asphalt Pavement Association (www.alasphalt.com); Midwesco Filter Resources (www.midwescofilter.com); Missouri Asphalt Pavement Association (www.moasphalt.org); Pave Man (www.paveman.com); Plantmix Asphalt Industry of Kentucky (www.paiky.org); A.E. Stone (www.aestone.com); and Tilcon New York (www.tilconny.com). Congratulations to all the NAPA Web Site Award redpients.

NAPA Signs Historic Agreement on Work Zone Safety and Health

On November 18 NAPA signed an agreement to form an alliance promoting roadway work zone safety and health. Members of the alliance are the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). NAPA's coalition partners are the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE), and the Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA).

A government/industry/labor partnership like this is a first for OSHA. Peter Wilson, NAPA's 2003 chairman, said, "This alliance agreement with OSHA and NIOSH is another step forward in our efforts to ensure that the workers who build and maintain our streets and highways return safe and healthy to their families at the end of each workday."