MAPA Enews – October 2025
Attention MN Producers: MAPA EPD Grant Program and Oct 28th Webinar
Join us for a webinar in partnership with ERG Consulting on EPDs and the Emerald EcoLabel software program on Tuesday, October 28th @9am- 10:30am. This webinar will include a Q&A, so have your questions ready!
If you don't have the Emerald Eco Label software, please apply for your free 5-year license from the MAPA EPD Grant Program. Rebates are also available for purchased products. See attached application form for either option.
WHY? MnDOT will require EPDs beginning in 2028 for all trunk highway jobs over 2 miles. MnDOT may require EPDs before this and have applied change orders to several projects this year.
Note: For the first round, companies are eligible to apply for funding for one plant.
Find more information and how to apply here.
WELCOME NEW MAPA MEMBER: HANSON PAVING
We work with commercial, residential and agricultural clients in Cold Spring, St. Augusta, Becker, Sauk Rapids, St. Cloud, Buffalo, Zimmerman, MN, and throughout central Minnesota.
Our asphalt paving services include repairing cracked or uneven pavement, replacing damaged asphalt and creating new blacktops.
EVENTS
MAPA is looking forward to the annual MN Asphalt Conference! Join us for educational sessions with a great lineup of speakers, connect with sponsors during exhibit hours or in the hospitality room, enjoy networking during the awards luncheon or the social reception where you’ll have an opportunity to win great items on the auction (silent & live).
DIG, PAVE & DRIVE TO THE TOP(GOLF)
March 12th | 4:00-7:00 PM | TopGolf Woodbury
Save the date! Swing into spring and golf with your industry peers at this one-of-a-kind event at the new Topgolf in Woodbury.
(Almost) Time for Cold Weather Paving!
MAPA has a suite of resources about cold weather paving that can be found here.
Make sure you’re up to date on this important information.
MN/Dakotas Women of Asphalt Networking Luncheon
December 9, 2025 | 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM | St. Cloud River's Edge Convention Center
Join us for the 2025 MN/DAKOTA Women of Asphalt Branch Annual Meeting! This year's meeting is a luncheon with keynote speaker Melissa DeLay and is in conjunction with MAPA's Annual Asphalt Conference in St. Cloud. Please register for this no-cost event. You do not need to register for the full MAPA conference or be a MAPA member to attend.
Speaker: Melissa DeLay, TruPerception
How to gain influence and communicate your way to results in male-dominated industries.
A 30-minute interactive "how to" session that equips women with advanced communication skills.
How to…
- Negotiate when someone won't budge
- Navigate sports-heavy conversations
- Speak up when your voice isn't being heard
- Amplify the voice of other women
- Ask for a raise
- Set the tone at a meeting
- How to come from a position of power as a professional woman while staying true to yourself
- Easily curtail invasive and offensive comments at work
Learn more about the Women of Asphalt.
MAPA BOARD POSITIONS OPEN
MAPA has 3 open board positions for 2026:
- Refinery Member Director
- Consulting Engineer Member Director
- Producer Member Director
All board terms are 2 years. The board application form can be found here.
Please contact Abbey Bryduck abryduck@mnapa.org with any questions.
MAPA TECHNICAL SUPPORT
With the departure of Brandon Brever to the Colorado Asphalt Pavement Association, technical project requests should go to Al Hartlieb at adhartleib@msn.com or (612) 685-3518. Learn more.
2025 ASPHALT PAVING AWARDS
MAPA 2025 COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL AWARDS
Eligibility Requirements:
- MAPA Member
- Commercial Parking Lot, Residential Driveway, or Private Housing Development
Project will be rated based on the following criteria:
- Appearance
- Quality
- Workmanship
- Difficulty
Awards will be given at the 2025 Minnesota Asphalt Conference dinner. Your company will be given an award plaque and logo file to be used for promotional purposes.
Submissions deadline: Friday, October 24, 2025
MAPA 2025 ASPHALT PLANT ECOLOGICAL AWARD
The Ecological Commendation Award recognizes asphalt pavement production facilities that best demonstrate safe and responsible environmental practices. Facilities are judged on their design layout, clean operation, conducted tours for neighbors/local community groups/school groups and appearance.
Submissions deadline: Friday, November 14, 2025.
MONTHLY MEMBER FEATURE: RENUCORE™ BY CERTAINTEED
RenuCore™ by CertainTeed is an innovative high-performance asphalt modifier produced with nearly 100% reclaimed materials allowing you to reduce your asphalt costs. The paving industry no longer has to choose between performance and sustainability. RenuCore™ technology will allow licensed Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) producers and construction and demolition (C&D) waste facilities to recycle asphalt shingles, freeing up landfill space for C&D recyclers and replacing costly virgin materials in HMA production.
ERG
ERG is proud to be selected by the Minnesota Asphalt Pavement Association to provide technical assistance and training to asphalt paving contractors and mix producers in Minnesota to help them with their Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) development process.
This important project, funded by a grant from the State of MN, will help Minnesota’s asphalt paving industry prepare for upcoming Buy Clean requirements under state law, requiring EPDs in state procurement by 2028.
Stay tuned for more information on the webinar on October 28 at 9AM.
MINNESOTA TRUCK-WEIGHT EDUCATION TRAINING
This training promotes voluntary compliance to reduce damage to public roads and highways from overweight vehicles. Its goal is to teach you how to haul the most legal weight without violating truck-weight laws.
You'll learn about road-weight regulations during various times of the year, including the winter load increase and spring load restrictions. Instructors will provide professional, easy-to-understand take-home materials to assist you with your own configurations and options.
DATES AND LOCATIONS
- October 30, 2025—MnDOT District 6 Headquarters, 2900 48th Street NW, Rochester, MN 55901
- October 31, 2025—MnDOT Training and Conference Center, 1900 County Road I West, Shoreview, MN 55126
- November 5, 2025—MnDOT District 2 Headquarters, 3920 Hwy. 2 W., Bemidji, MN 56601
- November 12, 2025—MnDOT District 7 Headquarters, 2151 Bassett Drive, Mankato, MN 56001
- November 14, 2025—MnDOT St. Cloud Training Center, 3725 12th St. N., St. Cloud, MN 56303
REGISTRATION
The workshop is free, but registration is required.
There is a limit of 35 students per class. Registration of more than three members from the same company requires instructor approval; please call Tom Nelson, training coordinator, at 320-828-1809.
NAPA WEBINAR
October 27 | 2PM ET
This webinar will present findings from NCHRP project 09-66, Mechanical Properties of Laboratory-Produced Recycled Plastic Modified Asphalt Binders and Mixtures. The study provided guidance on selecting post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastics, laboratory procedures for adding PCR plastics in asphalt mixtures via the dry process. Attendees will gain insight into the global issue of waste plastics, learn recommendations on the types of recycled plastics that can be used in asphalt paving mixtures, and discover ongoing field studies to assess the effects of recycled plastics on pavement performance.