Work Programme 2018/2019
1. General tasks
•Coordination of asphalt pavement field in Slovenia
•Collaboration with members - individuals and companies
•Collaboration with similar organizations: EAPA, Gestrata (A), DRC, IZS, road associations, FSV (A), DAV (D), HAD (CRO) and Putar (SERB)
•Ensuring founds needed for the activities of the Association
•Managing of activities of all Association´s bodies
•Organization of meetings of Committees (managing, Supervising, Technical, HSE, Isolation Section, Waterproofing section, Companies, organizational committees)
•Comunication through the Association´s website
•Cooperation with contractors, managers and the local community
2. Organization of technical meetings and education/training sessions
• Technical meetings (May 2018)
• Interational Road Maintenance Day (April 2018, 2019)
• Education and Training Sessions (March and April 2018)
• Asphalthers Day (November 2018)
• Workshop od Pavement Design (November 2018)
3. Basic and development activities (improvement upon existing and new technologies)
• Pavements as the key element of roads
• Digitalization in production and in installation of asphalt mixtures
•Stimulating Technologies for sustainable development:
-the low temperature (warm) asphalt mixtures
-recycling
-asphalts for noise reduction
-high modulus asphalts
4. Preparation of material, publication and Bulletin
• Organizational and technical bodies of ZAS
• ZAS website
• Education/Training Sessions
• From Assembly to Assembly bulletin
• Expert meetings
5. Preparation of technical literature (2018–2019)
• Ideal project
• Asphalt advantages
• Quality assurance and quality control
• Road Pavement industries highlight huge CO2 savings offered by maintaining and upgrading roads
• Preparation of new standards
• Recommendations for individual actors in the asphalt pavement industry (contractors, importers, manufacturers,...)
6. Professional meetings in 2018–2019
• 30. May 2018: ZAS – Proffesional conference and ZAS Assembly, Brezovica near Ljubljana
• 14. June - 15. June 2018: E&E event - Eurasphalt & Eurobitume event, Beriln, Germany
• 5. November -7. November 2018 NAPA – 1st International Conference on Stone Matrix Asphalt, Atlanta, Georgia
• November 2018: ZAS – Asphalters Day
• 15.November – 16. November 2018:Pavement Design Workshop – Moravia, Češka Republika
• January 2019: GESTRATA – Bauseminar, Austria
• 20. January – 23. January 2019: NAPA – Annual Meeting, Marco Island, Florida
• 11. February – 13. February 2019: DAV/DAI Asphaltseminar, Willingen, Germany
• March 2019: ZAS – Education and Traning Sessions
• 4. April 2019: International Road Maintenance Day
• 4. April – 5. April 2019: Asfaltni kolnici, Opatija, Croatia
• 8. April – 14. April 2019: BAUMA, München, Germany
• November 2019: ZAS - 17. Colloquium on Asphalt, Bitumen and Pavements, Bled, Slovenia
• 12. February – 14. February 2020: DAV – Deutche Asphalttage, Berchtesgarden, Germany
• 12. May – 14. May 2020: 7th EAPA & Eurobitume congress 2020, Madrid, Spain