Committee Corner: January 2026

Cold Recycling Committee

The cold recycling (CR) committee is happy to share that Carl Bierman with Texas A&M Transportation Institute, has become the co-chair and will work along side Mat Nayagam with The Miller Group who has become the chair, with Megan Schuetz stepping down as chair for the committee. The committee is grateful for Megan’s leadership and contribution over the years and wish her success in her future endeavours. The CR committee is happy to share that Ramon Pujol Guim with Astec Industries has joined as a committee member and we look forward to his involvement with the group.

Update on current committee projects, the RoadResource.org review project for CCPR is completed and Specification Database project is nearly finalized. Lastly, the committee members voted on awards submission at the ARRA Summit meeting and the winner of ARRA Award for Cold Recycling is Dr. Buss with IOWA DOT, and the winner for the Roads and Bridges Award for Cold Recycling is Southern Avenue in Mesa, Arizona. Congratulations to winners and all submissions for highlighting the growth and benefits of cold recycling technologies.

Cold Planing Committee

The committee has completed the State Milling Specification spreadsheet and is awaiting other committees to complete their own before proceeding with converting it into a PDF for publishing, etc.

We met virtually this January to discuss our primary focus of creating a webinar. We have established meeting dates every other month to ensure we keep our attention on this project and complete the content portion, at a minimum, by the 2026 Pavement Recycling Summit in October.

FDR/Soil Stabilization Committee

A Winter virtual meeting will not be held as the Annual Meeting is just around the corner.  

The FDR Committee is busy working on the Specification Database. Jessie Boone is leading both the CR and FDR efforts and significant progress has been made. The primary issues have been locating a website version of the specifications. The FDR Committee has also been working on reviewing the RoadResource.org website. The FDR section is nearly completed, and both the Base Stabilization and Soil Stabilization and Modification Sections are well underway. The Review of P207 is still underway for the FAA addressing both Bituminous and Dry Additive specifications. 

Hot In-Place Recycling Committee

The HIR Committee has conducted several Microsoft Teams meetings to review the content of the automated video currently under development. The committee has reached full consensus on the content and is prepared to move forward to the next phase.

At this time, the committee is fully compliant with all pertinent requirements related to the Sustainability Committee. We are continuing to track materials and consumables to ensure proper documentation is available should it be required in the future.

Several members of the HIR Committee have expressed interest in participating in a Safety Committee, should the Board decide to establish one.

Increasing involvement from engineering firms remains an ongoing priority for the committee. In addition, committee members have actively reached out to County and State officials to encourage their participation in ARRA across all HIR disciplines. We also continue to promote ARRA at all industry events and trade shows attended by committee members.

At the most recent ARRA conference, Arron Hansen was unanimously selected to serve as an additional Chair of the HIR Committee. His marketing expertise and fresh perspective are expected to significantly contribute to advancing the committee’s goals.