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State Materials Office / Bituminous Materials Systems
The Bituminous Material Systems Section of the State Materials Office is involved in a wide variety of activities related to the design, construction and testing of asphalt pavements in the State of Florida. The Mission of the unit is to ensure and improve the performance of asphalt pavements by testing, research, development of specifications and procedures, training and inspection. It is our long-term Vision to have Florida's asphalt pavements recognized as the best in the country.Principal activities that support our mission include specification development, asphalt mix design verification, technical support of on-going construction projects, research, Inspection-In-Depth's, binder testing, pavement failure investigations, training and pavement recycling activities, just to name a few.The unit is subdivided into the following operations:
Requirements to be included on the approved products/process list:
https://www.ingevity.com/markets/asphalt-and-paving/evotherm/
The Florida Department of Transportation began using Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) on a trial basis in 2006.
Warm Mix Asphalt Summary
The Bituminous Research Section performs practical research in the areas of asphalt materials and testing and evaluates new products and equipment.
Howard Moseley, P.E. State Bituminous Materials Engineer Telephone: 352-955-2905 howard.moseley@dot.state.fl.us
Gregory (Greg) Sholar, P.E. Bituminous Mix/Binder Engineer Telephone: 352-955-2920 gregory.sholar@dot.state.fl.us
Wayne Rilko, M.S., P.E. Bituminous Materials Engineer Telephone: 352-955-6314 wayne.rilko@dot.state.fl.us
Cassady Allen Bituminous Binder Lab Manager Telephone: 352-955-2921 cassady.allen@dot.state.fl.us
Melissa Barrs, C.P.M. Bituminous Mix Laboratory Manager Telephone: (352)955-2917 Melissa.Barrs@dot.state.fl.us
Glenn Roberts Mix Design Record Section Telephone: 352-955-2908 glenn.roberts@dot.state.fl.us
Victoria Byrnes Mix Design Record Section Telephone: 352-955-2912 victoria.byrnes@dot.state.fl.us
Submit a Question to the Bituminous Section
Kisan Patel - District One/Seven Pavement Materials Engineer (863) 519-4287 kisan.patel@dot.state.fl.us
Michael Horst - District Two Pavement Materials Engineer (386) 961-7719 michael.horst@dot.state.fl.us
Frank Kreis - District Three Pavement Materials Engineer (850) 330-1634 frank.kreis@dot.state.fl.us
Jesus Caballero - District Four/Six Pavement Materials Engineer (954) 677-7014 jesus.caballero@dot.state.fl.us
Leonel Cortes - District Five Pavement Materials Engineer (386) 740-3530 leonel.cortes@dot.state.fl.us
Eduardo Hernandez - Turnpike Pavement Materials Engineer (954) 934-1144 eduardo.hernandez@dot.state.fl.us