Liberty Tire exec to speak at rubber asphalt conference

ERJ staff report (TB)

Austin, Texas -- Doug Carlson, vice president of asphalt products for Liberty Tire Recycling, will speak at the fifth annual Rubber Modified Asphalt Conference in Austin Nov. 3-4.

Carlson will lead off the morning session at 8 a.m. Nov. 4, with a presentation titled, “Noise Reduction Effect from Rubber Modified Asphalt.” He will discuss noise reduction measured in rubberised asphalt projects in California, Arizona, New Jersey and Texas, and also offer details of a European study linking rubberised asphalt to pavement noise reduction.

Sponsors of the conference include the Rubber Manufacturers Association, the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society, the Scrap Tire Research and Education Foundation Inc. and the Rubber Pavements Association.

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