Dale
joined NAPA in August of 1992 as Director of Engineering and in May
of 1994 was promoted to Vice President for Research and Technology.
Dale served as NAPA’s technical spokesman on a wide variety
of issues relating to the HMA Industry.
He was actively involved with the nationwide implementation
of the Superpave technology and served on the asphalt
research technical panels for the National Cooperative Highway
Research Program for projects sponsored by the Transportation
Research Board.
In August
of 1999, Dale joined Oldcastle Materials Group as Vice President –
Technical Services. Oldcastle
Materials is the largest producer of Hot Mix Asphalt in the U.S.
Dale provided support to Oldcastle companies in QC/QA,
training and technology implementation areas, as well as working
with state agencies in specification development.
In
May of 2001, Dale started an asphalt consulting engineering
practice, providing professional services in materials and mix
design, QC/QA, training,
technology transfer, forensic engineering and expert witness relating to asphalt
pavement technology.
Dale is a
registered Professional Engineer in Colorado, California, Maryland,
and Virginia.
Dale is
an active member of the American Society for Testing and Materials
(past Subcommittee Chairman); member
of many Transportation Research Board committees relating to asphalt
issues;
member of the American Society
of Civil Engineers (fellow grade);
member of the Canadian Technical Asphalt Association and was
the 1996 President of the Association of Asphalt Paving
Technologists.
Dale
S. Decker, P.E.