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AI Senior Regional Engineers Mark Blow and Wayne Jones taught quality materials, best construction practices and the Bailey Method over a three-day period in Doha, Qatar in January.

This marked the first time AI taught a class in a Gulf Coast country in the Middle East. The class consisted of 60-plus transportation officials, consultants, material suppliers, and engineers who are anxious to improve their HMA pavement performance in preparation for a bid for the 2022 Summer Olympic Games.

With a growing economy that generates large traffic volumes, combined with high temperatures and heavy slow-moving vehicles, pavements in Qatar are exposed to the most extreme conditions possible for HMA pavements.