Pave It Black is the official podcast of the National Asphalt Pavement Association. Since 2020, NAPA's Richard Willis and Brett Williams have sparked conversations about the people, issues, and technologies that drive the asphalt pavement industry forward. Season 9 Beyond the Pavement: Lessons in Leadership is coming soon! Make sure to follow Pave It Black to be notified when new episodes drop.
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Safety, Standards, and Trust: How the Industry Earned Its Credibility with Coral Todd
This week we talk safety with Coral Todd, an Environmental Health and Safety leader at Duval Asphalt and an active member of NAPA's Health and Safety Committee. Coral shares her unconventional path into the asphalt pavement industry and explains why she believes safety is really about stewardship, not just rule enforcement. We discuss her WINS framework for building practical safety improvements from the ground up and how public trust starts with the standards crews hold themselves to every day. This season is sponsored by FleetWatcher by AlignOps. Watch FleetWatcher in action (https://go.alignops.com/fleetwatcher-pave-it-black/).
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29 Sept 2026
How Travel Behavior is Reshaping American Infrastructure
Auburn University professor Jeff LaMondia joins Richard & Brett to explore a side of infrastructure planning that rarely gets discussed: the behavioral data behind where and why people travel. Jeff explains how understanding daily commuting patterns, remote work trends, and even vacation travel habits directly shapes decisions about where roadway investment and pavement rehabilitation happen. He also dives into resilience planning, sharing how his research on work zone impacts and airfield pavement helps agencies prepare infrastructure for extreme weather, sea level rise, and other long-term risks. This season is sponsored by FleetWatcher by AlignOps. Watch FleetWatcher in action (https://go.alignops.com/fleetwatcher-pave-it-black/).
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22 Sept 2026
Three Generations of Asphalt: Leadership and Legacy with The Lemons
In this episode of Pave It Black, three generations of the Lemon family, Larry, Jay, and Jack, share what it's like running a family-owned asphalt paving business that's been a NAPA member since 1955, from how they each found their own path into the business to the mentors who shaped them along the way and what it means to be an industry leader. Tune in for a candid conversation about the responsibility of leadership and how to balance a growing business with protecting family time.
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Albert Ciuksza
Brodie Hutchins
Amanda Mohr
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Apple Podcasts (US)
4.8 / 5
17 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
2 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 51 / 100
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Engagement
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