ACPA Presents Annual Awards for Excellence in Concrete Pavements

The ACPA awards program encourages high-quality workmanship in every concrete pavement project and serves as a forum for sharing information about highly successful projects. Projects are evaluated and voted on by judges from across the country and representing various stakeholder groups in the transportation-construction community.

The awards program recognizes contractors, engineers, and project owners who completed outstanding projects. One of the requirements of the program is that projects must be completed in the calendar year prior to judging, which is why projects described herein refer to dates prior to 2009. Recipients are formally recognized each year during a gala awards ceremony held at the ACPA's annual meeting, this year in Orlando, Florida.

The awards fall into 12 discrete categories applicable to construction and rehabilitation of highways, roadways, and airports, and for the first time, industrial pavement facilities. The awards are presented in both gold and silver levels. This year, several projects tied for top honors in various categories. The award recipients by category are:

Commercial Service & Military Airports

Gold: Main Base Runway Replacement, Edwards Air Force Base, Kern County, Calif.
Contractor/Engineer: CH2M Hill-IHC, a joint venture of CH2M Hill and Interstate Highway Construction, Inc.
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)

Silver: Airfield Runway Upgrade, Johnstown, Pa.
Contractor: Hi-Way Paving, Inc.
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Engineer: PBS&J Corporation

Concrete Pavement Restoration (CPR)

Gold: 2007-2008 Airfield Concrete Pavement Rehabilitation at Denver International Airport
Contractor: Interstate Highway Construction, Inc.
Owner/Engineer: City and County of Denver - Department of Aviation

Silver: Cimarron Turnpike Pavement Rehabilitation
Contractor: TTK Construction Company, Inc.
Owner/Engineer: Oklahoma Turnpike Authority

County Roads

Gold: William White Blvd. (defense access road), Pueblo County, Colo.
Contractor: Castle Rock Construction Co.
Owner: Pueblo County, Colo.
Engineer: Short Elliot Hendrickson Inc.

Silver: Polk Township 270th Street
Contractor: Loch Sand & Construction Co.
Owner: Polk Township, Missouri

Divided Highways - Rural

Gold: Interstate-25, Cheyenne to the Colorado State Line
Contractor: Interstate Highway Construction, Inc.
Owner/Engineer: Wyoming Department of Transportation

Silver: Interstate-70 Reconstruction, Saline County, Kansas
Contractor: Koss Construction Co.
Owner: Kansas Department of Transportation

Divided Highways - Urban

Gold:Interstate-75, Birch Run Creek to Bridgeport Interchange, Saginaw Country, Mich.
Contractor: Interstate Highway Construction, Inc.
Owner: Michigan Department of Transportation
Engineer: Rowe Professional Services Co.

Silver: Interstate-355 South Extension (I-05-7709), Will County, Ill.
Contractor: K-Five Construction Corp.
Owner: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Engineer: Harry O. Hefter Associates, Inc.

Silver: Interstate-235, IM-NHIY-0235-1 (092) 003, in Oklahoma County
Contractor: Duit Construction Co., Inc.
Owner: Oklahoma DOT
Engineer: The Benham Companies, LLC

Industrial Pavements

Gold: Oklahoma Welcome Centers' parking areas, STPY-136E (127) EH in Kay County/STPY-105 (138) EH in Beckham County, Oklahoma
Contractor: Duit Construction Co., Inc.
Owner: Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Engineer: Tetra Tech FHC

Silver: Williston Point Road Improvements, Fort Riley, Kans.
Contractor: Smoky Hill, LLC
Owner/Engineer: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers