After a year hiatus, the asphalt industry once again gathered for the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) annual meeting. The 2022 event was held in Phoenix, AZ and attendees were present as the association honored companies from across the country for their superior construction of asphalt pavements.
Top National Award for Quality in Asphalt Paving Goes to Eurovia Atlantic Coast, dba Northeast Paving Co. LLC., and Pennsylvania DOT
The 2021 Sheldon G. Hayes Award for excellence in construction of an asphalt pavement has been bestowed annually since 1971 and recognizes the country’s highest quality highway pavements.
Eurovia Atlantic Coast, dba Northeast Paving Co. LLC, and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation – District 12 were named the winner of the 2021 Sheldon G. Hayes Award for their work on I-70 in Washington, Pa.
Finalists for the award were Seaboard Construction Co. and the Georgia Department of Transportation for I-95 in Camden County; and Shelly & Sands Inc. and the Ohio Department of Transportation District 5 for I-70 in Muskingum County.
The Sheldon G. Hayes Award winner and finalists are determined through a two-year evaluation process. All highway pavement projects using more than 50,000 tons of asphalt are eligible for consideration. Initially, the project must win a Quality in Construction (QIC) Award, which is determined by numerical scores given by an independent pavement engineer on the basis of how well the contractor met specifications and achieved density on the finished pavement. All pavements that meet a benchmark figure earn the QIC Award.
The year after a project wins a QIC Award, it is eligible for consideration for the Sheldon G. Hayes Award. The top-ranked projects from each year are tested for smoothness, and then visually inspected by an independent pavement consultant with many years of experience in the industry. This year, the evaluator praised all the candidates for their high-quality construction practices, which resulted in smooth, safe, and durable pavements.
The award is named for Sheldon G. Hayes, a founder of NAPA and the association’s first chairman. Hayes spent his entire career striving for better construction techniques and improvements in the quality of asphalt pavements.
2021 Larry H. Lemon Award Winners, Sponsored by Asphalt Contractor Magazine
The Larry H. Lemon Award honors the 10 highest-rated Quality in Construction Award projects under 50,000 tons and is named in honor of Larry Lemon, owner of Haskell Lemon Construction Company. Lemon served faithfully on the NAPA Awards Committee for 18 years before serving as NAPA Chairman prior to his retirement. Lemon was instrumental in the creation of the rating system for the Quality in Construction Awards, which require qualitative analysis using data and test results to determine the winners.
“The asphalt pavement industry is committed to building high-quality projects that deliver superior performance to the traveling public. All contractors’ projects earning a Quality in Construction award are measured against best practices designed to live up to that commitment,” said 2021 NAPA Chairman James Winford.
The 2021 winners and their projects, arranged alphabetically, are:
- Barrett Paving Materials Inc. of Middletown, Ohio, for Various Roads in Springboro, Ohio
- Cadillac Asphalt LLC, A CRH Co., of Farmington Hills, Mich., for Grafton Road in Monroe County
- Dunn Construction Co. Inc. of Birmingham, Ala. for the I-65 project in Jefferson County
- Jagoe-Public Co., of Denton, Texas, for FM 1378 in Collin County
- Payne & Dolan Inc., a Walbec Group Co., of Gladstone, Mich., for M-94 in Marquette County
- Preferred Materials Inc., A CRH Co. of Tampa, Fla., for 49th Ave. North in Pinellas Park, Fla.
- Rogers Group Inc., of Columbia, Tenn., for US 64 in Lawrenceburg, Tenn.
- Shelly & Sands Inc. of Zanesville, Ohio, for SR 682 and SR 691 in Athens County
- The Shelly Co., A CRH Co., of Thornville, Ohio, for Morgan Run Road in Coshocton, Ohio
- The Shelly Co., A CRH Co., of Thornville, Ohio, for Winchester Pike in Franklin County
Projects submitted for a Quality in Construction (QIC) Award are evaluated by an independent pavement engineer who assigns each project a numerical score based on how well the
contractor met specifications and achieved density on the finished pavement. All pavements that meet a benchmark figure earn the QIC Award. The Larry H. Lemon Award honors the 10 highest-scoring projects, as determined in the review.
NAPA Honors Asphalt Industry Leaders for Operational Excellence, Celebrates Safety Innovations and Community Involvement
“NAPA members strive for excellence beyond constructing high-quality asphalt pavements. The two categories of the Operational Excellence Awards – Asphalt Operations Safety Innovation and Community Involvement – recognize a company’s commitment to operations that make them good contractors, good industry ambassadors, and good neighbors,” stated Winford.
The 2021 winners and finalists honored include:
Asphalt Operations Safety Innovation Award Winners:
- Kokosing Construction Co. Inc. of Fredericktown, Ohio, for Asphalt Cement Loader
- Superior Paving Corp. of Gainesville, Va., for Portable AEDs
Community Involvement Award Winners:
- Callanan Cares at Callanan Industries Inc., A CRH Co., of Albany, N.Y., for Callanan Cares
- Ajax Paving Industries of Florida LLC of North Venice, Fla., for Pave it Forward
The Operational Excellence Awards honor leaders in the asphalt pavement industry for excellence in community outreach with the Community Involvement Award and innovative safety practices with the Asphalt Operations Safety Innovations.
The Operational Excellence Awards are a counterpart to NAPA’s annual Quality in Construction Awards, which recognize asphalt paving jobs completed in line with best practices and standards known to yield high-quality asphalt pavements.
The NAPA Awards Program recognizes and encourages continuous improvement in all aspects of paving and asphalt operations.
For more information about the NAPA Awards program, or to nominate a project or company for an award, visit AsphaltPavement.org/Awards.
