Nominations are open for all awards, and the deadline for submitting entries is November 1. In most cases contractors can nominate themselves and their own work; manufacturers, producers and suppliers can nominate contractors as well. Final award determinations will be made by the Pavement staff in consultation with the Pavement Advisory Board.
To participate in the awards visit www.ForConstructionPros.com/PavementAwards to complete an entry form by November 1. The awards that will be announced in January are:
The Alan Curtis Industry Service Award — Presented annually to a veteran of the paving & pavement maintenance industry whose pursuit of excellence, dedication to professionalism, pursuit of quality and spirit of achievement have contributed significantly to the growth, development and professionalism of the industry.
PAVEMENT Contractor of the Year Award — Presented annually to a paving or pavement maintenance company that demonstrates consistently high job quality, represents the company and the industry professionally, and operates with the business acumen that results in a profitable, well-respected, successful contracting business.
PAVEMENT Sweeper of the Year Award — Presented annually to a contract sweeping company that demonstrates consistently high job quality, represents the company and the industry professionally, and operates with the business acumen that results in a profitable, well-respected, successful contract sweeping business.
PAVEMENT Hall of Fame — Presented annually to paving or pavement maintenance individuals or companies that have made a significant impact in the growth, improvement and/or professionalism on the paving and pavement maintenance industry.
PAVEMENT Parking Lot Paving Award — This award recognizes the best hot mix asphalt paving job, overlay or new construction.
PAVEMENT Paving Award (non-parking lot) — This award recognizes the best hot mix asphalt paving job, overlay or new construction on non-road pavement such as bike paths, hiking paths, or driveways.
PAVEMENT Sealcoating & Striping Award (Large Job) — This award recognizes the best sealcoating & striping job on a parking lot larger than 500,000 square feet.
PAVEMENT Sealcoating & Striping Award (Small Job) — This award recognizes the best sealcoating & striping job on a parking lot smaller than 500,000 square feet.
PAVEMENT “Good Neighbor” Award — Presented annually to a paving or pavement maintenance company that demonstrates significant participation in the local community by providing pavement-related services and/or financial support to charitable and nonprofit organizations that benefit the community or local charity.
New Categories
This year Pavement has added three new awards to honor contractors making an impact in the industry.
“Best Marketing Video Award” will be presented to a paving or pavement maintenance contractor that has developed a marketing video to promote its company, services and generate leads. All industry-related videos are eligible, including custom-designed efforts, drone videos, before-and-after videos, animation, and on-the-job videos.
“Best of the Web Award” will recognize a paving or pavement maintenance contractor that relies on an innovative, engaging, easy-to-use, stand-alone company website (not a social media site) to promote its company and services to potential customers.
“Cutting-edge Sweeper Award” recognizes that sweeping is not just about picking up dirt and debris. This award recognizes sweeping companies who are leading the industry in technology implementation, compliance and more. Their innovative practices are an example of change being a good thing for the company and the industry.
Deadline for entries for these and the other nine Pavement Awards is Nov. 1 – so start thinking about your entries. By the time this lands on your desk the season (for most of the country) will be more than half over and you likely will have either already completed or will soon start the job that can have you recognized in the industry.
So if you haven’t entered already (a good number of you have) take a look back at the jobs you completed this season. Which ones turned out especially good? Which ones had unusual or especially difficult challenges you and your team had to overcome? Which ones are you most proud of? Those are the jobs the Pavement Awards are designed to recognize. And if you haven’t completed a job that you think fits those criteria, take a look ahead at what’s in your pipeline – then ask yourself the same types of questions.
All entries must be made online at ForConstructionPros.com/PavementAwards – and entering is easy. All that’s required is a brief description of the job and its challenges, including an explanation of why the job should be recognized. Then upload two high-resolution photos – and your done!
