GODBERSON RECEIVES the “2015 HARTMANN-HIRSCHMAN-EGAN AWARD”:
Gary Godbersen, President & CEO of GOMACO Corporation, was awarded the 2015 Hartmann-Hirschman-Egan (HHE) Award. The award recognized Godbersen for his long-time support for the American Concrete Pavement Association, dating back more than 50 years.
The award is also a tribute to his vision, inventiveness, and many innovations in concrete paving equipment and accessories. In presenting the award, ACPA President & CEO Gerald F. Voigt, P.E., said, “Your contributions have greatly advanced improved slipform pavement technology, improved construction, and contributed beyond measure to the betterment of the concrete pavement industry and pavement quality.”
For all of the details on the “2015 Hartmann-Hirschman-Egan Award”, please go to: http://www.acpa.org/godbersen-hhe/.
26TH ANNUAL “EXCELLENCE IN CONCRETE PPAVEMENTS” AWARDS:
The American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) has named recipients of its 26th Annual “Excellence in Concrete Pavements” Awards, which recognize quality concrete pavements constructed in the United States and Canada. The awards program encourages high-quality workmanship in concrete pavement projects, and serves as way to share information about challenging and highly successful projects. This year’s 32 awards represent 16 categories of construction and preservation of concrete pavements used for highways, roadways, airports, and industrial pavement facilities. The awards are made possible, in large measure, because of the generous time commitment of independent judges from across the country. The judges each spend many hours reviewing executive summaries, project details, photographs, and other details and aspects of project submittals.
ACPA presents awards in both gold and silver levels. Judging is based on a point system, with independent judges awarding points for quality construction, addressing unique and unusual challenges, innovation, traffic management, and other criteria. In the case of ties, award judges present awards to co-winners. Judges representing various stakeholder groups throughout the transportation-construction community evaluate projects. The program recognizes contractors, engineers, and project owners who completed outstanding projects. The program requires projects to be completed in the calendar year prior to judging (2015). The recipients of the 2015 ACAPA Excellence Awards are:
Reliever & General Aviation Airports
Silver: Sedalia Regional Airport Runway 18-36 Reconstruction, Sedalia, Missouri
Gold: Bowman Regional Airport Construction Bowman, North Dakota
Commercial & Military Airports
Silver: Detroit Metro Airport Runway 4R/22L, Wayne County, Michigan
Gold: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Runway 8L/26R Pavement, Replacement, Atlanta, Georgia
Concrete Pavement Restoration (CPR) – Airport
Silver: Wabash Municipal Airport Runway 9-27 Rehabilitation, Wabash, Indiana
Gold: Runway 9-27 Pavement Rehabilitation, Greenwood County Airport, Greenwood, South Carolina
Roller Compacted Concrete (Industrial)
Silver: Toyota Motor Manufacturing Container Yard, Princeton, Ind. (Gibson County)
Gold: Prichard Intermodal Facility, Prichard, West Virginia
Roller Compacted Concrete (Special Applications)
Silver: Missouri Route 19 Resurfacing & Shoulder Widening, Dent County, Missouri
Gold: 45th Street Rehabilitation, Sedgwick, Kansas
Municipal Streets & Roads <30,000 SY
Silver: Oneida Street, Oneida Street Reconstruction, Brown County, Wisconsin
Gold: Kelly Avenue Reconstruction from Covell Road to Coffee Creek, Edmond , Oklahoma
Municipal Streets & Intersections (>30,000 SY)
Silver: US Route 127 — Wilkinson Blvd. Reconstruction Frankfort, Kentucky
Gold: Monroe Avenue Reconstruction City of Green Bay, Wisconsin
County Roads
Silver: Weld County Road 49 and 22 Improvement Project, Weld County, Colorado
Gold: County, Iowa Route E34, Monona County, Iowa
Concrete Pavement Restoration (CPR)
Silver: Rehabilitation of I-35, Daviess County, Missouri
Gold: Denver International Runway 7-25 Complex Pavement Rehabilitation, Denver, Colorado
Industrial Paving
Silver: HE Bailey Turnpike-Positive Median Barrier Construction MC53, Cotton County, Oklahoma
Gold: Camp Atterbury Railhead and Container Facility, Edinburg, Indiana
Urban Arterials & Collectors
Silver: Hospital Road Reconstruction, Brush, Colorado
Gold: State Highway 100, from Interstate 94 to Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee and Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
State Roads
Silver: Dickinson County, Iowa State Route 86, Dickinson County, Iowa
Gold: Nebraska-US 75 Union South, Cass & Otoe Counties, Nebraska
Overlays (Streets & Roads)
Silver: Cannelburg Road Rehabilitation, Phase I Daviess County, Indiana
Gold: Paving the State Line, Freeborn County, Mn., and Worth County, Iowa
Overlays (Highways)
Silver Award Recipient – I-70 Bonded Concrete Overlay, Dickinson County, Kansas
Gold Award Recipient – Cherokee County, Iowa US Route 59, Cherokee County, Iowa
Divided Highways (Rural)
Silver: US Route 50 Reconstruction, Osage County, Missouri
Gold: Interstate 76 Reconstruction, Brush, Colorado
Divided Highways (Urban)
Silver: Interstate 96 (The I-96 Fix), Wayne County, Michigan
Gold: DFW Connector Project Grapevine, Texas
For all details of the award recipients in PDF form, please go to:
http://www.acpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ACPA-Announces-2015-Excellence-Awards.pdf.
For all photos of the award recipients, please click on photo collage below or go to: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/dg0byl7anc4tgv5/AAAor1i1GyxVnVYZ4nVUr7hMa?dl=0.
“DISTINGUISHED SERVICE & RECOGNITION AWARDS”:
The awards program was established in 1968, when the first honoree was James W. Johnson, Iowa Highway Commission Testing Lab, for the invention of the slip form paver. The program has grown into a time-honored tradition, cherished by the honorees, the industry, and of course, ACPA. The recipients of ACPA’s annual distinguished service awards are as follows:
The Harold J. Halm Award for Technical Achievement: Wisconsin Department of Transportation for its long-standing life cycle cost and pavement type selection policies that recognize the importance that healthy industry competition has on creating higher quality pavements at a lower overall cost to the public.
Marlin J. Knutson Award for Technical Achievement: Julie M. Vandenbossche, Ph.D., P.E., University of Pittsburgh, for more than 25 years of accomplishments in the field of concrete pavement research, particularly her work on the design of concrete overlays on asphalt pavements. The design models offer the concrete pavement industry new opportunities in the industry’s quest to provide quality alternatives to traditional asphalt resurfacing.
Outstanding Pavement Promotion Award: Larry Engbrecht, South Dakota Chapter–ACPA, for his professional approach and honorable, straightforward nature as Executive Director of the S.D. Chapter-ACPA. These qualities have built a trustful environment where the SDDOT and industry partner together to find mutually beneficial solutions using concrete pavements.
Lifetime Pavement Recognition Award: Westminster Avenue between 1300 East & 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah. Westminster Avenue was among the first concrete streets ever built by the city, having been constructed in 1916. It serves as a testament to the longevity of concrete pavements, carrying traffic just as it did nearly one hundred years ago.
Sustainable Practices Recognition Award: Utah DOT Region 2; Geneva Rock Products, Inc., and Holcim (US) for their work on the Interstate-80 reconstruction project from Silver Creek Junction to Wanship, Utah. This award recognizes the leadership of these companies/organizations and the individuals involved in the project, specifically in the area of pavement sustainability.
For more details and information on the “Distinguished Service & Recognition Awards” in PDF form, please go to:
http://www.acpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ACPA-2015-DSA-release.pdf.
For ALL information on these and other ACPA Press Releases, please go to: http://www.acpa.org/press-releases/.
