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34th Annual Excellence in Concrete Pavement Awards Program Open

ACPA is now accepting submittals for the National Paving Awards program for projects completed in the calendar year 2022.  Submittals must be received by the deadline date of Friday, July 7th, 2023.  Please review the complete eligibility requirements by clicking here.

About the Paving Awards Program

The ACPA Annual Awards for Excellence in Concrete Pavement are designed to honor quality concrete pavements constructed in the United States and Canada each year. The awards program encourages high-quality workmanship in every concrete pavement project and serves as a forum for sharing information about highly successful projects.

The awards program recognizes contractors, engineers, and project owners who completed outstanding projects. Winning an Award for Excellence in Concrete Pavement provides the contractors, engineers, and owners with a level of prestige that can assist them in the development of future projects.

Judges will score all eligible projects and break any ties. Based on the judging results, two projets will be selected from each category to receive an award. A gold award will be given to the top scoring project in each category and a silver award to the second highest scoring project. Award winners will be notified they’ve won an award by email and letter, prior to the awards banquet. The award level (gold or silver) will be announced for the first time at the awards banquet.

 

Concrete at the Capitol

The Oklahoma/Arkansas Chapter, ACPA in partnership with the Oklahoma Ready Mixed Concrete Association hosted recently hosted ‘Concrete at the Capitol’ day at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City. Over four hundred frozen ‘Concrete’ custards were served to Oklahoma legislators and staff.

US Secretary of Transportation Visits Arkansas Concrete Paving Project

Recently, US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg visited the job site of OK/AR Chapter member Weaver-Bailey Contractors at the Bill & Hillary National Airport in Little Rock, AR as part of a tour highlighting aviation safety efforts. The multiphase reconfiguration of Taxiway Charlie is meant to mitigate risk by eliminate angled runway/taxiway intersections. Weaver-Bailey Contractors of Conway Arkansas have been awarded both Phase I and Phase II of this project.

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2023 Oklahoma Concrete Pavement Conference

Last week’s 2023 Oklahoma Concrete Pavement Conference was a huge success with over three hundred people in attendance. Transportation professionals from across the state met to hear the latest updates on funding, design and research of concrete pavements.

Oklahoma Secretary of Transportation Tim Gatz kicked off the meeting followed by ACPA’s President & CEO, Laura Kaumo-O’Neil. Many thanks to them and all the presenters for their contribution to this year’s event.

Also, many thanks to our exhibitors and sponsors for helping us make this event a success.