ACPA Presents Awards for Excellence in Concrete Pavements

Orlando, Fla. (December 2, 2000) - The American Concrete Pavement Association announced today the winners of its 11th annual Excellence in Concrete Pavement Awards.  

The awards presentations, sponsored jointly by the American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) and Concrete Construction magazine, recognized the achievements of paving contractors, engineers and specifying agencies/owners whose concrete pavement construction and rehabilitation projects represent some of the nation's best projects in terms of efficiency, quality, and smoothness, and reduced costs and road-user delays.

Kokosing was the winner in the following award category:

Winner: Municipal Streets & Intersections (greater than 30,000 SY) Award - presented to (contractor) Kokosing Construction Company, Inc., Columbus, Ohio; (owner) Butler County Transportation Improvement District, Fairfield, Ohio; and (engineer) KZF, Inc., Cincinnati, for the State Route 129 (Butler Country Regional Highway) project in Hamilton, Ohio.

Because there were no central-mix plants in the area, one of the most challenging aspects of the project was supplying concrete for the 46,100 square yard, 11-in.-thick reinforced pavement. Moraine Materials supplied concrete from two separate dry-batch plants, each more than two hours round-trip from the job site.

To speed placement, the producer built ramps at the paving site so two mixers could discharge simultaneously into dump trucks, which then carried concrete and placed it in front of the paver. This increased production and helped maintain the truck spacing needed to ensure a steady supply of concrete.

Crews achieved a 1.35 smoothness index on a 2/10 blanking band, with no "must grinds," for the completed pavement.