Quality Concrete Construction Awards Program
In 2000 the CAWV and WV Division of Highways created the “Quality Concrete Construction” Awards Program.
The program is designed to recognize and reward superior workmanship and performance, stimulate competition among contractors and ensure that quality construction in the highway program remains a focus of the industry to the ultimate benefit of the public.
Categories include structural work and flat work. The structural project category is comprised of bridges, retaining walls, precast concrete or any other specialty structural concrete construction.
The Concrete Quality Excellence Awards are presented each year at the State Meeting held during Expo.
2010 Quality Concrete Awards
The structural project category is comprised of bridges, retaining walls, precast concrete or any other specialty structural concrete construction.
The 2010 Concrete Quality Excellence Award for the structural category goes to MEC Construction Company, Bridgeport, for the Black Fork Bridge in Tucker County. The project consisted of the construction of a four span structural steel bridge for two lanes of traffic and a 10 foot wide bicycle and pedestrian walkway protected by a concrete median barrier wall on the traffic side and a bronze colored aluminum handrail mounted between concrete pilasters.
The work included the installation of a modified cofferdam, and the use of architectural concrete on both the median barrier wall and parapet wall to match the design of the original bridge’s parapet walls. Material was supplied by Alcon, Gerdau Ameristeel, and West Virginia Paving. The project amount was $7,076,921. Substantial completion was achieved ahead of the contract completion date.
The Flatwork project category requires creative design or construction procedures used in forming, mixing, placement or delivery that enhances the overall performance or quality of the finished product.
The 2010 Concrete Quality Excellence Award goes to Highway Paving, Inc., Hillard, Ohio, for the paving of Route 10, from Taplin to Midway Plaza in Logan County.
The project included construction of four and a half miles of four lane divided highway along with barrier walls, drainage and bridge tie-ins. The project was located in extremely isolated, rocky and mountainous terrain near Man, West Virginia. The scheduled completion date was October 15, 2010 with actual substantial completion achieved, even though there were several flash floods and mud slides, on November 9, 2010.
Also receiving an Honorable Mention is Orders Construction, St. Albans, for their I-81South to North Martinsburg, West Virginia project located in Berkeley County. The project consisted of six miles of Slip Formed Modified Median Barrier with additional hand formed sections around seven bridge piers. Materials were supplied by Potomac Construction Industries of Martinsburg.
Judges: Todd Rumbaugh, director of Contract Administration - WV Division of Highways; Mike Mance, cement and concrete unit supervisor - WV Division of Highways; and Bert Buchanan, bridge engineer - Federal Highway Administration