Iowa DOT brings home four awards for asphalt paving projects
Posted on: 03/20/2015
The Asphalt Paving Association of Iowa recently honored five Iowa Department of Transportation projects with Quality Management Awards. According the APAI, the QMA awards recognize the great degree of work that goes into building a quality pavement on the primary and interstate systems.
Smoothness, quality control, density results, and physical appearance all go into the overall rating for the projects submitted in these categories. The winning pavements are the best of the best, indicating that they are not only smooth, but exhibit characteristics that produce long-lasting hot-mix asphalt pavements.
Primary resurfacing – two-lane, rural
Iowa 92 in Adair County
Primary resurfacing – two-lane, rural Iowa 92 in Adair County (From left) Matt Thompson, APAI president, General Asphalt Construction; Joel Hinebaugh, Norris Asphalt Paving Co.; Bob Mobley, Norris Asphalt Paving Co.; John Adam, Iowa DOT
Primary resurfacing – four-lane, rural
U.S. 20 in Hamilton County
(From left) Matt Thompson, APAI president, General Asphalt Construction; Matt Reedy, Mathy Construction Co.; Jeff DeVries, Iowa DOT’s District 1 materials; John Adam, Iowa DOT
Primary paving
U.S. 169 in Boone County
(From left) Matt Thompson, APAI president, General Asphalt Construction; Matt Reedy, Mathy Construction Co.; Jeff DeVries, Iowa DOT’s District 1 materials; John Adam, Iowa DOT
Interstate resurfacing
I-80 in Polk County
(From left) Matt Thompson, APAI president, General Asphalt Construction; Jeff Banes, Des Moines Asphalt and Paving Co. [an Oldcastle® Co.]; Jeff DeVries, Iowa DOT’s District 1 materials; John Adam, Iowa DOT
Innovation in Construction Award: Asphalt Interlayer
Iowa 3 in Pocahontas County
(From left) Matt Thompson, APAI president, General Asphalt Construction; Jeff Banes, Des Moines Asphalt and Paving Co. [an Oldcastle® Co.]; Bill Dotzler, Iowa DOT’s District 3 materials
All photos were taken by Steve Alexander of Alexander’s Photography of West Des Moines.