2021 WAPA Paving Award Winners Honored

2021 WAPA Paving Award Winners Honored

2021 Paving Awards winners were celebrated at WAPA’s 67th Annual Meeting on November 5th.  A wide range of “Best of the Best” awards were presented to Washington state’s premier asphalt paving companies alongside the private sector and public owners of the projects.

The public works paving awards were graciously presented by Josh Thomson, the 2021 President of the Washington State Association of County Engineers (WSACE), Lorelei Williams, Immediate Past President of the American Public Works Association of Washington (APWA-WA) and Kevin Dayton, our state’s Chief Engineer and Assistant Deputy Secretary of Transportation.  John Madden of Inland Asphalt Paving Company, WAPA’s newly elected 2022 President, led the awards ceremony and presented the awards for Commercial, Innovative, Heavy/ Industrial and Intermodal paving.

This year’s Carl Minor Award (the highest rated public works paving project of the year) was awarded to WSDOT Contract 9349 – I-90 – Sprague Interchange to Argonne Interchange PavingMark Allen, P.E. led WSDOT’s project management team and Shamrock Paving Inc. of Spokane was the General Contractor and self-performed the paving, placing over 43,000 tons of top quality hot mix asphalt, “magically” transforming the ride on this stretch of the freeway.

The Awards Presentations are available here: WAPA/WSACE/APWA Paving Awards and WSDOT/WAPA Paving Awards

2020 WAPA Awards

2020 WAPA Paving Awards

2019 WAPA Awards

A list of the projects that received awards in 2019 is shown in the Banquet Program booklet, available here: 2019 WAPA Paving Awards Catalog – Web Version

The presentation that accompanied the awards is available here: 2019 Paving Awards Presentation Slideshow

2018 WAPA Awards

The complete list of 2018 WAPA Paving Award Winners is included here: 2018 WSDOT-WAPA Paving Awards

The PowerPoint slide show highlighting each project is available here: 2018 WAPA Paving Awards PPT Presentation

Summer Equals Road Trips!

Summer Equals Road Trips!

Summer is time for road trips and enjoying the great outdoors. Wherever your travels take you, you know smooth asphalt roads provide comfort, drivability and performance. #WhereWeBelong

Check out NAPA’s road trip anthem, Where We Belong on YouTube.

 

 

 

 

The Place to Be

The Place to Be

This short Asphalt Pavement Alliance (APA) video captures what the traveling public wants when enjoying the nation’s highways.  The road is the place to be!

When Americans head out on the road, what they care most about is enjoying a smooth, high-performance driving experience. With asphalt, drivers enjoy a superior level of drivability. To find out more, visit http://www.DriveAsphalt.org

 

Annual Meetings & Training (2017 & 2018) – Archived Presentations

Annual Meetings & Training (2017 & 2018) – Archived Presentations

2018

WAPA/ WSDOT 30th Annual Joint Training Workshops – February 27th (Moses Lake), February 28th (Centralia) & March 1st (Lynnwood) – 2018-Joint-Training-PowerPoint Presentations

2017

WAPA/ WSDOT 29th Annual Joint Training Workshops

2017 WSDOT Spec. Changes – Bob Dyer, P.E., WSDOT Assistant State Construction Engineer

APWA General Special Provisions for Local Agencies – Ruth McIntyre, TranTech Engineering

WSDOT Bridge Deck Paving Restriction – Bob Dyer, WSDOT

MSCR Binder Testing Review – Sean McLaughlin, Assistant Asphalt Engineer, WSDOT

Nuclear Test Gauges – Care, Maintenance & Accuracy in Backscatter/ Thinlift Modes – Sean McLaughlin

Best Practices for Longitudinal Joint Construction – Bob Humer, P.E., Regional Engineer, The Asphalt Institute

FHWA Increased Density Demonstration Project – Tim Aschenbrener, P.E., FHWA Senior Asphalt Pavement Engineer

Compaction Options – Oscillatory Rollers – Andy Kazanis, District Sale Manager, Wirtgen America

WAPA Mid-Year Meeting (2017) – May 17th – 19th – Archived Presentations

WAPA Annual Meeting & Awards Banquet (2017)– Nov. 8th &  Nov. 9th –  Archived Meeting Presentations

WAPA Fall Asphalt Conference 2017 – November 14th (Seattle) & November 15th (Spokane) – From Tack to RAP – Asphalt Paving Best Practices – Archived Meeting Presentations – 2017 WAPA Fall Asphalt Conference

 

2018 – 2019 WAPA Meetings with Presentation Links


2018 Presentation Archives


Work Zone Safety Video: A Moment Can Save a Lifewww.watchfor.us WAPA Mid-Year Meeting 2018 Mid-Year Meeting PowerPoint Presentations

WAPA Fall Asphalt Conference – PAVEXpress & PAVEInstruct Pavement Design Software Course – 2018 PaveXpress Workshop Presentations

WAPA Annual Meeting & Paving Awards Banquet2018 Award Banquet Photos  *  Presentations from the 11.16.2018 meeting


2019 Events Schedule & Presentation Links


31st Annual WSDOT/ WAPA Joint Training Conferences – March 5th (Moses Lake), March 6th (Bothell) & March 7th (Centralia) – PRESENTATIONS

WAPA Mid-Year Meeting – May 15th – 17th, The Resort at Coeur d’ Alene, Coeur d’ Alene, ID – Select Presentations

Commercial & Industrial Parking Lot TrainingPresented by the Asphalt Pavement Alliance Western/Pacific Regional Council – Two Dates! – October 29th, Ramada at Spokane Airport and October 30th, DoubleTree Seattle Airport – Presentations upon request WAPA Annual Meeting & WAPA/WSDOT Paving Awards Banquet – November 14th & 15th, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Bellevue WA – Meeting Presentations and 2019 WAPA Paving Awards Catalog – Web Version    

Annual WSDOT/WAPA/LTAP Asphalt Pavement Joint Training Conference (2016) – Archived Presentations

Annual WSDOT/WAPA/LTAP Asphalt Pavement Joint Training Conference (2016) – Archived Presentations

28th Annual WSDOT/WAPA/LTAP Joint Training Conference 2016  (Dropbox Link of Presentations)

www.dropbox.com/sh/u901rp6koqt8htv/AADgrKgQp3ZdOhKN4Bn8NX7ca?dl=0

27th Annual WSDOT/WAPA/LTAP Joint Training Conference 2015

Download Joint Training documents:

WAPA Presenter Bios Template and Webpage References2015 Joint Training

2015 Joint Training Agenda – Notebook Edition

BobDyer-WSDOT Spec. Review

WAPA Porous Spec. PPT March 2015

Porous Hot Mix Asphalt Proposed Final Specification

SJD Joint Training QPL Mix Design

5-04.3(7)A2 Local Agency HMA Acceptance Spec.

Thinlay _WAPA_March 2015_LAH v01

Tack Coat Basics/ Best Practices – Dropbox download:  https://db.tt/TzIPKCMj

Milling Micro Milling – PR Systems-HPpc

Carlson Paver Screed – WAPA 2015

Crack and Seat Presentation – Dropbox download: https://db.tt/MmsmqKly

Paving Awards Overview

Paving Awards Overview

Each year WAPA, WSDOT, the American Public Works Association (APWA-WA) and the Washington State Association of County Engineers (WSACE) award those paving projects judged to be the most outstanding in the State.  The awards are presented at WAPA’s Annual Meeting in November of each year.

The 2021 WAPA Award Presentations can be viewed here: 2021 WAPA/WSACE/APWA Paving Awards & 2021 WSDOT/ WAPA Paving Awards

The 2020 WAPA Paving Award winners can be viewed here: 2020 WAPA Paving Awards – PDF Link

The 2019 WAPA Paving Awards winners can be viewed here: 2019 WAPA Paving Awards Catalog – Web Version

The 2018 award winners can be found at this link:  2018 WSDOT-WAPA Paving Awards