If this were a "normal" year, the Asphalt Contractors Association of Florida would be giving our awards for the best paving jobs of 2019 at our summer convention. In lieu of this, we will be announcing winners in this space during the next four months. This year we received more applications for awards than any previous year in ACAF's history, and thus we are exceptionally proud of our winners.
This month we are announcing our District Champions in the Urban Resurfacing Category. In order to win this award, the project must have scored better than all other projects in the same category and District
and exceed other strict scoring criteria. Thus, every district won't have a winner. The District Champions below are currently in a second round of evaluation to see which will receive the State Award at our Winter Conference in December. Pavements are evaluated on Composite Pay Factor, Ride Quality, and Visual Inspection.
District 7: Hubbard Construction Company for USB 41 (SR 685) (Florida Ave) from north of Linebaugh Ave. to north of Fletcher Ave
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This project was 9.5 miles of resurfacing on Florida Avenue in Hillsborough County. The total tonnage was 13,169 tons. This project scored a 98.5/100.
The Hubbard team was led by
Scott Holcomb, Rosendo Alarcon, Adam Sigler, Carmine Pace, Randall Moore, and Jamie Farr.
The FDOT effort on this job was led by Farhad Zafaranian and Andrew Williams.
Congratulations to Hubbard and the FDOT!
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District 1: Ajax Paving Industries of Florida for the section of I-75 that crosses over SR 64 in Bradenton, FL
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This project consisted of 15.2 miles of resurfacing and 56,087 tons of asphalt. The project scored a 96.9 out of 100.
Ajax's team was led by
Jim Price, Dakota Gearheart, Jacob Gouviea, Mike Curle, Kevin Cruce and Howard Smith.
Marlena Gore served as the FDOT's Resident Engineer.
Congratulations Ajax and the FDOT!
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District 2: Preferred Materials, Inc. for SR 105/Heckscher Drive from Parker Ave. going east for 2.4 miles to Fuel Farm Rd
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This 9.6 mile project used 16,187 tons of asphalt. The project scored a 101/100.
Preferred's team was led by
Jason Johns, Haimwant Seeneth, Scott Dampier, Jodi Haviland, Jason Holtonand Robert Brinson.
The FDOT's effort was led by Gregory Perry and John Patterson.
Congratulations Preferred Materials and the FDOT!
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We are looking forward to awarding our State Champion in December. Do you have a favorite? Vote below!
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The best Urban Resurfacing job in the State is...
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Hubbard Construction Company for Florida Avenue.
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Ajax Paving for I-75/SR-64
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Preferred Materials for Heckshear Drive
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Florida’s unemployment claims declined to 173,731 for the week ended May 23 in a sign that the pace of layoffs is easing as the state struggles to reopen its economy during the coronavirus pandemic.
Construction is said to be holding its own, as commercial building projects continue unabated because local governments elected not to shut them down. In turn, training programs operated by Associated Builders and Contractors are filling up with applicants, industry officials said.
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South Florida Sun Sentinel
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Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations around the globe have demonstrated remarkable agility, changing business models literally overnight. The ability to embed rapid and nimble decision-making into company cultures will be equally important through crisis recovery and into the next normal. But managing in this new and unfamiliar environment demands more from leaders.
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World Economic Forum
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As contractors prepare to return to work on sites that have been shut down by shelter-in-place initiatives, they will face an industry that has been drastically changed by the both public health and economic effects of the pandemic.
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Construction Dive
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The COVID-19-caused falloff in driving, with a resulting drop in fuel-tax receipts, is starting to pose big challenges for state transportation departments as they try to gauge the long-term impact on their budgets and projects.
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Engineering News-Record
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These are the hard-won lessons you can take with you on the other side of this unpredictable period of volatile market conditions and tremendous change.
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Fast Company
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A new study from Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg in Sweden highlighted a few areas where we could actually cut emissions from road construction in half.
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CNET
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Conferences
FDOT Events
Webinars
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Asphalt Testing Solutions & Engineering has published an animated video about segregation causes during the paving process. Click the link above to watch the video on their YouTube channel.
OHL USA Inc., the Vecellio Group Inc., Construction Partners, the Hubbard Group, the Middlesex Corp and Anderson Columbia Co., Inc. were recognized by the
Engineering News-Record as Top 400 Contractors in the United States.
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Engineering News-Record
Last year, Blacklidge was chosen to pave the driveway of the White House. Blacklidge used American-made asphalt to complete the project.
Bay County awarded a contract of more than $2.5 million to CWR Contracting for the second phase of the county's annual resurfacing project.
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WMBB
Jennifer Garrett, Director of Marketing & Business Development at Duval Asphalt, was included among the 40 under 40 list published by the
Jacksonville Business Journal (paywall).
Source:
Jacksonville Business Journal
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