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E d i t o r i a l
ACPA is pleased to announce the launch, or more precisely, the return of CONCRETE
PAVEMENT PROGRESS.
Thanks to a partnership with the expert team at LLM Publications, we are once again
publishing the quarterlymagazine, following a brief hiatus. Our “new” magazine boasts
shorter, quicker to read content, more illustrations, and some other enhancements.
In this issue, we’re pleased to present three project stories that were highlighted at the
“Makin’ Concrete Cool Project Stories” session at ACPA’s 52nd Annual Meeting. In
addition to celebrating great examples of quality concrete pavement construction, these
stories are a taste of what’s to come in CPP. We are committed to highlight projects
that tell the stories of our members and our industry.
We are also shining the spotlight on Gary Godbersen, the venerable President & CEO
of GOMACOCorporation, and the recipient of the 2015 Hartmann-Hirschman-Egan
Award, as well as other recipients of ACPA’s Distinguished Service Awards. (To read
the full story about the award recipients, follow this link to see photos, award recipi-
ents, and the complete story online: -
pavement-awards-2015/.)
It seems fitting that as we are marking a new milestone, the industry is also on a new
path with the recent signing of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (or
FAST Act), federal transportation legislation that provides much-needed funding for a
five-year period intended to improve the Nation’s surface transportation infrastructure.
Within the FAST Act is the Accelerated Implementation and Deployment of Pavement
Technologies 2 (AID-PT2), the ACPA-led provision that was first included in theMoving
Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). AID-PT2 provides funding for the
continuing advancement of pavement technologies through partnerships with FHWA
and the industry, including the National Center for Concrete Pavement Technology.
On this, the occasion of the relaunch of ACPA’s first (and oldest) periodical, we invite
you to read and enjoy this issue, and to keep us informed of articles you’d like to see
in the future. Please let us hear from you at
Bill Davenport
Vice-President of Communications
American Concrete Pavement Association
A Time for Celebration
ConCrete Pavement P roGreSS
Concrete Overlay
Provides Solution
to Mountain
Road Woes
Also inthis issue:
UpfrontEngagmentResults
inPublic SupportofHighway
Closure forConstruction
Collaboration,Communications
Lead to SuccessfulProject
Across State Lines
Quarter 1 | 2016