Florida Asphalt Fall/Winter 2022 | Vol. 3 No. 2

The official magazine of the Asphalt Contractors Association of Florida, Inc.

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2022-2023 Board of Directors

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Technical Director David Allain dallain@acaf.org

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Florida Asphalt is the official magazine of the Asphalt Contractors Association of Florida. All rights reserved. Contents of this publication may not be reproduced without permission of the ACAF. December 2022

at the ACAF Pavement Awards A Look Back

By David Allain, Technical Director, ACAF

Initially, this program began with three award categories under which projects could be submitted. The first, a category for 30,000 tons of hot-mix asphalt or more, was recognized immediately as the A.P. (Pat) Bolton award. The Bolton Award was created to honor the significant contributions A. P. (Pat) Bolton made to the hot-mix industry. A charter member and past president of the Asphalt Contractors Association of Florida, Mr. Bolton was recognized as the most innovative and qualityconscious paving contractor in the history of Florida — and was affectionately known as “Mr. Asphalt.”

The second award, the Resurfacing Award, includes state or rural county projects with a minimum of 10,000 tons. The third award, the Roads and Streets Award, includes jobs with a minimum of 5,000 tons.

The first awarded projects in 1979 for the three categories were as follows:

• A.P. Pat Bolton Award – Okaloosa Asphalt Enterprises

• Resurfacing of State Road 79 in Bay County

• Resurfacing Award – Florida Asphalt Paving Company

• Resurfacing of State Road 65 in Liberty County

• Roads and Streets Award – Macasphalt, Inc. (Winter Haven)

• Resurfacing of US 92, French Street in Seminole County

For the first 12 years of the ACA Pavement Excellence Awards program, Macasphalt sought their first Bolton Award. Ironically, that company, which was founded by Mr. Bolton, had been runner-up for the Bolton Award on four occasions. However, with the 13th edition of the awards program coming up, Macasphalt put quality control on their highest gear and in 1991, Macasphalt swept all three categories.

Asphalt Contractors Association’s awards program, known as the Pavement Excellence Awards, dates back 43 years. In March of 1979, then-chairman Ted Tedyson announced that the Asphalt Contractors Association of Florida, Inc., would initiate a statewide awards program to recognize excellence in hot-mix asphalt construction and resurfacing.

In 1995, ACAF moved its Annual Membership Meeting, currently known as the Annual ACAF Convention, from November of each year to June. Therefore, projects submitted that would have been considered for the 1995 November Awards Banquet were awarded instead at the 1996 Annual Membership Meeting. This resulted in a gap year for the awards in 1995. In addition, 1996 became the first year the association began recognizing district winners with plaques that were historically given to the statewide winners. This allowed for more recognition of excellence projects across the state due to the increase in the resurfacing budget from $45MM to $255MM from FY 78-79 to FY 96-97.

In 1999, the first Special Project was awarded to Orlando Paving Company for their work on the West Orange Trail, SR 424 in Orange County. Then, in 2007, another change to the ACAF Awards Program was made by the distinct multiplication of the Resurfacing and Roads and Streets Awards to the current Urban and Rural Resurfacing and FDOT and Non-FDOT awards, respectively.

After 43 years of the ACAF Pavement Excellence Program, 562 total projects have been awarded honors by the ACAF.

In the last 10 years, Preferred Materials, Inc., has taken home the Statewide A.P. Bolton Award more times than any other company. Amusingly enough, Preferred Materials, Inc., has ties to Macasphalt. Macasphalt was acquired by APAC in 1986, which was in turn acquired by Preferred Materials, Inc., in 2014.

ACAF is striving to provide its members with informative and interesting information. The association is currently working on documenting its history through photos, newsletters, and other media within the office. This process takes time, but tune in to the ACAF website to see our progress.

Today, ACAF honors the best projects in multiple categories for each FDOT district.

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Honoring the 2022 ACAFPavement

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ACAF, Inc. recognizes the best asphalt pavements constructed in Florida each year. Awards are provided for some of the best projects in several categories for each FDOT District. The A.P. Bolton, Urban, and Rural Road Builder District winners are further evaluated to determine a statewide winner. Awards are presented at the Annual ACAF Convention. Read on to learn more about the ACAF Pavement Awards. Congratulations to the 2022 winners!

Bob Flowers, ACAF, Inc. Chairman and CWR Contracting, Inc., President, announces the 2022 State of Florida Urban Road Builder of the Year award to Ranger Construction Industries, Inc. CWR Contracting, Inc. received the same honor in 2021.

John Taylor, ACAF, Inc. Director and Vice President and General Manager of Preferred Materials, Inc., presents the 2022 State of Florida Rural Road Builder of the Year award to CWR Contracting, Inc. Preferred Materials, Inc., received the same honor in 2021.

Molly Berry of Asphalt Testing Solutions & Engineering and Michelle Davis of Construction Partners, Inc. present the Special Project award winners.

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Award Winners

Ajax Paving Industries of FL, LLC

SR 25 (US 27) From Glades Co. Line to S of Horn Rd. Highlands County Tonnage – 44,508 Lane Miles – 30.5

Project Manager – Clay Cross Plant Foreman – Ed Bartha Road Foreman – Bob Popielarz QC Manager – Mike Curle QC Technician, Plant – Rocky Mullins Resident Engineer – Joe Freeman Project Administrator – Joe Freeman

Anderson Columbia Co., Inc.

SR 55 (US 19) From MP 7.831 to Fenholloway River Taylor County Tonnage – 83,195 Lane Miles – 67

Project Manager – Tara Beachamp Plant Foreman – David Cassidy Road Foreman – Greg Waters

QC Managers – Chris Harris, Curtis Robertson, Chris Weeks

QC Technician, Plant – Robert Lee QC Technician, Road – Patrick Emery Resident Engineer – Doug Mosely Project Administrator – Mark Smith

2022 District 1 Road Builder of the Year

2022 District 2 Road Builder of the Year

General Asphalt Company, Inc.

SR 9 (I-95) From S of SW 10th St. (SR 869) to S of Glades Rd. Broward and Palm Beach Counties

Tonnage – 103,762 Lane Miles – 9.11

Project Manager – Eduardo Betancourt

Plant Foreman – Alberto Fernandez Road Foreman – Gregory Hunter

QC Manager – Albert Lopez

QC Technician, Plant – Lance Henry QC Technician, Road – Jency Carmenate

Resident Engineer – Yamila Hernandez

Project Administrator – Aurelio Matos

P&S Paving, Inc.

SR 44 from E of I-4 to W of CR 4118 Volusia County Tonnage –51,585 Lane Miles – 39.2

Project Manager – Wallace Combs

Plant Foreman – Ray Adams Road Foreman – Vincent Foster

QC Manager – Timothy Carter

QC Technicians, Plant – Ed Madigan, Timothy Carter, Jr., Tori Madigan, Lisa Patryson, Cole Hellyer

QC Technicians, Road – Carlton Dobbins, Richard Jordan Gaither

Resident Engineer – Bred Bauknecht

Project Administrator – Jay Johnson

Award Winners

Preferred Materials, Inc.

SR 93A (I-75) From N of CR 672 to S of Progress Blvd.

Hillsborough County Tonnage – 55,950 Lane Miles – 38.7

Project Manager – Paul Ebert Plant Foreman – Seth Metz Road Foreman – Patrick Longstreet QC Manager – Sebastian Mutiu

QC Technicians, Plant – Hunter Light & Paige Prave QC Technician, Road – Manuel Muro Resident Engineer – Farhad Zafaranian Project Administrator – Shiva Moonian

The Middlesex Corporation

SR 417 Seminole Expressway from MP 38 to MP 44.5 Seminole County Tonnage – 49,740 Lane Miles – 26.6

Project Manager – Kirk Pettingil Plant Foreman – Orlando Plant Road Foreman – Steven Wilson

QC Manager – Jeff James

QC Technician, Plant – Orlando Lab

QC Technician, Road – Barry Powell

Resident Engineer – John Graves Project Administrator – Jake Olsen

2022 District 7 Road Builder of the Year

2022 Florida’s Turnpike Road Builder of the Year

Award Winners

The 2022 State of Florida Rural Road Builder of the Year

CWR

Builder of the Year

Miami 8255 NW 58th St Miami, FL 33166 305-592-5360 Davie 2801 Reese Rd Davie, FL 33314 954-581-8181

Asphalt

West Palm Beach 5460 Okeechobee Blvd West Palm Beach, FL 33417 561-683-1231 Clewiston 801 E Sugarland Hwy Clewiston, FL 33440 863-983-8177

Ft. Myers 9651 Kelly Tractor Dr Ft. Myers, FL 33905 239-693-9233

CWR Contracting, Inc.

SR 10 (US 90) From Willow St. to Madison County Jefferson County Tonnage – 30,175 Lane Miles – 40

Project Manager – Michael Smith

Plant Foreman – David Jones Road Foreman – Willie Esland

QC Manager – Bryan Turner

QC Technician, Plant – John Mader

QC Technician, Road – Freddie Jackson

Resident Engineer – Jeff Kerwin

Project Administrator – Matt Branch

General Asphalt Company, Inc. SR 7 (US 441) From S of SR 806 (Atlantic Ave.) to SR 804 (Boynton Bch. Blvd.) Palm Beach County Tonnage – 32,571 Lane Miles – 5.09

Project Manager – Richard McKenzie

Plant Foreman – Alberto Fernandez Road Foreman – Barry Pender

QC Manager – Albert Lopez

QC Technician, Plant – Lance Henry

QC Technician, Road – Jency Carmenate

Resident Engineer – Etienne Bourgeois

Project Administrator – Jason Jones

Award Winners

2022 District 5 Rural Road Builder of the Year

P&S Paving, Inc.

SR 5 (US 1) Route 1 from Woodland Ave to Flagler Volusia County Tonnage – 21,647 Lane Miles – 27.7

Project Manager – Wallace Combs

Plant Foreman – Ray Adams

Road Foreman – Terence Kruithoff

QC Manager – Timothy Carter

QC Technicians, Plant – Ed Madigan, Timothy Carter, Jr., Tori Madigan, Lis Patryson, and Cole Hellyer

QC Technicians, Road – Carleton Dobbins, Richard Jordan Gaither

Resident Engineer – Amy Scales

Project Administrator – Tony Phillips

Award Winners

The 2022 State of Florida Urban Road Builder of the Year

Ranger Construction Industries, Inc.

SR 5 (US 1) From Sample Rd. to Palm Beach County Broward County

Tonnage – 20,030 Lane Miles – 20.6

Project Manager – Andrew Maniotis Road Foreman – Dalton Rachal, Ezell German QC Manager – Renato Reis QC Technicians, Plant – Dusniel Carvajal, Moises Garcia, Joe Zelaya QC Technicians, Road – Arnaldo Rodriguez, Moises Garcia, Antonio Alvarez

SR 45A (US 41) (Venice Bypass) From Center Rd. to Gulf Coast Blvd. Sarasota County

Tonnage – 21,008 Lane Miles – 9.5

Project Manager – Matt Horan Plant Foreman – Cody McEwen Road Foreman – Walter Cabral QC Manager – Austin Wright QC Technician, Plant – Myrtis Harrison Project Administrator – Carl Harman

The 2022 District 1 Urban Road Builder of the Year

Ajax Paving Industries of FL, LLC

Over 60 years of experience, five laboratories across the globe, and a team of industry-leading chemists and civil engineers. All dedicated to asphalt paving technologies. This commitment to our industry is what enabled us to develop Evotherm®, the world’s leading WMA additive, and it’s what helps us understand what you need to get the job done right.

Award Winners

Ranger Construction Industries, Inc.

SR 5 (US 1) From Sample Rd. to Palm Beach Co. Line Broward County Tonnage – 20,030 Lane Miles – 20.6

Project Manager – Andrew Maniotis Road Foreman – Dalton Rachal, Ezell German QC Manager – Renato Reis QC Technicians, Plant – Dusniel Carvajal, Moises Garcia, Joe Zelaya

QC Technicians, Road – Arnaldo Rodriguez, Moises Garcia, Antonio Alvarez

Preferred Materials, Inc. SR 530 (US 192) from W of SR 417 to Bamboo Lane Osceola County Tonnage – 23,481 Lane Miles – 17.8

Project Manager – Logan Miller Plant Foreman – Brian Nolan Road Foreman – Elijah Hughes QC Manager – Eric Dickson QC Technician, Plant – Jesus Manrique QC Technician, Road – Andrew Lauck Resident Engineer – Edwin Alagano Project Administrator – Daniel Barbato

The 2022 District 4 Urban Road Builder of the Year

The 2022 District 5 Urban Road Builder of the Year

Award Winners

Year

Hubbard Construction Company Resurface Turnpike Mainline from

MP 235 to 239 Osceola County

Tonnage – 18,600 Lane Miles – 15.2

Project Manager – Luis Javier Saldana

Plant Foreman – John Watson Road Foreman – Henry Washington

QC Manager – Carl Moorefield

QC Technician, Plant – Brian Richardson

QC Technician, Road – Prince Akaba

Resident Engineer – Bryon D. Sprague

Project Administrator – Jeremy Leslie

Woman-Owned small business contractor located in Cocoa, Florida. We provide a quality product at an affordable price with integrity and professionalism. With 40 years of experience as a prime and subcontractor, V. A. Paving, Inc. specializes in local, state, and federal construction projects. Performing work for the City of Cocoa, City of Titusville, City of Melbourne, Brevard County, Melbourne Airport, NASA, U.S. Air Force, and other federal agencies. V.A. has also paved taxiways and runways, paved inside the VAB, installed box culvert storm water systems, installed water and waste systems at the wharf, shore line reinforcement and replaced concrete aprons for helicopter and airplane parking.

2022 Florida’s Turnpike Urban Road Builder of the

Roberts and Roberts, Inc.

Thomas Drive Resurfacing Project Bay County

Tonnage – 19,575 Lane Miles – 14.1

Project Manager – Jonathan Upfold

Plant Foreman – Kenny Hones

Road Foreman – Jason Moore

QC Manager – Herschel Neel

QC Technician, Plant – Fred Marshall

QC Technician, Road – Jason Moore

Resident Engineer – Richard Zion

Project Administrator – Doug Pritchard

North Region Jacksonville, FL 904-288-6300

Central Region Kissimmee, FL 407-343-7445

West Region Tampa, FL 813-612-5740

American owned and independently operated, E.R. Jahna Industries has been a leading supplier of construction aggregate materials to Florida for over 70 years.

Solely focused on mining and supplying quality natural silica sand in all of South and Central Florida and Coastal Georgia.

Ranger Construction Industries, Inc. Palm Beach Gardens (Eastpointe HOA) Palm Beach County Tonnage – 5,437

Project Manager – Beatriz Ramirez

Plant Foreman – Miles Purvis Road Foreman – Dalton Rachal QC Manager – Renato Reis

QC Technician, Plant – Scott Gamble QC Technician, Road – Manuel Diaz

Award Winners

Ranger Construction Industries, Inc.

CR 478 from US 301 to SR 471 Sumter County Tonnage – 18,206 Lane Miles – 9.5

Project Manager – Will Nash, Andrew McMurray Road Foreman – Zach Horton, Mike Moss QC Manager – Renato Reis QC Technician, Plant – James Arnold QC Technician, Road – Aaron Currie

Preferred Materials, Inc. George J. Bean Parkway from STA 1000 + 00 to STA 1193 + 61.25 Hillsborough County Tonnage – 26,512 Lane Miles – 11

Project Manager – Nicholas Brown Plant Foreman – Seth Metz Road Foreman – Patrick Longstreet QC Manager – Sabastian Mutiu QC Technician, Plant – Scott Morgan QC Technician, Road – Manuel Muro

2022 District 5 Roads & Streets Builder of the Year

2022 District 7 Roads & Streets Builder of the Year

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Award Winners

Ajax Paving Industries of FL, LLC

SR 45 From 10th Street to 14th Street

Sarasota County Tonnage – 8,724 Lane Miles – 2

Project Manager – Matt Horan Plant Foreman – Mike Bosco Road Foreman – Tony Tovar QC Manager – Mike Curle QC Technician, Plant – Kevin Cruce Project Administrator – James Nichols

Anderson Columbia Co., Inc. Jacksonville National Cemetery Access Rd. Duval County Tonnage – 15,434 Lane Miles – 6.8

Project Manager – Josh McDougle Plant Foreman – David Cassidy Road Foreman – Doug Waters

QC Managers – Chris Harris, Curtis Robertson, Chris Weeks QC Technician, Plant – Chase Smith QC Technician, Road – Cody Willems Resident Engineer – Sheldon Cash Project Administrator – Don Wittman

2022 District 1 FDOT Roads & Streets Builder of the Year

2022 District 2 FDOT Roads & Streets Builder of the Year

Award Winners

General Asphalt Company, Inc.

SR 804 (Boynton Beach Blvd.) From MP 1.012 to 2.204 Palm Beach County

Tonnage – 7,959 Lane Miles – 1.2

Project Manager – Alonso Marcucci

Plant Foreman – Alberto Fernandez

Road Foreman – Barry Pender

QC Manager – Albert Lopez

QC Technician, Plant – Lance Henry

QC Technician, Road – Jency Carmenate

Resident Engineer – Virgil Versaggi

Project Administrator – Thomas Emerson

2022 District 4 FDOT Roads & Streets Builder of the Year

Award Winners

Hubbard Construction Company

SR 435 (Kirkman Rd.) from N of SR 482 (Sand Lake Rd.) to S of SR 408 Orange County Tonnage – 54,118 Lane Miles – 30

Project Manager – Dimitrov Gomez Plant Foreman – Brant Larson Road Foreman – Carlos Aguiluz QC Manager – Carl Moorefield QC Technician, Plant – James Justice QC Technician, Road – Brian Richardson Project Superintendent – Matt Haines Resident Engineer – Edwin Alagano Project Administrator – Dan Barbato

Preferred Materials, Inc. SR 595 (ALT US 19) From S of 53rd Ave. North to S of 102nd Ave. North Pinellas County Tonnage – 25,336 Lane Miles – 18.8

Project Manager – Matthew Saenz Plant Foreman – Anthony Marcucci Road Foremen – Patrick Longstreet, Chris Longstreet QC Manager – Sebastian Mutiu QC Technician, Plant – Curtis Sullivan QC Technician, Road – Marcus Herndon, Manuel Muro

Resident Engineer – Julie H. Ostoski

Project Administrator – Sarah Ganz

2022 District 5 FDOT Roads & Streets Builder of the Year

2022 District 7 FDOT Roads & Streets Builder of the Year

Award Winners

2022 District 4 Special Project of the Year

Broward County

Tonnage – 3,934

Project Manager – David Gilfillan

Road Foreman – Dalton Rachal

QC Manager – Renato Reis

QC Technician, Plant – Joe Zelaya

QC Technician, Road – Moises Garcia

Ranger Construction Industries, Inc. Soft Buggy Track at Gulfstream Park, Hallandale Beach

Award Winners

2022 District 5 Special Project of the Year

P&S Paving, Inc.

Daytona Beach Intl. Airport - Taxiway November Improvements Volusia County Tonnage – 55,809 Lane Miles – 14.2

Project Manager – Brian Davidson Plant Foreman – Ray Adams Road Foreman – Vincent Foster

QC Manager – Timothy Carter

QC Technicians, Plant – Edward Madigan, Tori Madigan, Timothy Carter, Jr., Lisa Patryson

QC Technicians, Road – Carleton Dobbins, Richard Jordan Gaither, Darrel Scoggins, Jr.

Resident Engineer – Carl J. Schweizer

Project Administrator – Robert Hambrecht

2022 District 5 Special Project of the Year

Ranger Construction Industries, Inc. Ocala International Airport - Aircraft Apron Rehabilitation Marion County Tonnage – 8,325

Project Manager – Will Nash, Andrew McMurray Road Foreman – Zach Horton

QC Manager – Renato Reis

QC Technician, Plant – Mike Woodard QC Technician, Road – Aaron Currie

The Road is Clear for the 2022 Asphalt Conference & Expo

Florida’s

premier asphalt industry event will be held Dec. 13–14, 2022, at a new location this year: The Caribe

Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida.

This event will provide attendees with a unique opportunity to hear experts share the most up-todate information impacting our industry. In the exhibit hall, they’ll be able to view new products and services exclusive to the asphalt industry from over 40 exhibitors. In addition, the expo will feature equipment displays for attendees to observe up close.

What You’ll See at the 2022 Asphalt Conference and Expo

Attendees can look forward to an inspiring slate of speakers, new technology, and social activities. Take a glimpse at last year’s event below. Along with a bustling expo floor, the expo included a full day of educational sessions covering everything from remarkably robust asphalt research to impressive industry awards.

Florida’s

Pavement Awards

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Pavement Awards Banquet, Continued

Preferred Materials, Inc., showing off their collection of Golden Roads Trophies after the Award Banquet.

Nicola Liquori – Turnpike CEO and Executive Director announcing Preferred Materials, Inc., as the recipient of The A.P. Bolton Award Winner for the State of Florida Road Builder of the Year

Thank You, Advertisers

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Anderson Columbia Co., Inc. www.andersoncolumbia.com 35

Area Wide Protective www.awptrafficsafety.com 12

Arkema / Road Science www.roadscience.net 39

Asphalt Testing Solutions & Engineering www.asphalttesting.info 26

Associated Asphalt associatedasphalt.com 11

Beard Equipment Company www.beardequipment.com 15

CEMEX, Inc. cemex.com 42

CWR Contracting, Inc. www.cwrcontracting.com 25

Dobbs Equipment LLC www.dobbsequipment.com 3

E.R. Jahna Industries www.jahna.com 29

Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions, Inc. www.ergonasphalt.com 31 GS Equipment, Inc. www.gsequipment.net 19

Hubbard Construction Company www.hubbard.com 37 Ingevity www.ingevity.com 23 Interconn Resources www.interconnresources.com Inside Front Cover

Kelly Tractor Company www.kellytractor.com 17 Lengemann Corporation www.lengemann.us 29

Linder Industrial Machinery Company www.linder.com

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Martin Marietta Materials www.martinmarietta.com 21

Nielson Hoover & Company www.nielsonbonds.com 4

P&S Paving, Inc. www.pandspavinginc.com 18

Port City Pipe www.portcitypipe.com 23

Preferred Materials, Inc. www.preferredmaterials.com 28

Ranger Construction Industries, Inc. www.rangerconstruction.com 12

Ring Power Corporation www.ringpower.com

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South Florida Materials Corporation www.vecenergy.com 38 Sweeping Corp www.sweepingcorp.com 46

Thompson Tractor Company, Inc. www.thompsontractor.com 13

TransTech Systems, Inc. www.transtechsys.com 43 V.A. Paving vapaving.com 27

V.E. Whitehurst & Sons, Inc. www.vewhitehurst.com 18

Vulcan Materials Company www.vulcanmaterials.com 41

White Rock Quarries www.wrquarries.com 18

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