KDOT projects honored by KAPA

The 2018 Workmanship and Engineering Awards for the Kansas Asphalt Pavement Association (KAPA) took place on Dec. 6 in Lawrence. KDOT projects were honored in several categories.

State Transportation Engineer Catherine Patrick and Dan Scherschligt, KAPA Executive Director, presented the awards and are pictured with all the winners.

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Second place was awarded to Cornejo & Sons of Wichita for U.S. 50 in Reno County. Philip Wait, Tanner Moravek and Jeremiah Booth accepted the award for Cornejo. Scott Koopman accepted the award for KDOT.

 

First Place goes to APAC Kansas Inc. Shears Division, Hays Branch in Hays, Kansas for K-96 in Wichita and Scott counties. Doug Werth accepted the award for APAC Hays Branch, and Craig Schlott accepted the award for KDOT.

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Tied for second place was Shilling Construction Company of Manhattan for K-63 in Pottawatomie County. Dustin Patterson accepted the award for Shilling, and Matt Mackeprang accepted the award for KDOT.

 

First place is awarded to Hall Brothers of Marysville for K-15 in Washington County. Greg Rietcheck accepted the award for KDOT, and Randy Laflen, Michael Teter and Andrew Grable accepted the award for Hall Brothers. 

 

Director’s Award - 

Second place is awarded to Venture Corporation of Great Bend for U.S. 24 in Sheridan County. Rob Percival accepted the award for KDOT and Matt Fitzsimmons accepted the award for Venture.

 

First place is awarded to APAC Kansas Inc. Shears Division, Hutchinson Branch of Hutchinson for U.S. 69 in Linn County. Preston Barkdoll accepted the Directors award for APAC and Troy Howard accepted the award for KDOT.

 

KDOT projects recognized at awards ceremony

Hard work doesn’t always get rewarded, but four KDOT districts received six awards for various projects at this year’s Kansas Asphalt Paving Association’s awards program held on December 1, in Lawrence.

The 2016 KAPA Workmanship and Engineering awards consisted of 22 awards in six categories. A total of 22 projects were nominated by Hot-Mix Asphalt Paving Contractors for the 2016 KAPA Awards program. The judges said that they traveled 2150 miles in four days reviewing and rating all projects. Although they said the ratings were close, KDOT and several of its contractors received top prizes in the following categories: The KAPA Director’s Award, Full Depth Paving Award,  and Overlay One Inch or Greater.

The Kansas Department of Transportation’s mission is to provide a statewide transportation system to meet the needs of Kansas. With or without awards, KDOT crews work diligently to ensure that purpose continues to keep Kansas moving. 

Left, Catherine Patrick, KDOT State Transportation Engineer (Left) and Joshua Welge, (grey jacket) Metro South Engineer in District One, accepts the First Place Director’s award for the Johnson County Gateway project. side Dan Scherschligt, Executive Director, Kansas Asphalt Pavement Association, Inc stands to the right.

Left, Catherine Patrick, KDOT State Transportation Engineer (Left) and Dean Jay, (purple shirt) Project Engineer in District Three, accepts the First Place in Overlay 1 Inch or Greater award for the US-24 project in Graham County. This project was tied with another. Dan Scherschligt, Executive Director, Kansas Asphalt Pavement Association, Inc stands to the right

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Left, Catherine Patrick, KDOT State Transportation Engineer (Left) and Paul Gripka, (grey shirt) Design Build Manager in District One, accepts the First Place 1 Inch or Greater award for the Johnson County Gateway project. This project also tied with another. Dan Scherschligt, Executive Director, Kansas Asphalt Pavement Association, Inc stands to the right.

Left, Catherine Patrick, KDOT State Transportation Engineer (Left) and Zane Perez, (purple shirt) Project Engineer in District Three, accepts the Second Place Directors Award, for the US-83 project in Sheridan County.

  Dan Scherschligt, Executive Director, Kansas Asphalt Pavement Association, Inc stands to the right.

Left, Catherine Patrick, KDOT State Transportation Engineer (Left) and A.J. Wilson, (white shirt) Project Engineer in District Five, accepts the Second Place Overlay 1 Inch or Greater award; for the US-160 project in Sumner County. Dan Scherschligt, Executive Director, Kansas Asphalt Pavement Association, Inc stands to the right. 

Left, Catherine Patrick, KDOT State Transportation Engineer (Left) and George Dockery, (red shirt and jacket) Area Engineer in District Four, accepts the Second place Full Depth Paving award, for the US-400 project in Labette County. Dan Scherschligt, Executive Director, Kansas Asphalt Pavement Association, Inc stands to the right.