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2012 Excellence in Concrete

Pavement Awards

18-inch Slip-Formed Concrete Airport Apron.

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The Centerville Rest Park on West Bound I-70 was due for a significant upgrade. The contract was awarded in the fall of 2009 and Milestone began site demolition and clearing before winter which proved fortunate as an unu-

sually wet 2010 spring and summer season caused delays. Speci-fied pavement thickness included 10 in. concrete for the passen-ger vehicle lot and 14 in. concrete for the truck parking area and ramps. Crews used an “alternate lane” paving method on 1000 ft. long paving runs to pave the truck parking area. The entire project encompassed over 72,400 square yards of concrete pavement and Milestone met or exceeded all quality control and pavement depth targets.

Contractor: Milestone Contractors, L.P.Owner: INDOTDesigner: GAI Consultants, Inc.Concrete Supplier: Prairie Materials

The Keystone Avenue/I-465 interchange is a critical com-ponent in upgrading traffic flow on the north side of In-dianapolis. For that reason, the project was staged to maintain access to all ramps during construction. The

pavement design called for 9.5 in. concrete on a typical base placed on lime treated sub-base. Mainline pavement on Keystone Avenue was built one half at a time with frequent media announcements utilized to alert commuters of traffic changes as needed. While utility issues caused a three-month delay, Rieth-Riley was able to finish all paving requirements encompassing over 110,000 square yards of concrete pavement before the end of the season.

Contractor: Rieth-Riley Construction Co., Inc.Owner: INDOTDesigner: Parsons

(l-r) Chris Piersall, Kyle Ash, Terry Burris, Milestone; Chad Salvbrenner, GAI Consultants

(l-r) Toby Randoff, Parsons; Chuck Stephens, Tom Parten and Mike Ruth, Rieth-Riley

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Centerville Rest Park,I-70 West Bound

Keystone Avenue & I-465 Interchange


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It’s seems fitting that this segment of the US 31 Kokomo Cor-ridor in Howard County was the state’s first “alternate bid” project (bidding concrete and asphalt pavement); Kokomo is known as the “City of Firsts”. When completed at the end of

2013 this 13 mile long corridor will shift traffic away from current US 31 in Kokomo bypassing 15 signaled intersections. Concrete pavement thickness included 10 in. concrete for mainline and 8 in. concrete for ramps. Primco placed over 82,000 square yards or nine (9) lane-miles of pavement on this two-mile segment of the new Kokomo bypass.

Contractor: Primco, Inc.Owner: INDOTEnginners: American Structurepoint, Inc. Janssen & Spaans Engineering, Inc. Northwest Consultants

Contractors were limited to 180 days from start to finish for Phase IV of the Indianapolis International Airport Cargo Apron Expansion. They responded with excep-tional results. The scope of this 43,000 square yard ex-

pansion included earthwork, storm sewers, underground fuel and electrical service, under-drains, soil stabilization, cement treated permeable base and an 18 in. concrete pavement. The design called for concrete joints spaced 18.75 ft. “square” and dowelled in both transverse and longitudinal directions. Berns Construction utilized string-less technology for grade and elevation control and completed the paving without setting a single string line pin. The system achieved an impressive average elevation deviation of only 0.02 feet and with no grinding adjustments necessary.

Paving Contractor: Berns Construction LLCOwner: Indianapolis Airport AuthorityEngineers: Shewsberry & Associates, LLC. RW Armstrong Wessler Engineering Construction Mgr. Harmon/Turner

(l-r) Jeff Teusch, Chad Baker, Andy Rentschler, Primco Inc.; Jennifer Bullock, Northwest Consultants Inc.; Eric Farny, American Structurepoint; Ellie Stanoch, Janssen & Spaans Engineering Inc.

(l-r) Matt Gessner, Steve Rouse, Dick Newell, Lee Schuyler, Melanie Barnes

US 31 Kokomo Corridor, Howard Co.

Cargo Apron Expansion Phase IV


This 2.4 mile segment of the US 24 “Fort-to-Port” pro-ject represents more than just the last of four phases of a corridor from Fort Wayne to the Indiana-Ohio state line. This particular segment affords highway engi-

neers and researchers an opportunity to evaluate and learn from its construction and future performance. The project includes 5,000 lineal feet of variable sub-base drainage treatments under the east-bound lanes where the effect of un-sealed joints rela-tive to pavement performance will be monitored by INDOT. In addition to the test sections, this project was a showcase for in-telligent compaction technology that was demonstrated during grading operations to contractors and other agencies interested in the new technology. E & B Paving placed nearly 84,000 square yards of 10.5 in. concrete pavement on this final seg-ment of the long-awaited “Fort-to-Port” project.

Contractor: E&B Paving, Inc.Owner: INDOT

(l-r) Mike Crill, INDOT; Tony Korba, Mark Hayden, Phil Bowers, E & B Paving, Inc

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US 24 “Fort-to-Port” Phase I


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Main Street Streetscape in Downtown Elkhart is a high profile rehabilitation project highlight-ing the versatility and aesthetic capabilities of concrete pavement. The scope included under-

ground utility reconstruction, concrete pavement replacement, colored and exposed aggregate walks, ramps and curbs. Selge Construction crews installed just under 1,500 square yards of 9 in. concrete pavement on Main Street. Decorative concrete included brick stamped crosswalks, diamond patterned side-walks, a terrazzo planter island with a dyed and beveled con-crete seat wall. The exposed aggregate walk was constructed at the entryways to Lerner Theater and consisted of integral black concrete embedded with black aggregate, yellow aggre-gate and crushed glass.

Contractor: Selge Construction Co., Inc.Owner: City of Elkhart

Engineer: Wightman Petrie Concrete Supplier: Kuert Concrete

(l-r) Chris Chockley, Wightman Petrie Inc.; John Szuba, Selge Construction Company Inc.; Tim Miller, Kuert Concrete

Main Street Streetscape, Phase III

Showplace For Concrete Versatility: • Integral Colored Concrete Embedded with

Black & Yellow Aggregate, Crushed Glass• Exposed Aggregate• Brick-Stamped Crosswalks• Diamond Patterned Sidewalks


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(l-r) Chris Chockley, Wightman Petrie Inc.; John Szuba, Selge Construction Company Inc.; Tim Miller, Kuert Concrete

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I-465 Reconstruction,I-70 to Sam Jones Expressway

DeliveringQualityPCCPinHeavyTraffic

This $88 million project encompassed reconstruction and widening of the I-465 mainline pavement from just north of Sam Jones Expressway to Kentucky Avenue/SR 67 as well as the mainline on I-70 for one mile in each direc-

tion from the I-465 Interchange. It also involved reconstruction of the Sam Jones Expressway Interchange and significant recon-figuration of the I-70 Interchange. Bid as a two-season project in November 2009, this project challenged the Joint Venture team of Anderson, Indiana-based E&B Paving and Illinois-based Walsh Construction.

The scope of work included installation of six new bridge struc-tures at the I-70 interchange; two bridges at the Sam Jones Ex-pressway interchange; numerous pipe structures; grade work for widening; placement of over 361,000 square yards of 14-in. QC/QA Portland Cement Concrete Pavement (PCCP); and 540 addi-tional contract items…all while maintaining an average traffic vol-ume of 84,000 vehicles per day (including over 25 percent trucks) through the work zone.


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The “substantial completion date” established for this project was January 15, 2012 and the team was eager to get off to a quick start in 2010. Reality set in, however, as right-of-way issues forced the team to make adjustments to their original plan; bumping some work into the winter months of 2010-11. By the end of the 2010 season, all I-465 traffic was running on newly completed “outside” lanes leaving the “inside” lanes to be built during the 2011 season. In the mean time, work proceeded through the off-season months on various piers and structures within the I-465/I-70 interchange. Once the new fly-over bridges were open, the old structures were demolished.

E&B’s experienced paving crews did an exceptional job navi-gating this complex project. From the outset, daily schedules and work plans were carefully monitored and adjusted to maintain the overall schedule. With “live” interstate traffic running through the project, paving operations were often performed in limited, single-lane pours; requiring “zero-clearance” configuration of paving gear on occasion with constant, disciplined adherence to safety protocols.

Concrete for the project was produced in E&B’s central mix concrete plant located at the Washington St. interchange, result-ing in a short haul time between the plant and the paver. Between three and 24 tri-axle dump trucks were deployed to deliver con-crete to the paver, depending on the planned volume of that day’s pour. Drivers had to negotiate traffic and deliver their loads within a limited time frame making the maintenance-of-traffic (MOT) plan critical to the success of this project.

Behind the scenes, E&B’s culture of quality and discipline is impressive. Their Quality Control/Quality Assurance (QC/QA) Plan, which is submitted on every project they perform for IN-DOT, includes detailed operational protocols including chain of command, a list of all paving equipment to be utilized on the job, procedures for day/night time and cold/hot weather paving opera-tions, all mix designs and requisite trial batch test results and, of course, a detailed safety procedure.

Given the early right-of-way challenges that impacted the schedule of this two-season project, it is indeed impressive that the team was able to achieve such a great quality result two months ahead of schedule!

This project represents the southern-most segment of the 11-mile long, $420 million, multi-year INDOT initiative known as “Accelerate 465.” Also referred to as the “I-465 west leg,” Ac-celerate 465 was designed to expand capacity, improve motorist safety and interstate access and modernize the entire corridor and its seven interchanges to current standards. Construction began in 2007 and is nearly complete with some remaining work at the I-74 interchange and the final segment around the Washington Street interchange scheduled to conclude at the end of 2012.


Originally known as “Eickhoff-Koressel Road” in the 1979 county transportation plan, this concep-tual corridor up-grade evolved into a major four-lane facility on new alignment serving western

Vanderburgh County. It was designed to fit into the gently rolling terrain minimizing project costs while providing a safe, durable and very smooth new arterial roadway. E&B placed about 76,000 square yards of 10 in. concrete on 3.2 miles of this four-lane road. Vanderburgh County is now one phase away from completing this important corridor on the west side of the county.

Contractor: E&B Paving, Inc.Owner: Vanderburgh County

Engineer: Bernardin Lochmueller & Associates, Inc.

(l-r) Carl Camacho, Bernardin, Lochmueller & Associates; Mark Hayden, Travis McPeak, E & B Paving, Inc.

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University Parkway, Phases 2 & 3


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The Dupont Road project involved widening a two lane facility to a four lane urban roadway with sidewalks, center and outside turn lanes with new drainage and util-ity runs. Construction congestion was compounded by

the multi-million dollar Parkview Hospital renovation/addition project being built concurrently adjacent to the project. Signifi-cant utility delays were also encountered by the contractor. Primco placed over 81,000 square yards of 9 in., 10 in. and 11in. concrete pavement achieving an extremely smooth ride throughout this newly reconstructed section of Dupont Road.

Contractor: Primco, Inc.Owner: INDOTEngineer: Bernardin Lochmueller & Associates, Inc.

(l-r) Carl Camacho, Bernardin, Lochmueller & Associates; Jason Spreen, INDOT; Jeff Teusch, Chad Baker, Primco, Inc.

Dupont Road (SR 1), - Ft. Wayne, Ind.


The SR 62 / SR 261 Reconstruction project repre-sents the last phase in a multi-year up-grade linking Booneville in Warrick Co. to I-164 on the east side of Evansville. Started in 2003, this 10.5 mile stretch of

SR 62 was expanded from a two-lane highway to a modern and safe concrete four-lane highway. This final phase included rea-lignment and reconstruction of the dangerous intersection at SR 62 and SR 261. It was a “two-season” job with the fill opera-tions, drainage improvements and the bridge constructed during the first season. E&B Paving placed 27,500 square yards of 10 in. concrete pavement to conclude this major regional improve-ment.


Engineer: United Consulting

(l-r) Travis McPeak, Mark Hayden, E & B Paving, Inc.; Kurt Schum, INDOT

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SR 62 / SR 261 Reconstruction

Long Lasting Concrete Corridor Connects Evansville and Boonville


K eystone Parkway in Carmel is nationally recognized as a model on how to turn congested suburban arte-rials into safe, efficient and attractive thoroughfares. This award recognizes the concrete pavement frontage

roads and ramps placed in conjunction with the 116th Street and Carmel Drive Interchanges. Rieth-Riley placed almost 23,000 square yards of 12 in. concrete pavement within this critical seg-ment of the Parkway. Designers also incorporated liberal applica-tions of decorative concrete pavement and unique pre-cast panels throughout the innovative project. Concrete pavement was uti-lized for ramps on all six interchanges within the Keystone Park-way corridor.

Contractor: Rieth-Riley Construction Co., Inc.Owner: City of Carmel Engineer: American Structurepoint, Inc.Concrete Supplier: Concrete Industries, Inc.

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Top: (l-r) Wilbur Marsh, Mike Ruth, Rieth-Riley; Craig Parks, American Structurepoint Inc.; Mike McBride, City of Carmel

Keystone Parkway Interchanges at 116th Street and Carmel Drive

PCCP = Durable Solution for Busy Corridor

The SR 37 / Harding Street project encompassed the Interchange at I-465 (including partial re-construction of the ramps), the busy intersection of Thompson Road and SR 37 and two of the state’s busiest truck stops. Truck traffic is extremely heavy in this area so effective maintenance-of-traffic was critical in protecting motorists, area businesses and construction crews. Ri-eth-Riley built the job in three phases: southbound, median and northbound. Unusually high rainfall in April and May resulted

in a very aggressive paving schedule adjustment to recover lost time. Rieth-Riley succeeded in completing the project on schedule with no smoothness corrections necessary.

Contractor: Rieth-Riley Construction Co., Inc.Owner: INDOT (l-r) Tom Parten, Wilbur Marsh, John Tuddy, Rieth-Riley

Construction Co. Inc.

SR 37 / Harding Street Reconstruction at I-465

Trucks = Concrete Pavement


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June 6-7 Indiana Assoc. of County Highway Engineers and Supervisors, IndianapolisJune 13 Indiana Assoc. of County Commissioners District Meeting, Plymouth, Ind.June 20 Indiana Assoc. of County Commissioners District Meeting, Avon, Ind.June 27 Indiana Assoc. of County Commissioners District Meeting, Evanston, Ind. July 8 - 12 International Conference of Concrete Pavements, Quebec, CanadaJuly 19 Whitetopping Open House, Kemmerer, Wyo.Aug 14-16 Indiana Street Commissioners Conference, West Lafayette, Ind.Aug 27-30 National Pavement Preservation Conference, Nashville, Tenn.


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