IGGA announces grooving and grinding winners
by CS Editor | January 26, 2015 3:31 pm
The International Grooving & Grinding Association (IGGA)—a non-profit organization promoting acceptance of diamond grinding and grooving as well as pavement preservation and restoration—has announced the winners of their annual awards program.
Last month, at the awards banquet in Scottsdale, Arizona, IGGA presented its 2014 Concrete Pavement Restoration (CPR) Promoter of the Year Award to Mitzi McIntyre, executive director of the Utah Chapter of the American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA). She was recognized for her work in developing a culture within the state’s public sector that values the benefits of concrete pavement preservation.
A licensed professional engineer in the states of Minnesota and Utah, McIntyre provides technical assistance to cities, counties, the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT), airport commissions, and consultants regarding concrete pavement design and construction.
“IGGA and the Utah ACPA Chapter have partnered over the last 13 years to bring education and training to UDOT, resulting in UDOT letting over 10 million square yards (i.e. 8.4 million m2) of diamond grinding. Utah’s roads have been given an extended life because of all the CPR performed and will continue to serve the traveling public well into the future.”
The 2014 Operator of the Year Award (also known as the ‘Iron Man’) was presented to Tomas Ramos, project supervisor at Concrete Stabilization Technologies (CST) in Denver, Colorado. He has developed innovative processes to increase production, such as placing pressure gauges near the guns of injection equipment to eliminate time-consuming trips back and forth to the rigs to check pressures.
One of his recent accomplishments was the rebuilding and redesigning of a CST production unit to increase safety and efficiency in the field.
Finally, the 2014 Government Official of the Year Award was awarded to Senator John Pederson, who represents Senate District 14 in Central Minnesota. Vice chair of the Capital Investment Committee, he is part owner of Amcon Block & Precast.
“Senator Pederson has been very open to working with our industry on issues we believe have been or are detrimental to our success or the taxpayers of Minnesota. He has been very willing to listen to the issues and take the information we have provided him into consideration. Senator Pederson is a true statesman; he cares about the issues that will make his constituent’s lives and his state better,” said Matt Zeller, executive director of the Concrete Paving Association of Minnesota.
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