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Minnesota Asphalt
Pavement Association
www.asphaltisbest.com
December 2007
900 Long Lake Road, Suite 100 • New Brighton, MN 55112 • (651) 636-4666 • (651) 636-4790
In This
Issue:
Page 1 2007 Annual Asphalt
Awards; MAPA’s 2008
Board of Directors
Page 2 Calendar of Events,
2008 IRS Mileage
Rates
Pages 3-5 Paving Awards,
Work Zone Safety
Awards,
Pages 6-7 Diamond
Achievement
Awards/Industry
Ecological
Commendations,
New MAPA Contractor
Member, MAPA
Contractor Members
Page 8 MAPA Associate
Members
This year marks the
54th Anniversary
for both the Minnesota
Association of Asphalt
Paving Technologists
(MAAPT) Bituminous
Conference and the
Minnesota Asphalt
Pavement Association
(MAPA) Annual Meeting
which were held
December 5, 6 and 7
at the Northland Inn in
Brooklyn Park, MN.
2007 Annual Awards
Lisa Freese, Mn/DOT Deputy Commissioner
On the evening of
December 5th, Awards were given for Paving (a.k.a. Merit Awards), Ecological Commendation,
and Work Zone Safety. The projects that were nominated and the projects
that won the awards were the result of excellent teamwork and dedication to improving
Minnesota’s infrastructure in a safe, efficient and economical manner.
The Merit Award program was initiated in 1962 and has had a
MAPA’s 2008 Board of Directors
Continued on page 2
Front (l to r): Gary Otte, McNamara
Contracting, Inc. (Secretary); Blair Bury,
Midwest Asphalt Corporation (President);
Mark Thorson, Mark Sand & Gravel Co.
(Past President); Don Hall, Hardrives, Inc.
Back (l to r): Jeff Carlson, Ulland
Brothers, Inc. (Treasurer); Kent Peterson,
Bituminous Roadways, Inc.; Chad Sauer,
Commercial Asphalt Co. (Vice President);
Doug Muyres, Knife River Materials
(Northstar Materials); Dan Surma, Tri-City
Paving, Inc.

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significant effect on the quality of
construction by publicly honoring
the elite projects in a variety of
categories each year. Nominations
were received this year in the
categories of Re-Construction,
Re-Surfacing High Volume, Re-
Surfacing Low Volume, Federal Aid
Secondary, Urban State Aid, Rural
State Aid, County Road – Local
Funds Only, and Key Airports.
Also presented were the Ecological
Commendation Awards, which
recognize hot-mix asphalt (HMA)
production facilities that best
demonstrate safe and responsible
environmental practices. In order to
qualify for the MAPA Ecological
Commendation Award, a facility
must successfully complete
the rigorous NAPA criteria
2007 Annual Awards
(continued from page 1)
for the Diamond Achievement
Commendation.
Finally, Mn/DOT’s Work Zone
Safety Award was presented in the
category of Static Low Volume (less
than 10,000 ADT).
Calendar of Events
North Central Asphalt User Producer Group Meeting
January 8-10, 2008 • Springfi eld, IL
NAPA’s 53rd Annual Meeting • January 27-30, 2008
Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa • Phoenix, AZ
Flagger Train the Trainer Seminar • Wednesday, February 20, 2008
8 am to Noon • Mn/DOT Arden Hills Training Center
52nd Annual Asphalt Contractors’ Workshop/Quality Initiative
Workshop • Wednesday, March 5, 2008 • Earle Brown Heritage Center •
Brooklyn Center, MN
Mark Thorson, Mark Sand & Gravel/
MAPA Past President
AAPT 83rd Annual Meeting • April 27-30, 2008
Hyatt Regency at Penn’s Landing • Philadelphia, PA
Thank you to the presenters of this
year’s awards including: Lisa Freese,
Mn/DOT Deputy Commissioner;
Bob Winter, Mn/DOT District
Operations Division Director;
Tom Sorel, FHWA Division
Administrator; Julie Skallman,
Mn/DOT State Aid Engineering
Division Director; Dave Robley,
Douglas County Engineer/Minnesota
County Engineers Association;
John Garrity, Mn/DOT Bituminous
Engineer; and Mark Thorson, Mark
Sand & Gravel Co./MAPA Past
President. Photos of the award
recipients are shown in this issue of
Paving Progress.
Congratulations to all the winners!
IRS Mileage
Rates for
2008
The IRS mileage rate includes
all costs for operating the auto
(gas, wear and tear, etc.). It does
not include parking and tolls. If
incurred, in addition to “mileage,”
expenses for parking and tolls can
be reimbursed.
2008 (1/08 to 12/08)
Business: 50.5 cents
Medical & Moving: 19 cents
Volunteer/Charitable: 14 cents

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2007 Annual Asphalt Paving Awards
RECONSTRUCTION
S.P. 4904-40 & 4905-32
On TH 27 in Morrison County from 9th St.
E to East of USTH 10, Little Falls (Length:
1.2 miles).
Curt Graves, Knife River-North Central;
Jay Emmerich, Knife River-North Central;
Steve Barthel, Knife River-North Central;
Don Anderson, City of Little Falls/Widseth
Smith Nolting; Jeff Kuhn, Widseth Smith
Nolting.
RESURFACING
(HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUME)
S.P. 5380-116
On I-90 in Nobles County from bridge
53805 in Adrian to 1 mile east of CSAH 13
(Length: 8.75 miles).
Front: Craig Bakke, Central Specialties,
Inc.; Mike Brever, Central Specialties, Inc.;
Bruce Johnson, Central Specialties, Inc.
Back: Steve Brown, Central Specialties,
Inc.; Robert Sneller, Mn/DOT; Keith
Bloomgren, Mn/DOT; Ken Janovsky,
Mn/DOT.
RESURFACING
(LOW TRAFFIC VOLUME)
S.P. 6002-60
On TH 2 in Polk County from TH 75 to
Groveland Ave. (Length: 2.388 miles).
Front: Willard Parks, Knife River
Materials (Northstar Materials); Randy
Tjepkes, Knife River Materials (Northstar
Materials); Denise Anderson, Knife River
Materials (Northstar Materials); Jeremy
Ganske, Knife River Materials (Northstar
Materials).
Back: Lisa Freese, Mn/DOT; Ray Gust,
Mn/DOT.

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2007 Annual Asphalt Paving Awards
FEDERAL AID SECONDARY
S.P. 069-613-028
On CSAH 13 in St. Louis County from
CSAH 14 to TH 2 (Length: 5.278 miles).
Front: Lisa Freese, Mn/DOT; Steve
Treichler, St. Louis County; Dan Klun,
Ulland Bros., Inc.; Jim Foldesi, St. Louis
County; Brian Boder, St. Louis County.
Back: Audrey McCusker, St. Louis County;
Ross Benedict, St. Louis County; Paul
Krieg, St. Louis County; Brian Kealy,
Ulland Bros., Inc.; Julie Skallman,
Mn/DOT.
URBAN STATE AID
S.A.P. 163-280-021
On Dakota Ave. & W. 38th Street in the
City of St. Louis Park: Dakota Ave. from
W. 33rd St. to Minnetonka Blvd.; W. 38th
St. from Excelsior Blvd. to France Ave.
(Length: 0.67 miles)
Front: Lisa Freese, Mn/DOT; Tim Mueller,
Midwest Asphalt Corporation; Lee Latzig,
Midwest Asphalt Corporation.
Back: Jim Olson, City of St. Louis Park;
Brent Thompson, Midwest Asphalt
Corporation; Julie Skallman, Mn/DOT.
RURAL STATE AID
S.A.P. 04-619-06
On CSAH 19, Beltrami Cty. from Big Bass
Road to CSAH 20 (Length: 2.9 miles).
Front: Denise Anderson, Knife River
Materials (Northstar Materials); Willard
Parks, Knife River Materials (Northstar
Materials); Tyler Koos, Beltrami County;
Jim Worcester, Beltrami County.
Back: Lisa Freese, Mn/DOT; Randy
Tjepkes, Knife River Materials (Northstar
Materials); Jeremy Ganske, Knife River
Materials (Northstar Materials); Julie
Skallman, Mn/DOT.

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2007 Annual Asphalt Paving Awards
COUNTY ROAD
(LOCAL FUNDS ONLY)
C.P. 18-159-01
On CR 159 in Crow Wing County from
TH 18 to CSAH 8 (Length: 7.42 miles)
Front: Terry McFarlin, Anderson Bros.
Const. Co.; John Bendson, Anderson Bros.
Const. Co.; Mike Riley, Crow Wing Cty.;
Lyndon Robjent, Crow Wing Cty.
Back: Mark Melby, Crow Wing Cty.; Wayne
Dosh, Crow Wing Cty.; Duane Blanck,
Crow Wing Cty. (retired); Dave Robley,
MCEA/Douglas Cty.
KEY AIRPORT
S.P. 0401-75
Bemidji Regional Airport in Beltrami
County (Length: 7,003 feet).
Front: Peter Buchen, Mn/DOT; Collin
Strain, Knife River Materials (Northstar
Materials); Glen Newling, Knife River
Materials (Northstar Materials); Mike
Karvakko, Karvakko Engineering. Back:
Joel Swanson, HNTB; Josh Weickert, Knife
River Materials (Northstar Materials);
Harold Van Leeuwen, Bemidji Regional
Airport; David Black, HNTB.
WORK ZONE SAFETY
STATIC LOW VOLUME
S.P. 6002-60
TH 2 (in Crookston) from 0.2 miles east of
TH 75 to west of Groveland Avenue.
Front: Ray Gust, Mn/DOT; Marc Rue,
NorthStar Safety Inc.; Willard Parks, Knife
River Materials (Northstar Materials);
Randy Tjepkes, Knife River Materials
(Northstar Materials); Bob Winter,
Mn/DOT.

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2007 DIAMOND ACHIEVEMENT
AWARDS/Industry Ecological
Commendations
“Earning the Diamond
Achievement Commendation
serves as a signal,
to the employees and
neighbors, that an HMA
facility is a good neighbor.”
National Asphalt
Pavement Association
COMMERCIAL ASPHALT CO.
All 10 Plants
Front: Ed Munn, Plant No. 4; Mike
Baumann, Plant No. 8; Brad Olson,
Rep. Plant No. 10; Dave Roth, Plant
No. 2; Wade Novak, Plant No. 7. Back:
Terry Thorson, Plant No. 11; Bruce
Hooker, Plant No. 6; Terry Elbert,
Plant No. 9; Todd Judge, Plant No. 5;
Jim Clothier, Plant No. 3.
KNIFE RIVER – NORTH
CENTRAL
Todd Smedshammer,
Bituminous Roadways Inc.
(pictured right)
Inver Grove Heights &
Shakopee Plants
Bryan Pearson,
Knife River – North Central
(pictured left)
Plants 3 & 5
Pete Umland,
Midwest Asphalt Corp.
(pictured right)
Eden Prairie Plant #1
BITUMINOUS ROADWAYS,
INC.
MIDWEST ASPHALT
CORP.

2007 DIAMOND ACHIEVEMENT
AWARDS/Industry Ecological
Commendations
MAPA
Welcomes
New
Contractor
Member
Mesabi Bituminous, Inc.
PO Box 728
Gilbert, MN 55741
[P] 218-741-8291
[F] 218-749-0765
MAPA Contractor Members
Aggregate Industries NC Region
Anderson Brothers Construction Co.
Barton Enterprises, Inc.
Bemidji Bituminous, Inc.
Bituminous Paving, Inc.
Bituminous Roadways, Inc.
Commercial Asphalt Company
DMJ Corporation
Duininck Bros., Inc.
FPI Paving Contractors, Inc.
Hardrives, Inc.
Hawkinson Construction
Knife River Corporation - North
Central
Knife River Materials (Northstar
Materials, Inc.)
M.R. Paving & Excavating, Inc.
Mark Sand & Gravel Company
McNamara Contracting, Inc.
Mesabi Bituminous, Inc.
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RIVER BEND ASPHALT CO. TOWER ASPHALT, INC.
Mark Redlin,
River Bend Asphalt Co.
(pictured left)
Kasota Plant
Chad Schmidtke,
Tower Asphalt Inc.
(pictured right)
Lakeland Plant
Midwest Asphalt Corporation
Minn-Dak Asphalt, Inc.
North Valley, Inc.
Northern Paving, Inc.
Northland Paving, LLC
Northwest Asphalt, Inc.
Pine Bend Paving, Inc.
Plehal Blacktopping, Inc.
River Bend Asphalt Company
Rum River Contracting Company
Shamrock Enterprises of
Rochester LLC
Straight River Asphalt LLC
T.A. Schifsky & Sons, Inc.
Tower Asphalt, Inc.
Tri-City Paving, Inc.
Ulland Brothers, Inc.
Valley Paving, Inc.
Wm. Mueller & Sons, Inc.
W W Blacktopping, Inc.

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MAPA’s Associate Members
Accurate Test Systems, Inc.
Aggregate Industries
American Agency, Inc.
American Engineering Testing, Inc.
American Surface Lines, LLC
Anderson Industrial Scales, Inc.
Antigo Construction, Inc.
Area Lakes Testing
Arr-Maz Custom Chemicals
Asphalt Surface Technologies Corp.
Astleford International Trucks
Bomag Americas
Braun Intertec Corporation
Brock White Company LLC
Carlson Paving Products, Inc.
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
Cedarleaf, Cedarleaf & Cedarleaf, Inc.
Certainteed Corporation
Citicapital Construction Equipment Finance
Clarence Richard Company
Cobb Strecker Dunphy & Zimmermann Inc.
Construction Bulletin
Crysteel Truck Equipment, Inc.
Custom Welding & Metal Fab, Inc.
Dahl Trucking
Dan Krivit & Associates
Decorative Pavement Marking, LLC
Dillman Equipment
J.D. Donovan, Inc.
Dresser Trap Rock Company
Erickson Engineering Company
Esch Construction Supply, Inc.
Ess Brothers & Sons, Inc.
Fabyanske, Westra, Hart & Thomson, P.A.
FC Stone
T.C. Field & Company
Five Star Industries, Inc.
Flint Hills Resources, LP
Gencor Industries, Inc.
Grant Thornton LLP
Hayden-Murphy Equipment Co., Inc.
Highway Technologies
HTIF Cameron Filters
Humboldt Manufacturing
I.R.A.Y. Auction
Independent Testing Technologies, Inc.
Inspec, Inc.
Interstate Engineering, Inc.
Minnesota Asphalt
Pavement Association
Intex Corporation
J-CRAFT by TBEI
Johnson Crushing, Inc.
Klein Agency, Inc.
Kraemer Mining & Materials, Inc.
Laser Control, Inc.
Leonard, Street & Deinard, P.A.
L.G. Everist, Inc.
Limeinator
Lubrication Technologies, Inc.
Marathon Petroleum Company LLC
Martin Marietta Aggregates
Max Steininger, Inc.
Minnesota Petroleum Marketers Assoc.
Minnesota Trucking Association
Murphy Oil USA, Inc.
Northern Balance & Scale
Northwest Process Equipment, Inc.
Olson & Price, Ltd.
Partek Supply, Inc.
Prinsco, Inc.
R & G Construction Company
RDO Equipment Co.
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (America) Inc.
RJF Agencies
Road Fabrics, Inc.
Road Machinery & Supplies Co.
Roadtec, Inc.
Ruffridge-Johnson Equipment Co., Inc.
RB Scott Company, Inc.
SPC Engineering & Testing, Inc.
STORK Twin City Testing Corporation
Swanston Equipment Companies
Sweeney Brothers Tractor, Inc.
Testquip, LLC
TexPar Energy, LLC
Tricon Metals & Services, Inc.
Tri-County Aggregate, Inc.
Tri-State Aggregate Machinery
Troxler Electronic Lab., Inc.
Ulteig Engineers, Inc.
Unique Paving Materials Corporation
Vance Brothers
Volvo Construction Equipment
Wenck Associates, Inc.
Wheeler Lumber LLC
Widseth Smith Nolting
Ziegler, Inc.
900 Long Lake Road, Suite 100
New Brighton, MN 55112
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