Both APC Production Divisions Take Home CDOT Awards BY SANDY LENDER
The APC Southern production team made 154,116 tons with the CMI E-3 portable counterflow plant to win the CDOT Quality in Asphalt Production Award for Greater than 100,000 Tons in 2020.
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The teams at two divisions of APC Companies in the Colorado Asphalt Pavement Association (CAPA) have received recognition for their quality production with a pair of state awards. The accolades were announced during the CAPA “Best in Colorado” Asphalt Pavement Awards Feb. 25, 2021.
CDOT RECOGNIZES QUALITY
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) participates in the CAPA awards ceremony each year. For 2020, APC Construction Co. LLC, Golden, Colorado, received the CDOT Quality in Asphalt Production Award in the less than 100,000 tons category. APC Southern Construction Co. received the award for greater than 100,000 tons produced. CAPA Executive Director Tom Peterson explained why this is especially noteworthy for the 2020 award cycle. “Year in and year out, both companies rank in the top five in the state, and both have won the award multiple times,” Peterson shared. “This is first time in the 20 years of the program where this has happened—both awards won by two divisions of the same company.” While the awards ceremony is hosted by CAPA and includes numerous project successes recognized by CAPA, the department of trans-
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portation evaluates and gives the CDOT Quality in Asphalt Production awards in two tonnage categories. “CDOT evaluates project test results and ranks all producers,” Peterson explained. “Results are reviewed for the tests of asphalt binder content, air voids, VMA, stability and TSR. The producers with the highest percentage of passing test results receive the highest rating in each of the two categories. Hot-mix asphalt, warm-mix asphalt and stone matrix asphalt were all included in the calculations for the Quality in Asphalt Production awards.” Here’s how these two divisions work to make award-winning mix in the Centennial State . APC Construction Co. LLC runs a Gencor Model 500 Skidded Ultraplant rated at 600 TPH with 1,200 tons storage capacity. For the award category, the plant produced around 90,000 tons in 2020; roughly 10,000 tons was WMA, according to APC Construction President Jeff Keller. “Customers don’t usually demand WMA,” Keller shared. “We discuss and educate our customers as to its advantages and use it as a ‘value added’ opportunity for both them and us.” APC Southern runs a CMI E-3 counterflow plant rated at 400 TPH. For the award category, the plant produced over 110,000 tons in 2020; over 40,000 tons was WMA, according to Keller.
