Article profiles the winners and finalists in the eighth annual National Awards Program for Excellence in Concrete Pavement, sponsored by the American Concrete Pavement Association and Concrete Construction. This year's program attracted 85 project nominations. Industry representatives judged each project using four criteria:
- Overall pavement smoothness
- Procedures used to ensure quality, including the monitoring of concrete strength, thickness and workability
- Project complexity
- Innovative solutions by the construction and engineering team to project challenges
