NAPA Recognizes Granite Construction with 97 Awards and Commendations

WATSONVILLE, Calif. — Granite (NYSE:GVA) has received 97 awards and commendations from the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA), recognizing the company’s plant operations, paving operations, and adherence to best practices across the following seven states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Mississippi, Nevada, Utah, and Washington state. Within this list of recognition, newly acquired Lehman-Roberts received five awards. The following awards were presented at NAPA’s 69th annual meeting in Orlando, Florida.

The Larry H. Lemon Quality in Construction Award – Granite’s Unnamed Tributary to Carpenter Creek Fish Passage.
The prestigious Larry H. Lemon Quality in Construction Award recognizes the 10 highest-scoring projects of the 223 applications submitted for a Quality in Construction Award in the General Paving (less than 50,000 tons) category. The award is named after Larry Lemon of Haskell Lemon Construction in Oklahoma City. Lemon spent 18 years on the NAPA Awards Committee, later serving as chairman of the association’s board of directors in 2010. He was instrumental in creating the rating system for the Quality in Construction Awards, which requires qualitative analysis using data and test results to determine the winners.

“Securing the Larry H. Lemon Quality in Construction Award for our Unnamed Tributary to Carpenter Creek Fish Passage project underscores the remarkable effort and value our teams consistently deliver to our clients,” said Mike Stein, Granite VP of Regional Operations. “This recognition is a testament to the high-quality work they produce.”

Community Involvement Award
The Community Involvement Award recognizes companies with well-rounded community relations programs. This is the second year in a row that newly acquired Lehman-Roberts, a Granite company, won the award for their Community Engagement program, which demonstrates the company’s commitment to their mission: “Helping communities where we live and work to thrive.” The company and all its employees donate their construction talent, time, labor, and resources to help their neighbors and build the capacity of non-profits working to improve their neighborhoods, cities, and regions.

Diamond Commendations
The Diamond Commendation Program is a nationally recognized effort to document and promulgate best practices for asphalt plant operations, terminal operations, asphalt production, and paving. Diamond Achievement Commendation covers operations in the manufacturing plant and around the plant site. Aspects addressed include appearance, operations, environmental practices, safety, permitting and regulatory compliance, and community relations. The Diamond Achievement Sustainable Commendation assesses the social, economic, and environmental efforts of an asphalt production facility to gauge how well it puts the principles of sustainability and community engagement into action. The Diamond Quality Commendation evaluates quality management, RAP and aggregate handling, asphalt storage, drying and mixing, air quality, truck scales, silos, and control room. The Paving Commendations recognize extraordinary paving crews, while the Diamond Quality Commendations recognize excellence in site operations. Granite received a total of 64 commendations in the following categories: