Lance Malburg, PE, county highway engineer of Dickinson County Road Commission (DCRC), accepts the IMPRESS Award for Collaboration on behalf of DCRC.
The County Road Association (CRA) of Michigan honored the Dickinson County Road Commission (DCRC) with a statewide IMPRESS Award at CRA’s 2020 Highway Conference for its innovative road surface using repurposed rubber. IMPRESS Awards recognize county road agencies that demonstrate innovation with special projects in communications, operations and collaboration.
DCRC received an IMPRESS Award in Collaboration for its project, “County Road 607 ECR Project.” DCRC partnered with Michigan Technological University, Michigan Department of Energy Great Lakes and the Environment, the Dickinson County Bike Path Committee and Bacco Construction Company of Iron Mountain, to complete a paving project on County Road 607. The project showed the benefits of using engineered crumb rubber to improve qualities in hot mix asphalt pavement.
“The Dickinson County Road Commission has shown how we can all work together to make a big impact on our county roads,” said Denise Donohue, CRA director. “By innovating and pioneering new technologies in colder climates, DCRC has shown its commitment to improving our county road network.”
An independent panel of communications and operations experts from several of Michigan’s 83 county road agencies judged the projects. Award recipients were honored for projects that solved time restraints, labor costs, communication barriers and fostered collaboration.