NAPA Award for Curtis L. Brown, Jr. Field Airport in Elizabethtown, N.C
March 25, 2025The National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) recently announced that Barnhill Contracting Company won a 2024 Quality in Construction Award for excellence in construction of an asphalt pavement project. The company was recognized during the association’s 70th Annual Meeting. “The asphalt pavement industry is committed to building high-quality projects that deliver superior performance to the traveling public. All contractors’ projects earning a Quality in Construction award are measured against best practices designed to live up to that commitment,” said 2024 NAPA Chair Brady Meldrem. “Earning the Quality in Construction Award demonstrates that Barnhill Contracting Co. has met or exceeded these rigorous standards.”
Barnhill Contracting Co. won the award for the rehabilitation of the runway and taxiway apron at Curtis L. Brown, Jr. Field Airport in Elizabethtown, N.C. The company was tasked with correcting and grading the variable cross slopes on the existing pavements. Barnhill Contracting produced smooth, high-quality asphalt runways with good rideability.
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Founded in 1955, the National Asphalt Pavement Association (AsphaltPavement.org) is the only trade association that exclusively represents the interests of the asphalt pavement material producer/contractor on the national level with Congress, government agencies, and other national trade and business organizations. NAPA supports an active research program designed to improve the quality of asphalt pavements and paving techniques used in the construction of roadways, parking lots, airports, and environmental and recreational facilities. NAPA provides technical, educational, and marketing materials and information to its members and supplies product information to users and specifiers of paving materials.
*Article provided by NAPA, Haywood Lewis, (888) 468-6499, hlewis@asphaltpavement.org