January 16, 2026

By Lane Kimble

Completing a project on time and on budget is always the goal, but award winners need to accomplish more than that.

A handful of notable projects across Wisconsin were also innovative and complex, while balancing great traffic control and producing a beautiful end result.

As has been the case during most recent CE Conference ceremonies, WTBA members swept WisDOT’s annual construction awards Thursday night.

A team of judges from WisDOT’s Bureau of Project Development, structures, technical services, regional representatives, and the Federal Highway Administration reviewed projects nominated across six categories.

Winners were celebrated during CE’s Scholarship and Awards Banquet.

Please join us in congratulating all of this year’s winners!

EXCELLENCE IN ASPHALT PAVING (5 nominees)

Northeast Asphalt (Walbec Group)

State Highway 91, Winnebago County

EXCELLENCE IN CONCRETE PAVING (4 nominees)

Prime: Rock Road Companies

Sub: Trierweiler Construction

Engineer: RH Batterman

US 51 through City of Janesville, Rock County

EXCELLENCE IN GRADING (5 nominees)

Mashuda Contractors, Inc.

County M, Dane County

EXCELLENCE IN SMALL STRUCTURE (5 nominees)

Zenith Tech, Inc. (Walbec Group)

State Highway 35 Retaining Wall, Pierce County

EXCELLENCE IN LARGE STRUCTURE (3 nominees)

Lunda Construction

Engineer: Brandon Kaiser, Gremmer & Associates

County M, South Fork Eau Claire River Bridge, Clark County

EXCELLENCE IN LARGE CONTRACTS (3 nominees)

Hoffman Construction Company

Engineer: Jeremy Napiwocki, JT Engineering, Inc.

I-43 North-South Freeway (Bender Road to Brown Deer Road), Milwaukee County

OUTSTANDING AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION AWARD (4 nominees)

Sawyer County Airport

Reconstructed runway (last rebuilt in 2003)

Prime: Non-WTBA member

Subs: Monarch Paving Company, Crowley Construction Corp., and Mattison Contractors