VSS International Inc Awarded 2022 ISSA President's Award for Excellence

Caption: Jeff Roberts, Jeff Reed, and Matthew Ferguson of VSS International Inc receive the 2022 President’s Award for Excellence from ISSA President Chuck Ingram. Photo by Tom Kuennen, courtesy of FP2.

GLEN ELLYN, IL, March 9th – The 60th Annual Convention of the International Slurry Surfacing Association (ISSA) was held February 22-25, 2022 in La Jolla, CA. During the convention, the ISSA President’s Award for Excellence was presented to VSS International Inc. for their work on the Yosemite National Park Pavement Preservation Project by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)-Western Federal Lands Highway Division.

The ISSA President’s Award was established to recognize those contracting achievements that best exemplify the highest quality of workmanship and materials, as well as conformance to best practices as defined by the International Slurry Surfacing Association. 

This project was accepted in November 2019 and was completed on time and within the owner’s budget. All pavement preservation techniques represented by ISSA were performed by VSS International. This project required multiple crews and precision execution due to the location, limited communications, long material supply line of deliveries and suppliers over 100 miles away, and historic snowfall levels and summer snowmelt limited VSS’s ability to start work in some areas.

According to Doug Worley, FHWA/Western Federal Lands Highway Division, “VSSI did a great job in scheduling around these late winter season conditions- through coordinating and managing its subcontractors in the rescheduling of various work components and ensuring progress was made in part of the Park where and when work was possible.”

ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL SLURRY SURFACING ASSOCIATION (ISSA):

Founded in 1963, the International Slurry Surfacing Association (ISSA) is a nonprofit association dedicated to the interests, education and success of slurry and micro surfacing, chip sealing and crack treatment professionals and corporations around the world.

ISSA is a founding member of the Pavement Preservation & Recycling Alliance along with the Asphalt Emulsion Manufacturers Association and the Asphalt Recycling & Reclaiming Association. PPRA is a partnership of leading industry associations (AEMA, ARRA, ISSA) to advance sustainable, eco efficient, and innovative pavement applications.

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