ISSA Names First ISSA International Award for Excellence

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Phone: 630-942-6577

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International Slurry Surfacing Association (ISSA) Names First ISSA International Award for Excellence

GLEN ELLYN, IL, March 18, 2024 – During the 62^nd Annual Convention of the International Slurry Surfacing Association (ISSA), February 19-23, 2024, in Palm Harbor, Florida, C.I. Manufacturas y Procesos Indsutriales Limitada (MPI) as the recipient for the 2024 ISSA International Award for Excellence.

The ISSA International Award for Excellence, established in 2020, recognizes those contracting achievements that best exemplify the highest quality of workmanship and materials and conformance to best practices as defined by the International Slurry Surfacing Association outside of North America.

C.I. Manufacturas y Procesos Indsutriales Limitada (MPI) completed a project on the main access road for Ruitoque Condominium in Columbia. This road has two traffic lanes and is built on mountainous terrain, with grades/slopes of up to 20% and considered a low traffic road. The roadway had been in service for more than 20 years without major work. MPI used crack seal on the isolates longitudinal and crescent cracks. After which they used micro surfacing to restore the impermeability of the road and protect it from the loss of binder.

Some challenges that MPI faced included completing this project during the rainy season, instability of some slopes, production facility for asphalt emulsions was more than 100 miles away, and rapid opening to traffic everyday as an agreement with the contracting authority. It is also important to note that micro surfacing is not standard in Columbia, so this project helped highlight the application to the county.

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.

To learn more, visit www.slurry.org or call us at 630-942-6577.

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