International Slurry Surfacing Association (ISSA) Names Preservation Performance Winner

GLEN ELLYN, IL, March 21, 2025 – During the 63rd Annual Convention of the International Slurry Surfacing Association (ISSA), March 4-7, 2025, in Rancho Mirage, CA, ISSA named the Regional Municipality of York and The Miller Group as the recipients for the 2025 ISSA Preservation Performance Award.

The ISSA Preservation Performance Award was established to award both an owner or agency and engineering firm that specified and managed the project and the member contractor for their work. This award recognizes and honors pavement preservation projects that prove the long-time performance and network enhancement of pavement preservation.

Toll Remote Logistics, the Christmas Island Airport Runway Resurfacing Project, a prime example of pavement preservation’s core values. Located 2,600 kilometers northwest of Perth, Christmas Island serves a community of about 2,000 residents, with its airport playing a critical role in providing charter and commercial flights, medical evacuations, and freight services. In 2014, Downer was engaged to resurface the island's existing spray seal runway with micro surfacing, aiming to extend the runway's lifespan while meeting the requirements for commercial jet aircraft use.

Nominated by Downer EDI Works Pty Ltd., the project involved shipping and logistics to deliver the necessary materials and equipment, and micro surfacing was applied in two layers, with the central 12 meters of the runway receiving an initial correction layer to address surface irregularities. The new surface met all commercial jet runway specifications, including surface texture and shape tolerances, and was returned to service within 24 hours.

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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