Source: Portland Cement Association

PCA announced the winners of the 2009 Sustainable Leadership Awards recently at its fall meetings in Chicago. The awards honor individuals who have enacted policies or completed projects exemplifying creativity and best practices in using concrete and cement-based products for sustainable applications. The 2009 winners, by category are:

Leadership in Sustainability Policy

• Wayne Kennedy, county engineer, Coweta County Development and Engineering Department for the rebuilding of the Coweta County, Ga., roadway system using full-depth reclamation with cement;
• Dale Ludens, engineering manager, Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Facility Management Office for the first full-scale pervious concrete pavement project in South Dakota;
• James McGraw, transportation committee chairman, Fairfield County, S.C., for the Fairfield County Road Improvement Program

Homes and Residential Building Projects
Michael Nutter, mayor, City of Philadelphia, for the revitalization of the East Parkside community utilizing insulating concrete forms

Infrastructure Projects
Queen Anne’s County Board of County Commissioners, Maryland, for their use of previous concrete at the Whitemarsh Park at Bloomfield Farm

Non-residential Building Projects
City of Highland, Calif. For the LEED-Gold Highland Sam J. Racadio Library and Environmental Learning Center

Local award presentations will take place this fall.