OUTSTANDING  CONCRETE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Presented  to
Army  Corps of Engineers Little Calumet Levee Stage 5, Phase 2
Hammond  and Highland, Indiana

The  Indiana Ready Mixed Concrete Association (IRMCA) presented the 2008 Outstanding  Concrete Achievement Awards for projects in the State of Indiana on January 13,  2009 at the Indianapolis East Marriott.

In  the category of Concrete Infrastructure Projects: Stormwater, the winner is the  Army Corps of Engineers Little Calumet Levee Stage 5, Phase 2 located in  Hammond and Highland, Indiana.

The  project team is the owner, who also did the engineering and architectural  aspects of the project: the Army Corps  of Engineers, the general contractor and concrete finisher: Dyer Construction Company, Inc. and  the ready mix producer: Ozinga Indiana  RMC, Inc.

The  Little Calumet River project was designed to help control and alleviate  flooding in Northwest Indiana. With heavy rains Northwest Indiana had on September  14 and 15, 2008 the concrete wall was successful in holding back the 14” plus  rainfall we received that weekend. Although some areas did flood, those areas  that had the new wall were protected from most of the flooding. A 4,000 psi  concrete mix was used for this project. The wall panels, wall caps, and the  post caps were all cast on the jobsite. Although many of the residents were  opposed to trees being removed and the landscape changing, the decorative  concrete wall not only served its purpose, but it also created an appealing  decorative wall that only concrete could do. A totoal of 4,200 cubic yards of  concrete were used on this project.

IRMCA  presents these awards to recognize extensive application or imaginative use of  concrete; and to honor the accomplishments of project owners, architects,  engineers, contractors, owners and ready mixed concrete producers.