Every year, CPAM honors one individual with the Arnie Laingen Award. This award is given annually to one individual who exemplifies integrity and commitment to promoting quality and excellence in the concrete paving industry and is named after Arnie Laingen. Arnie Laingen became Executive Director of CPAM in 1983. It was Arnie's integrity and commitment to quality and excellence at a very critical time that literally rebuilt the Concrete Paving Association of Minnesota while he was director of...

The Concrete Paving Association of Minnesota (CPAM) is proud to announce its 2025 awards for outstanding paving work completed in the previous year. The award banquet took place in Mankato, MN as part of CPAM's Annual Concrete Paving Workshop. Award nominations were solicited by CPAM in conjunction with the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT). A panel reviewed and rated the submitted survey information (including construction photos, plan sheets, incentive/ disincentive worksheets,...