2025 Winner
Puget Paving and Construction
The 2025 CERC Appreciation Award is presented to Puget Paving & Construction, Inc. This company has consistently demonstrated a commitment to sustainability and has been a valued member of the CERC Community since 2024. This award recognizes their exemplary and proactive efforts in environmental best practices, ensuring not only the safety and well-being of their dedicated employees but also the long-term health and vitality of the people and communities they serve.
Puget Paving collaborated with the Puyallup Tribe of Indians on a design-build project at Firecracker Alley. Firecracker Alley is a premier open-air venue operated by the Puyallup Tribe of Indians in Tacoma and hosts a diverse range of outdoor events. These include seasonal fireworks sales, car shows, a food truck village, drive-in movies, and classes on traditional First Nations skills. The venue also serves as a significant gathering place for over 10,000 members and friends of Western Washington and Canadian indigenous peoples.
The environmentally sensitive project involved fine-grading over 10,000 tons of permeable aggregate base and placing it across the 23-acre site. Puget Paving manufactured over 7,000 tons of porous hot mix asphalt (PHMA) at its Canyon Road Plant. The completed project features 500 parking stalls, commercial vendor space, gathering areas, and access roads.
This project highlights the environmental benefits of PHMA for private developments, allowing the tribe to create a large, safe, and functional event space while effectively managing stormwater run-off. Puget Paving recognizes indigenous tribes as valued customers and economic contributors to Washington State’s asphalt paving industry and was pleased to partner with the Puyallup Tribe on this impactful paving project.
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Each November, the CERC Community grants Appreciation Awards to outstanding member companies. These awards recognize those who have demonstrated exceptional leadership in guiding their community and the construction industry toward adopting environmental best practices.
Certified Environmentally Responsible Contractors (CERC) is a certification program that aims to promote environmentally responsible contractors by helping them stand out from the lesser-qualified competition and win more bids. Contractors can become certified by establishing an environmental risk management plan through broadened pollution insurance and Pollution Prevention Practices provided by Environmental Risk Professionals.
Environmental Risk Professionals is a team of highly experienced risk professionals determined to help contractors and other business owners minimize pollution claims. Through Pollution Prevention Practices, Operation and Maintenance Plans, and other services, Environmental Risk Professionals helps businesses understand their risk exposure and in turn, mitigate potential claims and effects on the environment. Learn more about Environmental Risk Professionals by visiting envriskpros.com.
