ARTBA Announces 2025 Division Award Winners 

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) recognized transportation design and construction industry leaders Sept. 29 with division awards during the association’s national convention in Irving, Texas. The honorees were in announced in four categories:  

 Nello L. Teer, Jr. Award: John Hay, former senior vice president, government relations, CRH (retired) 
The award honors a contractor member who has made outstanding contributions to the association’s Contractors Division and the transportation construction industry.

Paul F. Phelan Memorial Award: John Hay, former senior vice president, government relations, CRH (retired)
Established in 1971, this award is given annually in recognition of outstanding contributions to the ARTBA Materials & Services Division and the transportation construction industry as a whole.
 

Guy Kelcey Award: Ozzy Bravo, business development director, Parsons
This award, which honors Guy Kelcey, one of the Planning & Design (P&D) Division’s organizers, is given each year to an ARTBA member who has exhibited a high degree of service to the association’s P&D Division. 

John “Jake” Landen Memorial Highway Safety Award
(Private Sector) Jim Crowley, VP of new product development, sales & marketing, Valtir, LLC
(Public Sector) Bill Lambert, state safety engineer, highway design, New Hampshire Department of Transportation
Established in 1989 in memory of Traffic Safety Industry Division leader and Past ARTBA Chairman (1976) J.C. Landen, this annual award recognizes outstanding contributions to highway safety.

About the Foundation
The ARTBA Foundation, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt entity, “promotes research, education and public awareness” about the impacts of transportation investment. The Foundation supports an array of initiatives, including educational scholarships, awards, professional development academies, roadway work zone safety and training programs, cutting-edge economic reports, and an exhibition on transportation at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. 

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