2012 - Awards & Recognition

Efficient Project Delivery

• The Mid American Regional America’s Transportation Awards (MAASTO) competition awarded IDOT the “Best Innovation” award for the Interstate 55 Reconstruction Project in Madison County.

• IDOT received one of AASHTO's 2012 Sweet Sixteen High Value Research Project awards for "An Expert Systems Approach to Highway Construction Scheduling."

Minority Participation

• Women in Transportation's (WTS) St. Louis chapter presented the Rosa Parks Diversity Award to IDOT for the Mississippi River Bridge project diversity effort.

Leadership

• Illinois Transportation Secretary Ann Schneider was selected as “Woman of the Year” by the Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) Greater Chicago Chapter.

Safety

• IDOT received TransComm 2012 Skill Award in the Advertising-TV Commercial category “You Drink, You Drive, You Lose” ad.

• IDOT received a first-place ribbon for its float in the Illinois State Fair parade.

Sustainable Practices

• IDOT received Illinois Green Governments Award for efforts in designing a rain barrel design competition for enhancing energy crop production, and for producing total recycle asphalt, demonstrating environmental leadership in Illinois.

• IDOT received one of AASHTO's 2012 Sweet Sixteen High Value Research Project awards for "An Expert Systems Approach to Highway Construction."