Press Releases

NPHQ Newsletter (Winter 2008) This newsletter provides highlights from NPHQ's November, 2007 Conference held in San Diego, CA; announces the resigning the NPHQ charter (National Policy on the Quality of Highways) on NPHQ program's 15th anniversary; and reports the winners of the NPHQ 2007 National Achievement Awards. It also contains information on the Call for Nominations for the 2008 Making A Difference Awards, the date and location of NPHQ's 2008 Annual Conference, the Transportation Curriculum Coordination Council, on line training opportunities through FHWA's National Highway Institute. and NPHQ's web conference on State Quality Partnerships being planned for this year.

2007 National Achievement Award At its 2007 Annual Conference held November 13-14, NPHQ announced the winners in the competition for the 2007 National Achievement Award. The nominated projects all delivered exemplary quality for the taxpayer investment. The innovative practices of the seventeen 2007 nominations were showcased in NPHQ's Award video shown at the conference luncheon. Click here for a press release summarizing the winners projects. Click on a nomination below for a summary of the accomplishments of each project. 2007 National Achievement Award Winners Colorado Minnesota Special Recognition for a Structure Project Maryland Special Recognition for a Small Project FHWA Western Federal Lands Highway Division Gold Level Winners California Louisiana Michigan Pennsylvania Statae Winners Georgia Illinois Illinois Tollway Kansas New Mexico New York South Carolina Texas Virginia

NPHQ Newsletter (Fall 2007) Inside this issue, you will find the latest information on the NPHQ Fall, 2007 Conference and a conference registration form, a Highways for Life success story related to pavement smoothness, and information on the new technologies being promoted by AASHTO's Technology Implementation Group (TIG).

NPHQ Newsletter (Spring 2007) This issue features new Steering Committee members, the accomplishments of the major winners of the NPHQ 2006 Making A Difference Awards, and the Call for Nominations for the NPHQ 2007 National Achievement Award.

Officials Sign Transportation Quality Charter

InsideIndianaBusiness.com Report
3/6/2007 10:50:01 AM

Officials this morning signed the Indiana Partnership for Transportation Quality Charter at the 2007 Purdue Road School. The charter is a cooperative effort by the state's highway industry to keep the roads and highways safe and improve the long-term performance and durability of the state's transportation system. It also will create a program to recognize quality achievement.

Source: Inside Indiana Business

NPHQ Newsletter (Winter 2007) Read highlights from the NPHQ November 14-15, 2006 Highway Quality Conference

2006 Making a Difference Awards Announced, November 2006

NPHQ Newsletter (Fall 2006) Batter Up! Join champion teams from across the country at the World Series of Highway Quality

Quality Quick Takes, Summer 2006

RedVector.com Joins NPHQ, February 14, 2006

Conference Spotlights Best-In-Field, January 12, 2006

Quality Quick Takes, Winter 2006

Quality Quick Takes, Fall 2005

Iowa highway team wins 2005 National Achievement
Award; 11 other state team winners announced. (September 2005)

Game-changing Highway Teams Win NPHQ Awards (February 2005)
The National Partnership for Highway Quality has announced the winners of its 2004 "Making A Difference" Awards. The awards recognize innovations, practices and teamwork that raise the bar for roadway performance, safety, and environmental stewardship. Awards were given in four categories, Breaking The Mold, Partnering, Riosk Taking, and State quality Initiatives. Click here to review award winners.

NPHQ Guidelines for Starting a State Quality Partnership (January 2004)

Press Releases Archive

Background Material

NPHQ Newsletter (Summer 2006) Around the Curve With Five Thought Leaders

NPHQ Newsletter (Winter 2006) Quality Time: The Conference Issue

 

NPHQ Newsletter (Fall 2005) December Conference in Orlando, FL to Feature Transformation, Teams, Tools, Technology

 

NPHQ Newsletter (Summer 2005) Maryland Quality Initiative: Hitting Full Stride

 

NPHQ Newsletter (Spring 2005) Nphq Welcomes TTI, Peter Kiewit Sons', URS, and AHUA

"America's Roadway Program is in the Midst of a Transformation" An overview of the National Partnership for Highway Quality PDF (1.9MB), Text-only

Progress Report: A Customer Review of America’s Highway Quality An overview of the government’s latest findings on how highway customers rate the quality of the major roads they use most often. (PDF, 820KB)

Statement of Media Relations Principles

NPHQ is committed to its role as a source of information and assistance to the news media. The organization strives to provide the best possible content at every opportunity. It also seeks to demonstrate that the roles of integrity, creativity, and service so vital to the “quality” equation extend to interactions with every stakeholder, including the media.

NPHQ’s goal when working with the media is to use every means at its disposal to create a productive relationship with individual members of the press in order to inform and engage the organization’s customer, the roadway user.

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