WINNER: All American Canal Lining Project (December 2009) The All American Canal Lining Project (AACLP) is a congressionally authorized key element of the 2003 Quantification Settlement Agreement (QSA). Its goals are to reduce canal seepage losses and aid the state of California in meeting its QSA Colorado River water use limitations. The lining project consists of constructing a concrete-lined canal parallel to and replacing a 23-mile section of the 82-mile earthen canal, which conveys Colorado River water to the Imperial and Coachella Valley... more

WINNER: I-15 Express Lanes (November 2009) The San Diego Express is hitting the problems caused by congestion like a freight train. They have been reduced to nothing, thanks to the accelerated evolution of 21st century transportation management...more

Highway Award Cites California Project as Gold Level Winner State Utilizes Rapid Rehab to Repair Roadway in Four Weeks (2007-11-13) The National Partnership for Highway Quality (NPHQ) announced today that California has been named a 2007 National Achievement Award Gold Level Winner for its I-15 Rapid Rehab at Devore project. Project partners include the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) District 8 and contractor Coffman Specialties, Inc. The announcement was made in San Diego, California, a partnership among federal, state, and roadway industry leaders and officials that promotes highway quality, safety, and service... more

It's Not Your Ordinary Canal Paver (GOMACO World 35.2 - July 2007) The All-American Canal in southern California delivers approximately 3.1 million acre-feet (382,379 ha m) of the Colorado River to nine cities and 500,000 acres (202,343 ha) of agricultural land. The 82 mile (132 km) long canal was originally constructed in the 1930s and 1940s. It begins at the Imperial Dam on the Colorado River, about 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Yuma, Arizona, and extends south and west, following the Mexican/ American border. The canal is currently unlined and substantial amounts of water are lost due to seepage, according to the Imperial Irrigation District, who operate and maintain the All-American Canal. They want to rebuild a section of the canal, with the new canal constructed parallel to the existing canal. The new concrete-lined canal will help minimize water lost because of seepage. Coffman Specialties, based out of San Diego, California, won the initial project bid to complete a portion of the new canal... more

Women's Entrepreneurial Awards '06: Diligence in construction field is Coffman's specialty Steady gains are proof of skillful business acumen. (2006-08-07) Colleen Coffman conveys a sanguine attitude of success. When asked if being a woman in construction has affected business positively or negatively, the president and founder of Coffman Specialties Inc. replied frankly, "I have never seen it either way." As the behind-the-scenes organizer to with revenues of $88.25 million last year, Coffman said she just focuses on doing her job. Coffman Specialties ranks No. 1 on the San Diego Business Journal's List Of Women-Owned Businesses in terms of gross 2005 revenues. Like most successful businesses, Coffman Specialties did not develop overnight... more

Women's Entrepreneurial Awards '05: Coffman Specialties, Inc.: Construction Paves the Way for Colleen Coffman's Success (2005-08-22) Like many successful businesses, Coffman Specialties, Inc. began as little more than an experiment. San Diego's second most successful woman-owned business had revenues of $76.37 million last year, but in 1990 it was just a sparkle in Colleen Coffman's imagination. After working for more than 12 years at her husband's construction company, Coffman found herself out of a job at that time. Those were lean times for the industry, and her husband had shut the business down in favor of working for a steady salary at a different company. Though his wife would have liked to join him, and was more than qualified to do so, the company had a firm policy against couples working together... more

Coffman Specialties, Inc - Slipform Paving on the Fast-Track at Ontario International Airport (August 2005 Cal Contractor Magazine) The Ontario International Airport (ONT) is located approximately 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, and is situated smack dab in the middle of one of the fastest-growing regions in the United States. Passenger traffic at ONT has increased dramatically over the past ten years with over 6.5 million passengers traveling in 2002 alone with some 547,461 tons of airfreight added on to boot. ONT is a member of the Los Angeles World Airports system and serves more than six million people living in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties and portions of north Orange County and east Los Angeles County. The airport was constructed back in September of 1998 and the time has come to reconstruct its two parallel runways... more

Secrets to a Profitable Paving Business (May 2000 Construction Equipment Magazine) In its second year of business, this California paving contractor's growth exploded 1,837 percent, with average annual growth of 35 percent since then. Find out how this firm achieves its success... more