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Tom Kuennen is principal of EXPRESSWAYSONLINE.COM, where he plays a lead role in construction and industrial writing for trade journals, corporations and national associations, photography, Internet concept and writing, and publication launches.
Prior to starting EXPRESSWAYSONLINE.COM in 1995, he was editor of Roads & Bridges Magazine, for 11 years, and for three years before that, associate editor of Rock Products Magazine, both in the Chicago area. His work experience includes engineering and construction firms, and daily and weekly newspapers.
He’s received national recognition for his writing, including the Robert F. Boger Award from the Construction Writers Association, in 1998, 1995 and 1993 (honorable mention in 2003), the American Society of Business Press Editors in 1997 and 2010, and the Jesse H. Neal Award from the American Business Press, in 1983.
In 2012 he was named to the Construction Writers Hall of Fame of the CWA.
In 2005 he was a finalist (one of three) for best how-to article among all magazines in the A-magazine class (up to $3 million in annual revenues) for the 2004 Jesse H. Neal Award competition.
He is or has been a contributing editor to Better Roads, Concrete Products, Concrete Practice, Pavement and Construction Equipment magazines, and today is editor of the quarterly Pavement Preservation Journal for FP2 Inc.
He is a member of the Road Gang, Washington’s transportation fraternity, is a director of TRIP, The Road Information Program, and has been a member of the Hot Mix Hall of Fame Committee of the National Asphalt Pavement Association
He also has written on mining, power generation, utility deregulation, environmental regulation, industrial cleaning, and climate change for the energy, construction and industrial cleaning communities.
Tom is a 1975 graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
 

 

EXPRESSWAYSONLINE.COM PRINCIPAL TOM KUENNEN INDUCTED INTO CONSTRUCTION WRITERS ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME

EXPRESSWAYSONLINE.COM principal Tom Kuennen was inducted into the Construction Writers Association Hall of Fame at the association’s Grand Awards Banquet in Crystal City, Va., Oct. 23, 2012.
Also inducted into the CWA Hall of Fame was Marcia Gruver Doyle, editorial director, Construction Media Division, Randall-Reilly Publishing Co., Tuscaloosa, Ala.
“This is a highly prestigious honor awarded to only a few individuals who exemplify true lifetime achievement as journalists in the construction industry,” CWA said.
In 2008, in celebration of its 50th anniversary, the Construction Writers Association created the Hall of Fame to honor journalists for their lifetime achievement in the construction industry. The CWA Founding Fathers — Robert Boger, Duane Cronk, Arthur A. Faber, James T. Jenkins, Jr., E. E. “Gene” Halmos, Henry T. Perez, William H. Quirk, John Rehfeld, Dr. George E. Symons, and Edward Weilepp — along with longtime members Greg Sitek and Gordon Wright, were inducted into the inaugural class at the 2008 Annual Conference.
Since then Jan Tuchman, editor in chief of Engineering News-Record, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2009. In 2010, CWA inducted Kirk Landers, editor emeritus and former editor-in-chief of Construction Equipment and partner in James Informational Media into the Hall of Fame.
“To be placed by my peers at the same level as these titans of construction writing is a tremendous honor, and one I will treasure,” Kuennen said. “What a privilege to have had such a career and work with such great publications, businesses and people.”
In addition to his work experience, Kuennen has served multiple years as a director of CWA on two separate occasions, has chaired several CWA regional meetings, and served as chairman of its Silver Hard Hat Award committee for numerous years. In 2008, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of CWA, he wrote a definitive history of the organization.
Kuennen is principal of EXPRESSWAYSONLINE.COM in suburban Chicago, where he plays a lead role in construction and industrial writing for trade journals, corporations and national associations, photography, Internet concept and writing, and publication launches.
Prior to launching EXPRESSWAYSONLINE.COM in 1995, he was editor of Roads & Bridges Magazine for 11 years, and for three years before that, associate editor of Rock Products Magazine, both in the Chicago area. His work experience includes external communications positions with the engineering-architecture and planning firm Booker Associates Inc., and Fru-Con/Fruin-Colnon/Fruco engineering and construction firms; and editing, writing and photography for daily and weekly newspapers in Georgia, Missouri and Illinois.
In addition to induction into the CWA Hall of Fame, he’s received national recognition for his writing, including CWA’s Robert F. Boger Award in 1998, 1995 and 1993 (honorable mention in 2003), the American Society of Business Press Editors in 1997 and 2010, and the Jesse H. Neal Award of the American Business Press, in 1983.
In 2005 he was a finalist (one of three) for best how-to article among all magazines in the A-magazine class (up to $3 million in annual revenues) for the 2004 Jesse H. Neal Award competition.