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L.I. Firm Helps Pave Way for Amazon Distribution Center The 200,000 sq.ft. Amazon facility in Syosset, N.Y.
Amazon is in the process of creating a substantial footprint on Long Island with the construction of four major distribution centers. One of those is a 200,000 sq. ft. facility that is nearing completion in Syosset, N.Y., in the town of Oyster Bay just
off the Long Island Expressway on a 39-acre site that was formerly the home of Cerro Wire. Most of the 39-acre site that is not taken up by warehouse is a massive parking lot that is being constructed by Metro Paving of Long Island, N.Y.
In speaking with Dennis Kellerman, president of Metro Paving, this massive project will consume 13,000 tons of binder and 9,500 tons of topcoat, all of which must be laid within a 30-day time period. But tackling big, high-profile projects is nothing new to Metro Paving. Within the past couple of years, projects that the company has completed included the Islanders UBS Arena at Belmont Park, which entailed 40,000 tons of asphalt with a twomonth turn time, as well as repaving the parking lots for Arthur Ashe Stadium, home of the U.S. Open. Metro Paving was founded in 2014 and Kellerman’s experience with paving goes back to 1985. He and his crew of about 50 are typically able to work approximately 10 months a year, completing 12 months of work in this period of time. see METRO page 64
A Caterpillar AP 1055F paver maneuvers around landscape islands in the Amazon facility parking lots.
(L-R) are Jim Smith, sales rep of H.O. Penn Machinery; Dennis Kellerman, president of Metro Paving; and Brian Cox, paving operator/supervisor of Metro Paving.
