PAVING NON PARKING LOT |
JESSICA LOMBARDO. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
In all, ACI installed 217 parking areas around the community. They recycled all the asphalt they removed and installed over 4,000 tons of new asphalt, improving the look and usability of the pavement for years to come.
A “Grand” Project with Flawless Execution ACI Asphalt & Concrete worked around weather, traffic and tight scheduling conflicts to repave the Grandeville Cascade Lake community in less than a month, winning them the 2022 Paving: Non-Parking Lot Award
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n the northern half of the United States, contractors know the end of season crunch all too well. It’s a delicate balance between making sure customers are happy and having enough weather left to do the work. When big projects pop up towards the end of the season, like repaving a large resort housing community, it takes the dedication of everyone on the crew to get the job done.
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ACI Asphalt & Concrete, Inc., Maple Grove, MN, was contacted to complete such a project towards the end of the season last year. The crew removed and replaced 293,867 square feet of asphalt and installed over 200 driveways in just under four weeks, winning them Pavement Magazine’s 2022 Paving: Non-Parking Lot award. PROPER PLANNING Every successful project starts with a plan. When ACI was contacted by Centerspace Homes to repave the roads and driveways inside the Grandeville Cascade Lake community in Rochester, MN, they knew they would need a great plan to get the work done efficiently. “ACI Asphalt & Concrete, Inc. was approached by Centerspace Homes to quote out driveways, parking pads and private roads at Grandeville at Cascade Lake community,” Mike Picott, sales consultant at ACI, says. “In meeting with the client, they explained that
they wanted to replace the 17-year-old pavement around the community and address drainage issues due to the failure of multiple catch basins. They wanted to give the place a facelift but at the same time structurally take care of any issues like some heaving that was seen around garages where the previous base material may not have been properly compacted. ” ACI started with the catch basin work, so they knew water would flow where it was supposed to. They repaired 26 catch basins and curbing to the appropriate drainage level around the community. Then they got to work removing and replacing all the asphalt (driveways, parking areas and private roadways). ACI was committed to completing the work with minimum disruption to the community and the residents who live there. “We wanted to try and coordinate the work so that when we were excavating driveways and parking bays, there
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