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The demand for off-street full-depth recycling with cement
is growing. Just ask Sam Garrett or Gary Ivy, owners of Dallas-based Advanced
Paving. The company recently finished three North Texas projects and has a half-dozen
on deck, says Garrett. In July, the company rehabilitated a 327,000 sq. ft.
parking lot for Great Triangle Mall in Denton. Foley's Department Store, a new
mall tenant, needed the project completed by its Aug. 15 grand opening. By cement
recycling the lot, Advanced Paving could "react quickly and meet that requirement,"
says Garrett. Crews began the work July 8 and completely finished by July 19,
well ahead of schedule. "This is a much faster than the other alternatives,"
adds Garrett. The company also recently had a brush with fame when it rebuilt
the drives leading to Southfork Ranch, setting for the '80s TV series Dallas.
Located 20 miles north of Dallas, Southfork and its 63,000 sq. ft. conference
center boast about 400,000 annual visitors. But the stream of fan-loaded buses
took its toll on the ranch's 12-year-old, two-inch thick pavement. Southfork-owner
Forever Resorts Group hired Advanced Paving to build pavements that could handle
the load. In early July, Advanced Paving reconstructed the 30,560 square-foot
asphalt front access drive with concrete. The existing asphalt was milled eight
inches deep, compacted, and rebuilt with six inches of reinforced concrete.
Advanced Paving then reconstructed the 66,119 square-foot, 210-space parking
lot with asphalt pavement using FDR with cement in only five working days. "This
surface is incredibly hard," said Pat Gokie, construction manager for Forever
Resorts. The Mesquite Independent School District, a regular Advanced Paving
customer, also recently contracted the company to cement recycle four parking
lots.
©2005 Road Recycling Council
P.O. Box 17362 - Cambridge, MA 02141
phone: (857) 998-0119 fax: (617) 547-0042
www.roadrecycling.org
