Posted:  June 24, 2002

In March, we were awarded a contract to build and rebuild nine parking lots around Jack Trice Stadium, home to the mighty Iowa State Cyclones. At a contract value of $2 million, this project will be one of the largest non-highway projects that we've built.

The project consists of 28,000 cu yds of dirt, over 50,000 sy of subgrade prep, 25,000 sy of fly ash treated base, nearly 22,000 ton of hot mix asphalt, 5000 linear feet of curb, and over 13 acres of seeding and sodding.

We will be self performing the work on 80% of this project, one of our Company’s best strengths. Phil Maddison and Dick Prusha's crew have both been on site removing the old pavement, Dave Schinckel’s road reclaimer will be doing all the fly ash treated base, Brad Lenz's crew will lay all the curbs and sidewalks with material supply by our Ready Mix people, Steve Rooney's dirt crew has most of the fine grading, Craig and the asphalt crews will lay all the hot mix on the job, even Joel's crew will be called on to help raise existing steam tunnel accesses and help with traffic and pedestrian control. As you can see, no other company is better positioned to build this job.

Scheduling will be tight. ISU wants all the work completed by July 23rd, so the grass seed has 30 days to grow prior to the Cyclone's home football opener. This means ISU will be spending $750,000 per month on the parking lots for the duration of our job. The Engineer who designed this job knew the only way to get this job done on time and within budget was with asphalt paving.

PS:  For you Cyclone Fans, let me know if you'd like one of these pictures for your wallpaper!

Click the link below to view a slideshow of the work in progress . . .

Ariel Views of Jack Trice Stadium