Asphalt Overlay

Before

After

The challenge was how to best, and most cost effectively, replace the crumbling 37 year old parking lot at the Sparkles Roller Rink in Hiram, Ga. One answer would have been to use 1” of a well-known 2-layered repair system plus 1” of standard HMA topping placed in two lifts. The answer that both the owner and Jay Herzog with Blackjack Paving agree upon however, was something different. Their solution was to place a single 2” lift of typical HMA topping, but to add FORTA-FI® HMA fiber-reinforcement.

FORTA-FI® has been proven to add more than 50% to the life of all different types of asphalt, and has shown great success in eliminating or minimizing the block cracking and sunken areas that plagued this project. The labor time on this project was cut in half, offsetting the cost of FORTA-FI®, and enabled the contractor to schedule additional projects. The next morning, a tour bus unexpectedly used the freshly paved parking lot to make a U-turn. Afraid of damage, Jay immediately inspected the area and found no sign of rutting or even tire marks. It was clear to him that this FORTAfied® asphalt clearly acted better than he expected, and they are confident they made the best decision.

Please view the project video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdJxOoMUvVs

Project Details:

Location: Hiram, GA

Project Owner: Jeff Couey 

Tonnage: 600 

Engineer/Specifier: Blackjack Paving, Sealing & Striping 

Asphalt Contractor: C.W. Matthews Contracting Company, Inc. 

Owner Type: Commercial 

Project type: Overlay, Asphalt Base 

Reason for use: Increase Longetivity, Reduce Cracking, Rutting, & Raveling 

Fiber used: FORTA-FI® HMA