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Colorado Springs, Colorado is a recent location for an Amazon distribution center. Considered the largest building in Colorado and the largest of its kind in the country, the distribution center boasts a total of 4M Square Feet. Asphalt was chosen as the pavement type to meet the demands of the high-volume parking lot project.  Amazon chose asphalt as the pavement of choice due to speed of construction, sustainability, and cost. The project team was given lofty expectations to meet the fast-paced construction goals. The quick speed of construction offered by asphalt allowed 2,000 tons of asphalt to be placed each day, and 1,804 parking spaces constructed for Amazon associates. In total, 130,000 tons of asphalt were placed at Amazon’s Colorado Springs campus.

SeaPort Manatee, Florida is situated on the Gulf of Mexico in the middle of Florida’s west coast. It’s a large deepwater seaport at the entrance of Tampa Bay that began active operation in 1970 and is the closest such facility to the Panama Canal. It handles millions of tons of cargo every year, both imports and exports, including produce and juices, petroleum products, metals, and construction equipment. 

A surprising fact to most people is the asphalt industry has been using recycled waste products in asphalt mixes over the last 50 years.   In fact, most asphalt contains recycled products. As the asphalt industry advances its quest for net zero carbon emissions, partnerships between the owner and the industry are invaluable.  Armed with scientifically based research, partnerships benefit the mutual goals of both the owner and industry - to create an asphalt pavement that meets the needs of the users, provides value to the owner, and achieves sustainability.   

Current Industry Practices and Opportunities to Reduce Future Emissions

When the most intense storm in Lee County history washed away sections of the Sanibel Island causeway, access to repairs and resources were cutoff. A joint venture between Superior Construction & de Moya Group restored the roadway in record time.

Central Illinois’ Piatt County lies just west of Champaign-Urbana. A small community with a total population of about 17,000, Piatt recently stepped into the limelight of road-building innovation
when it won a prestigious Perpetual Pavement Award (PPA) — only the second U.S. local public agency road project to ever receive such recognition. PPAs are awarded by the Asphalt Pavement Alliance (APA) to road projects that have moved away from traditional construction methods to Perpetual Pavement design standards.