MACHINE-INSTALLED UNIT PAVING
MECHANICAL INSTALLATION OF CONCRETE UNIT PAVERS OFFERS THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN PROFESSIONAL
EXTREME ECONOMY AND PAVEMENT LIFE-CYCLE WHEN DEALING WITH LARGE OPEN AREAS IN WHICH HE CAN
MINIMIZE AESTHETIC   ENHANCEMENTS - SUCH AS BANDING, DESIGNS, AND COLOR CHANGES - WHICH MUST
BE INSTALLED MANUALLY.   SELECTED PAVERS MUST BE PALLETIZED IN THE FINISH PATTERN BY THE
MANUFACTURER, GENERALLY SHOULD BE OF EITHER 8 CM, 10 CM OR 12 CM THICKNESS UNLESS LOADING IS
VERY LIGHT.   AT THESE THICKNESSES, LOADS SUCH AS CONTINUOUS HEAVY FORKLIFT TRAFFIC OR
MULTIPLE-STACKED CONTAINERIZED CARGO  ARE NO PROBLEM, AND REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENT, WHEN
NECESSARY, ARE QUICK AND  ECONOMICAL.  IN RECENT YEARS, MACHINE-INSTALLED UNIT PAVEMENT HAS
BECOME VERY COST-COMPETITIVE WITH TRADITIONAL  ASPHALT AND CONCRETE DESIGNS FOR THE
TYPICAL PROJECT - A LARGE SEAPORT CARGO-LADING AREA, AND IT FAR OUTLASTS THOSE OLDER
ALTERNATIVES.  

FOR LIFE-CYCLE STUDY AND OTHER TECHNICAL INFORMATION ON MECHANICALLY INSTALLED UNIT
PAVEMENT, PLEASE VISIT THE ICPI  LINK BELOW.

SYRSTONE HAS BEEN MACHINE-INSTALLING SEAPORTS, STOCKYARDS, AND STREETS FOR  FIFTEEN YEARS,
AND HAS INSTALLED MORE FOOTAGE THAN ANY OTHER DOMESTIC CONTRACTOR.
ICPI LINK

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"IT IS VERY RARE FOR
THE CITY TO RECEIVE
AS MANY UNSOLICITED
COMPLIMENTS ABOUT A
SUBCONTRACTOR AS
WE HAVE ABOUT
SYRSTONE. I
ESPECIALLY ADMIRED
THE WORK OF YOUR
CRAFTSMEN."

JOHN E. RICHTER
MAYOR OF DOVER, DE