Parking Lot Renovation

It is hard not to notice our Center for Families parking lot this week!  Our agency is familiar with toy dump trucks and excavators-- driven by the children of Center for Families.  But this week the big machines were here.  After many months of driving through mud and pot holes we have paved our big parking lot.

Many years ago, before Madison was established, the isthmus was a wetland.  Sadly, our first parking lot “sank into the swamp”—so to speak.  But with the help of Soil Engineering Services  and Fink’s Paving, we re-built a lot that will last for decades.

When our old lot failed we asked SES to provide soil tests.  They showed us that we needed to dig out the old soils and replace them with the ideal layers of fabric and rock.  The old paving was removed by another company last fall.  Unfortunately, the recession caused that company to close and we were left with a gravel parking lot.

In the spring we hired Fink’s Paving, of Mt. Horeb, to completely rebuild and pave the lot. Thanks to John, Brett, Jack and all the guys, in four days we had our new parking lot.

The whole parking lot project has been very exciting. Many of our Center for Families children and staff members have enjoyed watching the project.  They all got to see the giant machines in action.  

 Finks Paving, Excavating & Concrete has become the newest contributor to the strength and vitality of Center for Families and our mission to support the health and growth of Dane counties children and families.

 

Thank you to Fink’s, SES, Webcrafters (for sharing their parking lot for the week), Chris Boehm (facilities manager and project supervisor), Mike Kenitz (co-director), Meg Miller (co-director), Heidi Martin (finance) and Caitlin Ninedorf (documentation and publishing).

And to all the employees at Center for Families who showed great patience through a difficult winter!

THANK YOU

 For more photos of the project visit our facebook site.

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