Minnesota Service Station Chain Benefits from DAP

A fast growing regional service station chain in Minnesota was recently offered and incorporated NRMCA's parking lot Design Assistance Program (DAP) for two projects that have just started and is committed to four more for 2013, reports NRMCA Vice President, National Resources, Jon Hansen.

"These projects came as the result of local promotion partners in Minnesota working with this company to meet its goals of updating its station design in light of what the competition is doing," Hansen said.

In a meeting last week at the company headquarters, members of the construction, design, and maintenance division met with Hansen, a local ready mix producer and a cement company to move the DAP work forward to the construction stage. NRMCA’s Amanda Hult will finish the jointing plan this week to be ready for placement this fall.

An interesting comment was made by one of the company executives when the conversation went to the use of exterior lighting for the stations. Hansen said the executive stated that the entire outside would be illuminated by LED lights and he felt using concrete was mandatory when using them. "Every photo we were shown by the lighting people to show how well their lights worked was shown with concrete paving," he said. "It appears dark colored pavement just gobbles up the light where light color pavement really enhances it."