Colorado Golf Course Concrete Overlay Project Wins Second Award

The Thorncreek Golf Course Parking Lot Concrete Overlay Project recently received the 2019 Award for Excellence in the Flatwork Paving Category – American Concrete Institute – Rocky Mountain Chapter, reports NRMCA Vice President, Local Paving, Don Clem. The City of Thornton adopted a street rehabilitation program in 2015 and a component of this program was rehabilitating municipal parking lots throughout the city. The parking lot at Thorncreek Golf Course became part of this program when the city closed the golf course for over a year and invested more than $7 million in a major facelift of the entire facility. With assistance from NRMCA, Dave Gray, GCC of America and Leonard Velasquez, SLV Quality Concrete, city engineers designed a thin concrete overlay over the existing deteriorated asphalt. (Photo courtesy of Jo Taylor, Colorado Public Works Journal. From left to right, Chris Purrington, Martin Marietta; Don Clem, Atsa Valkdez, SLV Quality Concrete; Dave Gray, Richard Nickson, City of Thornton, Leonard Velasquez SLV Quality Concrete and Zach Ballard, Eden Innovations.)

SLV Quality Concrete paved the 90,000 square foot lot with a 3D laser screed and overlaid 2,300 linear feet of concrete curb, completing the project in six weeks while maintaining access to the facility for deliveries associated with the renovation. Concrete was supplied by NRMCA Producer member Martin Marietta. Thornton city officials are looking forward to saving more than $110,000 over the next 30 years due to reduced maintenance and rehabilitation costs.

For more information, contact Don Clem at dclem@nrmca.org.