Lowes Home Improvement Stores Repaired in Multiple Locations in NJ
Challenge
US Pavement contacted Quality 1st Contracting because they had a client in need of the specialized concrete and joint sealing and repair skills provided by Quality 1st Contracting. US Pavement was contracted to handle several Lowes stores to repairs joints, patch joints, and replace bad concrete, as well repair interior concrete joints. Throughout the five stores, over 30,000 linear feet of joints were required to be sealed or repaired and 4,000 square feet of high strength concrete needed to be replaced. Some work needed to be done outside of normal business hours to accommodate the customers and deliveries. The work also had a strict deadline to meet that was required by Lowes.
Solution
Quality 1st Contracting contacted representatives at Euclid so that they could provide the team with the Lowes approved materials that would be able to be used for the repairs. One by one Lowes stores were addressed with interior, exterior, and replacement. During inspections with US Pavements and a representative from Lowes, additional work was added to the project. Quality 1st Contracting quickly adjusted the staff and schedules to handle the new list of work. Two to three man crews were each handling over 2500 to 3000 linear feet of repairs per day! All of the concrete replacement was needed in high traffic areas of the building, including the lumber pick-up area and the rear drive delivery area. All replacement was done with minimal shut down to either of these areas. At one location, the concrete slab had shifted so much from the weight of the delivery trucks turning onto the slab that the slab caused damage to the storm drain catch basin. Quality 1st Contracting repaired the catch basin as soon as the issue was discovered and did not slow the completion of the project.
All phases of the project, including the tasks that were added during the project, were brought to completion before the end of the year deadline. All of the Lowes customers are extremely happy with the work performed and timing and quality in which the work was done.
