JOB SITE SUCCESS STORIES
This picture courtesy of T A Loving General Contractors, and the North Carolina Sate University Wolf Pack Club depicts the new paver installation on June 18, 2002 at the concourse area of the Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh, NC. This renovation is all part of a five year, fifty million dollar, fund raising effort that began in 2001 by the Wolf Pack Club known as "Goal Line Drive". By using The AccuScreed System pictured, the workers were able to place over 100,000 pavers in a three week period. For additional pictures of this project, visit their website by clicking on the picture above and go to the June and July 2002 photo album. EPDS "Before using AccuScreed we had nothing but headaches. Large areas were very time consuming. We had to run a long string line with a level to screed the sand 5'. After we laid the bricks, we had to go over with sand and a vibrator. Now we only use the string line to mark an XY axis at the starting point to make it straight for the brick placement. Then we shoot the grade with a surveyor marker as much as 5' apart. We use the AccuScreed Driver for the smaller areas. AccuScreed has been a God send! The bricks are nice and straight and we use less sand and go over it with a lawn roller because they are so level. Four or five sides needing pavers are already set." Charles Schiatta Construction "We use to form just like concrete underlayment and then the sand. This was very time consuming. We had too many birdbaths before and not enough sand or were too high. Now we just set the height with the Yokes and the pipe and vibrate the sand off of the screed pipe. It is completely flat and there is no guess work. I put brick down, pull or leave the Yokes, and then fill in sand and continue laying brick. Terrific idea! I am able to use AccuScreed on slopes and large patios. I have a 10' span. I put on crushed stone and sand and every time I go up a height I adjust the nuts." Nor Pro Lawn & Landscape, Inc. "The results with MegaScreed are excellent. I have gotten away from wooden stakes altogether. After pavers are compacted, I go back in and sweep and am able to use less sand. The cost is minimal. The labor factor is worth the savings." Moonlite Landscaping "We do pavers and retaining walls. Before it had been trial and error to get the grade. Grades are so tough and I need to bring stairways in a different direction. AccuScreed makes it much easier to set different grades. The concrete forms we had used in the retaining base course would rust and were heavy and clunky. With AccuScreed we can set and slide the pipe down as we go. Now we only need to have one 10' long pipe and it's easier to store." Michaels Land Designs Inc. "With AccuScreed, conduit stakes and a string line, it is a lot easier to get a more level base. We do stone and retaining walls and have experienced a quicker time." Landesign Uses The AccuScreed System for setting sand grade for laying bricks in his landscaping business. One application in particular was a large alley they converted to a court. He set the pipe where he wanted the elevation of the brick. He then measured the thickness of the brick and subtracted it from the elevation to screed off of. He had long runs and had to maintain a perfect pitch and a certain slope so it would come out exact with the alleys existing drainage. He said, "AccuScreed worked out great". He does a lot of brick paving.
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