Project Name: Fire Station #9
Closeup of #89 stone fill in Gravelpave2 showing tops of some of the rings
Note flush mounted header curb to protect asphalt from underwashing once ground has reached field capacity (total saturation)
This also serves as tree protection for this mature oak tree.
Note that Gravelpave2 elevation is appropriately 1/2 inch lower than header curb to prevent stone roll onto asphalt. Notice how few stones have migrated to the asphalt in a year’s time.
Product: Gravelpave2 aggregate paving
Application: Fire Truck Wash Area
City: Savannah
State/Province: Georgia
Install Date: Summer 2007
Install Size: 350 m2 (3,672 sq ft)
Address: 2235 Capital St. Savannah, GA
Client: City of Savannah
Designer: City of Savannah/Design Department
Contractor: NA
Directions: Pennsylvania Avenue East from Skidaway Road to the new Savannah High School.Turn right just past the school. Station is located adjacent to the rear school property line.
Location: Directly in back of 3-bay firehouse.
Photography: Chere Peterson, Petrus UTR, 2008
Summary: This is directly adjacent to firehouse and was designed for washing fire trucks. Base was 5 inches of #57 stone, over which a mixture of 1.5” of #89 stone and 3.5” of sand was placed and compacted to 92% Modified Proctor. It is surrounded by a massive asphalt parking lot, which necessitated the installation of Reinforced Concrete Pipes for stormwater. Speaking with a small group of fire fighters stationed at #9, The City of Savannah have employed both Grasspave2 and Gravelpave2 successfully for industrial equipment storage/parking, parking bays for Grayson Stadium (Class A Baseball Farm Team Home for the Mets), and have it designed for other life-safety and tree protection applications and event/ recreation parking throughout the City.