Paving in Baton Rouge. Minutes up the road from home base.

A capital city on a bluff above the river.

Baton Rouge is the seat of East Baton Rouge Parish, the most populous parish in Louisiana, and the center of the second-largest metro area in the state. It grew up on the Istrouma Bluff, the first natural bluff upriver from the Mississippi River Delta, and today it is a major industrial, petrochemical, medical and research center, home to LSU and Southern University.

That mix shows up in the pavement. Campus-area apartments and retail see constant turnover traffic, medical and office parks need lots that stay open and accessible, and industrial sites need pavement that holds up under trucks.

Rain is the planning problem.

Baton Rouge averages close to 62 inches of rain a year and ranks fifth on the list of wettest cities in the United States. Even ordinary summer storms dump heavy rain on parking lots. Our team pays close attention to grades, inlets and edges so water leaves the pavement, and we look for the cause of recurring potholes and soft spots before we patch them.