January 2000

National Paving Expo 2000

February 2000

World of Concrete 2000

March 2000

IAPA Annual Meeting

June 2000

 READY MIX DRIVERS STRIKE IMPACTS COOK COUNTY PROJECTS

Press Release - June, 28, 2000 Lisle, Illinois

June 28, 2000 Lisle, Illinois  The cook county ready mix drivers are back at their wheels as negotiations continue between owners and the union . A Federal mediator is presently presiding over the talks. 

The drivers went back to work June 23, 2000 for a ten (10) day period of time. Presently orders are significantly back logged and deliveries cannot be guaranteed.

Projects outside of Cook County where material deliveries originate outside of Cook County are not affected as those union locals have settled.

Press Release - June, 22, 2000 Lisle, Illinois

The teamster's local for the ready mix concrete truck drivers is presently on strike in Cook County, Illinois. This strike affects all concrete projects within Cook County requiring delivery of ready mix concrete.

Projects outside of Cook County where material deliveries originate outside of Cook County are not affected as those union locals have settled. Concrete plant operators have offered the Cook County local the same pay hikes they have offered the collar county locals however, the Cook County Local has turned this package down.

In talking with several producers we have learned that negotiations will not resume until a Federal mediator is available sometime during the week of June 25^th.

We will keep you informed as more information becomes available.

November 2000

March 2001

Press Release - March 4th, 2001,  Lisle, Illinois     

Pave Man, Inc. received a letter from one of our suppliers as of today stating that asphalt plant operations will be starting their 2001 operations on March 26^th at O'Hare and Romeoville, April 9^th in Skokie, April 23^rd in Wheeling, and April 30^th in Dundee.  The remainder of the Chicago area plants are expected to resume operations by May 1^st.

Press Release - March 22nd, 2001,  Lisle, Illinois     

Pave Man, Inc. received  letters from our suppliers as of today stating that asphalt plant operations will be starting their 2001 operations on March 26th at O'Hare and Romeoville, March 28^th in West Chicago, April 2^nd in Chicago Ridge, April 9th in Skokie and Bartlett, April 10^th in Joliet and Thornton, April 11^th at near north Chicago, April 12^th north O'Hare, April 13^th in near west Chicago,  April 16^th in Bolingbrook, Elmhurst, Hazel Crest, Hillside, Huntley, Markham and south Chicago, April 17^th in Naperville, April 23rd in Wheeling, and April 30th in Dundee.  All Chicago area asphalt plants are expected to resume operations by no later than May 1st.

April 2001

Press Release - April 7th, 2001,  Lisle, Illinois     

Pave Man, Inc. received  letters from our suppliers as of today stating that asphalt plant operations will be starting their 2001 operations on March 26th at O'Hare and Romeoville, March 28^th in West Chicago, April 2^nd in Chicago Ridge and DesPlaines, April 5^th in Mount Prospect, April 9th in Bartlett, Hillside and Skokie, April 10^th in Joliet and Thornton, April 11^th at near north Chicago, April 13^th in near west Chicago,  April 16^th in Bolingbrook, Elmhurst, Hazel Crest, Huntley, Markham and south Chicago, April 17^th in Naperville, April 19^th in Algonquin, April 23rd in Wheeling, and April 30th in Dundee. All Chicago area asphalt plants are expected to resume operations by no later than May 1st.

July 2001

Press Release - July 30th, 2001,  Lisle, Illinois     

Pave Man, Inc. received an e-mail today from Steve Garren, Senior Product Manager with Avery Dennison, the manufacturer's of "Street Graphic" products utilized in the McDonald's Renaissance Program. Avery has re-formulated this product for 2001.  Please note new manufacturer warrantee information.  There will be no warrantee on "Street Graphic" products placed over existing painted markings, over seal coated pavements and/or over concrete pavements. Below find a transcript of the referenced e-mail:

Pave Man, Inc.,

Thank you for your communication and here are responses to your questions:

Material from 2000 should be replaced. If you can provide detail
listing of the material you have in inventory we will have old material
picked up and we will replace with 2001 production material.

Yes, moving forward we will only warranty product placed on new asphalt
substrates. This warranty will include credit or replacement of
material. I will be forwarding specific warranty information to you
early next week.

We believe the majority of bond issues from last year are due to
contractor installation errors and particularly Chicago Pressure
Systems jobs. It appears that the other work performed by your
organization and another contractor has faired pretty well.

We would like to continue promoting your company as an approved installer of
Avery Dennison Street Graphic materials.

We are ready to process new orders and we will hold Chicagoland pricing to
last year levels. This was an agreement discussed in May with Chicagoland
McDonald's corporate office.

Thank you for your time and communication to Avery.

Regards,

Steve Garren
Senior Product Manager

Avery-Dennison
 

August 2001

Press Release - August 1st, 2001,  Lisle, Illinois  

PAVE  MAN, INC.  NAMED IN TOP 100 CONTRACTORS NATIONWIDE

Pave Man, Inc. has been recognized in Pavement Magazine's 

June/July issue as being one of the top 100 contractors nationwide for paving, sealcoating and pavement marking.

 Pave Man, Inc. is a woman owned business located in Lisle,Illinois that specializes in commercial/industrial, asphalt/concrete, rehabilitation and maintenance.
 

October 2001

Press Release - October 30th, 2001,  Lisle, Illinois     

Plant Closings

Pave Man, Inc. received a letter from one of it's suppliers today stating that asphalt plant operations will start shutting down starting with plants in Wheeling on November 21^st.  Dundee plant operations will cease for the season on November 30^th followed by Skokie on December 9^th, O'Hare on December 14^th  and Romeoville operations will cease on Friday, December 21^st.  Plants are expected to resume operations late March or early April 2002.
 

November 2001

Press Release - November 1st, 2000  Chicago, Illinois  

PAVE MAN, INC. EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS TO RED CROSS DISASTER RELIEF FUND MATCHED $ PER $ BY MANAGEMENT.

 Pave Man, Inc. employees are reaching deep into their pockets to donate to the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund to help the surviving victims and the families of those that perished in the New York, DC and Pennsylvania terrorist attacks.  The management of Pave Man, Inc. is matching $ per $ what their employees contribute

December 2001

Press Release - December 1, 2001, Lisle, Illinois   

Pave Man, Inc. received a letters from it's suppliers today stating that hot mix asphalt plant operations will start shutting down starting with plants in Wheeling on November 21^st. Dundee plant operations will cease for the season on November 30^th followed by Hillside and Huntley on December 7^th, Skokie on December 9^th, O'Hare, Bartlett and DesPlaines on December 14^th and Romeoville operations will cease on Friday, December 21^st. Plants are expected to resume operations late March or early April 2002. Heated cold mix will be available in DesPlaines throughout the winter.

2002 Press Releases Press Release - November 27th, 2002  Lisle, Illinois Pave Man, Inc. received a letters from it's suppliers today stating that hot mix asphalt plant operations will tentatively start shutting down beginning with plants in Hillside and Wheeling on November 22nd. Skokie, West Chicago and Naperville plant operations will cease for the season on November 27th followed by Elmhurst on November 29 th, Chicago Ridge, Hazel Crest, Bartlett, Lake Bluff and Huntley on December 6th, Chicago, DesPlaines, Dundee, Romeoville and O'Hare on December 13th. Plants are expected to resume operations late March or early April 2003. Heated cold mix will be available in DesPlaines throughout the winter. Press Release - November 26th, 2002  Lisle, Illinois Pave Man, Inc. received a letters from it's suppliers today stating that hot mix asphalt plant operations will tentatively start shutting down beginning with plants in Hillside and Wheeling on November 22nd. Skokie plant operations will cease for the season on November 27th followed by Hazel Crest, Bartlett and Huntley on December 6th, DesPlaines, Dundee, Romeoville and O'Hare on December 13th. Plants are expected to resume operations late March or early April 2003. Heated cold mix will be available in DesPlaines throughout the winter. Press Release - November 7th, 2002  Lisle, Illinois      Pave Man, Inc. has received notice from several ready-mix concrete vendors that material prices are expected to rise $4.00 to $6.00 per cubic yard for the 2003 construction season. Additionally, many of our asphalt vendors have indicated that asphalt prices are expected to rise $2.00 to $3.00 per ton for next years season due to increases in liquid asphalt prices from the refineries. Press Release - October 24th, 2002  Lisle, Illinois      Pave Man, Inc. is celebrating the third (3rd) anniversary of our web site (www.paveman.com) today. In the site's first three (3) years we have logged over 1,050,000 accesses. The site is full of useful information on Pave Man, Inc.'s people, products and services.  Recent enhancements include a Material Safety Data Sheet library and a "Parking Lot Shop" where various parking lot related products are available for sale.  Press Release - March 22th, 2002  Lisle, Illinois      Pave Man, Inc. received information from three (3) suppliers stating that asphalt plant operations will resume 2002 operations on March 21st in DesPlaines, March 25th at O'Hare, April 1st in Romeoville, April 8th in Bartlett, April 15th in Chicago, Hillside, Joliet, Skokie and Thornton, April 17th in East Dundee, April 22nd in Huntley and April 25th in Wheeling. We will have material availability that those times for jobs in proximity to the above locations. All Chicago area asphalt plants are expected to resume operations by no later than May 1st. Press Release - March 2nd, 2002  Lisle, Illinois      Pave Man, Inc. received information from one (1) supplier today stating that asphalt plant operations will resume 2002 operations on March 25th at O'Hare, April 1st in Romeoville, April 15th in Skokie, April 17th in East Dundee, and April 25th in Wheeling. We will have material availability that those times for jobs in proximity to the above locations. All Chicago area asphalt plants are expected to resume operations by no later than May 1st. PAVE MAN, INC. SENDS TWO (2) DELEGATES TO WORLD OF CONCRETE 2002 Delegates attended numerous seminars on various state of the art concrete topics. Pictured left to right: Lance DeVries - Vice President/Sales and Eric Lewandowski – Sales Consultant. Eric earned a certificate  in Concrete Basics Press Release - January 2, 2002  Chicago, Illinois   Pave Man, Inc. announced today that Roger Bierman, Sales Manager has moved on to pursue other interests.  Additionally, Eric Lewandowski has joined Pave Man's sales team as Sales Consultant and will service Chicagoland accounts north of I-88 and the Eisenhower Expressway. Lance DeVries, Vice President/Sales will assume Roger's managerial responsibilities on an interim basis. Pave Man. Inc.'s, Executive Vice President, Harold C. "Sandy" Menger said "We will miss Roger's dedication but, know that Eric's extensive customer service background should prove to be a tremendous asset to our clients and our company."