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Thursday, February 21st, 2013
At Reliable Contracting, we offer everything from the installation of hot and cold-mix asphalt to asphalt patching, 
milling, seal coating, and crack filling. But what does this all mean? For that matter, what is asphalt pavement?
You undoubtedly use asphalt pavement each and every day. Asphalt is used for everything from driveways to highways to parking lots and everything in between. So what goes into making this versatile product?
What is Asphalt Pavement?
Asphalt pavement is made up of several ingredients, including aggregate (stone), sand, and additives – which makes up about 90-95% of the pavement – and liquid petroleum (liquid asphalt), which binds the aggregate, additives, and sand together.
Asphalt Fun Fact: Did you know that asphalt is the most recycled product in the United States? Approximately 80% of all asphalt pavement is recycled.
How is Asphalt made?
- Predose: First, the aggregate components are weighed using a belt weighing instrument, while being transferred to the next step in the process.
- Drying: A rotary drying drum is used to dry the components at roughly 300 degrees.
- Reweighing: After drying, the aggregate is weighed a second time.
- Sifting & Storage: The dried components are then sifted and stored in silos.
- Mixing: The aggregate is transferred to the mixer and the liquid asphalt binder is added according to a measured rate of flow.
- Storage: Once the asphalt pavement is mixed, it is stored in a heated silo. If the asphalt mix cools it cannot be compacted.
Reliable Contracting operates Three Hot-Mix Asphalt Plants
Reliable Contracting operates three hot-mix asphalt plants in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. By controlling the raw paving materials, asphalt production, trucking, and installation, we can provide complete single-source solutions for your asphalt paving project.
Reliable can produce all of today’s high-performance asphalt paving products, or can tailor a mix or installation to suit your project’s specific needs.
If you have any questions about Asphalt Pavement or if you have a construction project that you need completed right the first time, please contact Reliable Contracting, Anne Arundel County’s largest site-work contractor, by calling 410-987-0313 or visit our website. Reliable Contracting now boasts more than 400 employees, 100 trucks and 250 pieces of earthmoving equipment!
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Thursday, June 28th, 2012
Greenberg Gibbons Commercial Corp. and Reliable Contracting are nearing completion of their 1.2 million-square-foot, $275 million addition to the Village at Waugh Chapel, which will comprise of several major retailers, including Wegmans.
“The project, we’ve always felt, was going to be very successful from the very beginning,” said Reliable Contracting President Jay Baldwin.
Village South is one of the largest planned developments to start in Greater Baltimore since before the Great Recession.
“It’s a very positive sign,” said commercial real estate broker Rene Daniel. “It’s one of the largest projects going on the East Coast, not just Baltimore.”
But there was a time when developers were struggling to attract tenants to fill up their retail space. Luckily, once Wegmans signed on, several other tenants jumped at the chance to be a part of Village South.
Wegmans spokeswoman Jo Natale explained that the company only opens one or two new stores a year and is very particular in choosing its location.
“There are really three or four primary things that we look for, and in this instance they all came together,” said Natale.
These factors include:
- Location
- The number of people living nearby
- The ability to be a regional draw for potential shoppers
Other future or recently opened Wegmans stores in Maryland include: Landover, Frederick, Bel Air, Columbia, and Germantown.
If you have any questions about the New Wegmans in Gambrills or if you have a construction project that you need completed right the first time, please contact Reliable Contracting by calling 410-987-0313 or visit our website.
Interested in scheduling Reliable Contracting for a job?
We currently have crews available for work. Contact us today to schedule your estimate before we are completely booked solid!
Reliable Contracting maintains a reputation as a leader in the construction industry. Our clientele includes builders, developers, individuals and government agencies. With projects ranging in cost from $10,000 to over $10 million, Reliable can be seen working on Maryland’s roads, highways, airports, office parks, shopping centers, hospitals, churches, and residential neighborhoods earning our reputation by providing clients with consistent quality and dedication to their projects.
Reliable Contracting Company serves the following and surrounding Counties: Annapolis, Queen Anne’s, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Calvert, Caroline, Charles, Howard, Prince George, St. Mary’s, Talbot, and Washington D.C.
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Monday, June 18th, 2012
Pervious concrete is designed to easily drain water. This is accomplished through a serious of void spaces, known as the porosity, which are interconnected and rapidly permeable to water movement. As you can imagine, this creates a unique set of challenges for the concrete producer.
Developing a pervious concrete mix that is easily placed, performs well, and is durable is not easy. It is a balancing act, requiring the concrete producer to develop mix designs for each of his aggregates. It also requires producers to identify the warning signs of pervious concrete problems, specifically problems related to the following:
- Water content
- Mixture proportions
- Admixture dosing
While some of these issues can be remedied by changing construction practices, most problems require changes from the concrete producer.
Producing Pervious Concrete
- Permeability: The primary considerations when determining proper mix design for pervious concrete are: strength for loading; freeze/thaw resistance; durability against winter maintenance (plowing and deicers); and porosity to produce the desired permeability.
- Workability: While pervious concrete requires proper void content, it still needs to be smooth and durable. This is achieved through proper mix proportions, primarily controlled by aggregate angularity and gradation; cementitious volume; sand or fiber content; water-cementitious materials ratio (w/cm); admixtures; and environmental factors (mixing time, water temperature, and mixer/truck moisture state).
- Mix Constituents: The largest volume of material in pervious concrete is aggregate. Because of this, aggregate selection has the largest influence on unit weight. The use of good quality, clean, well-graded crushed aggregate results in pervious concrete pavement with improved structural properties, reduced raveling, and improved permeability.
- Admixtures: There are numerous admixtures used in pervious concrete, including: air entraining; internal curing; hydration stabilizing; viscosity modifying; and water reducing.
If you have any questions about the Troubleshooting Pervious Concrete or if you have a construction project that you need completed right the first time, please contact Reliable Contracting by calling 410-987-0313 or visit our website.
Interested in scheduling Reliable Contracting for a job?
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Reliable Contracting maintains a reputation as a leader in the construction industry. Our clientele includes builders, developers, individuals and government agencies. With projects ranging in cost from $10,000 to over $10 million, Reliable can be seen working on Maryland’s roads, highways, airports, office parks, shopping centers, hospitals, churches, and residential neighborhoods earning our reputation by providing clients with consistent quality and dedication to their projects.
Reliable Contracting Company serves the following and surrounding Counties: Annapolis, Queen Anne’s, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Calvert, Caroline, Charles, Howard, Prince George, St. Mary’s, Talbot, and Washington D.C.
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Thursday, May 17th, 2012
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania recently signed a $2 billion agreement allowing the city to use green infrastructure – including porous pavements, rain gardens, grassy swales, and more – to better manage stormwater flows. These green alternatives will supplement traditional pipes and concrete infrastructures.
This is all part of the city’s “Green City, Clean Waters” plan, which is designed to protect and enhance urban watersheds by managing stormwater with greener techniques.
How Green Infrastructures Work
These methods intercept rain water at the source, retaining it and allowing it to flow into the ground. This then allows the soil and plants to recycle the water back into the atmosphere, preventing it from becoming stormwater runoff.
The EPA’s Role in this 25 Year Partnership
- EPA will provide technical assistance to Philadelphia. This includes identifying and promoting higher-performing green infrastructure designs.
- The EPA will join forces with the city of Philadelphia in several demonstration projects, such as greening a school’s gardens and revitalizing a low-income neighborhood with green designs.
- The EPA will provide technical assistance and will help monitor the effectiveness and benefits of this program.
“Where other cities are challenged by very expensive commitments for tunnels, tanks, and other gray infrastructure, we have worked with the state and the EPA to take this greener, more fiscally prudent approach that will realize multiple benefits,” said Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter (D).
If you have any questions about the EPA’s Agreement with the City of Philadelphia or if you have a construction project that you need completed right the first time, please contact Reliable Contracting by calling 410-987-0313 or visit our website.
Interested in scheduling Reliable Contracting for a job?
We currently have crews available for work. Contact us today to schedule your estimate before we are completely booked solid!
Reliable Contracting maintains a reputation as a leader in the construction industry. Our clientele includes builders, developers, individuals and government agencies. With projects ranging in cost from $10,000 to over $10 million, Reliable can be seen working on Maryland’s roads, highways, airports, office parks, shopping centers, hospitals, churches, and residential neighborhoods earning our reputation by providing clients with consistent quality and dedication to their projects.
Reliable Contracting Company serves the following and surrounding Counties: Annapolis, Queen Anne’s, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Calvert, Caroline, Charles, Howard, Prince George, St. Mary’s, Talbot, and Washington D.C.
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EPA, Philadelphia Sign $2 Billion Agreement To Use Green Infrastructure to Manage Flows
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Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
When it comes to any sort of construction project, safety should be a top priority. The same goes for concrete contractors and the wide range of services these contractors offer, including site development, concrete finishing, and everything in between. The combination of heavy machinery, large building materials, traffic, etc. makes each and every job site dangerous. This is why it is important to have a construction safety plan in place.
Still, countless construction workers are injured or even killed every year because of job site accidents.
According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), a sub-cabinet of the US Department of Labor, over 5,700 people were fatally injured in the workplace in 2008 alone. Of these 5,700, the construction industry accounted for nearly 1,000 lives, 17% of all workplace fatalities.
How does this concern you?
It is important to review the safety records of any commercial concrete company before considering that company for any project you may have. Hiring a concrete contractor that places safety first will avoid unnecessary delays, fines, and worker injuries.
Concrete contractors with solid safety records – like Reliable Contracting – will have no problem providing their safety records.
Reliable Contracting maintains a reputation as a leader in the construction industry. Our clientele includes builders, developers, individuals and government agencies. With projects ranging in cost from $10,000 to over $10 million, Reliable can be seen working on Maryland’s roads, highways, airports, office parks, shopping centers, hospitals, churches, and residential neighborhoods earning our reputation by providing clients with consistent quality and dedication to their projects.
If you have any questions about Concrete Contractor Safety or if you have a construction project that you need completed right the first time, please contact Reliable Contracting by calling 410-987-0313 or visit our website.
Reliable Contracting Company serves the following and surrounding Counties: Annapolis, Queen Anne’s, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Calvert, Caroline, Charles, Howard, Prince George, St. Mary’s, Talbot, and Washington D.C.
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Commercial Concrete Contractor
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Friday, February 17th, 2012
Last week, we gave you a quick overview of the History of Asphalt. This week, we are going to take a look at the many different types of asphalt pavement currently available. You may be surprised at how versatile this paving material really is. The different varieties of asphalt pavement include:
Perpetual Pavement: Take the smoothness and safety advantages of traditional asphalt and throw in an advanced, multi-layer paving design process. When you couple that with routine asphalt maintenance, you get a pavement material designed to last! The advantages of perpetual pavement include:
• Perpetual Pavements can be maintained easily
• Surface restoration is extremely cost effective
• Reconstruction can be performed without removing the old road structure
Porous Asphalt: This type of asphalt is the perfect way to manage storm water and eliminate standing water, which can wreak havoc on your asphalt surface. Used primarily for parking lots, porous asphalt allows water to drain through the pavement into a stone recharge bed and then into the soil below. The advantages of porous asphalt include:
•Porous asphalt can provide cost-effective, attractive pavements
• Experiences few, if any, cracking or potholes
• A life span of more than twenty years
• Provide storm-water management systems that promote infiltration, improve water quality, and many times eliminate the need for a detention basin
Quiet Pavement: Today’s busy world is noisy enough. Quiet pavement is designed to eliminate at least some of that noise. The advantages of quiet pavement include:
• Noise experienced both inside and outside homes and businesses can be significantly reduced
• Research shows that resurfacing a noisy road with stone-matrix asphalt (SMA) or open-graded friction course (OGFC) mix will reduce highway noise by 3 to 5 dB(A) or more
Warm-Mix Asphalt: This is the generic name of the technology that allows manufacturers of hot-mix asphalt to lower the temperatures at which the material is mixed and placed on the road. The advantages of warm-mix asphalt include:
• Reductions of 50 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit have been documented
• Improved safety for asphalt workers
• Decreased production of greenhouse gases
• Decreased fuel consumption
• Better compaction of pavements
• Extended paving seasons
• Potential to be able to recycle at higher rates
Hopefully, now you know more about asphalt than you did before!
If you have any questions about Asphalt or if you have a construction project that you need completed right the first time, please contact Reliable Contracting by calling 410-987-0313 or visit our website.
Reliable Contracting maintains a reputation as a leader in the construction industry. Our clientele includes builders, developers, individuals and government agencies. With projects ranging in cost from $10,000 to over $10 million, Reliable can be seen working on Maryland’s roads, highways, airports, office parks, shopping centers, hospitals, churches, and residential neighborhoods earning our reputation by providing clients with consistent quality and dedication to their projects.
Reliable Contracting Company serves the following and surrounding Counties: Annapolis, Queen Anne’s, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Calvert, Caroline, Charles, Howard, Prince George, St. Mary’s, Talbot, and Washington D.C.
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Types of Asphalt
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Thursday, February 9th, 2012
Often time in life, we take the inventions and innovations around us for granted. For instance, when is the last time you really sat there and thought about how a light bulb works, or where you would be if it were never invented? What about your computer? Most of us cannot function nowadays without our computer, laptop, or smartphone. And then there are those innovations that make our lives easier that we rarely ever notice, like asphalt; it’s everywhere from shingles and sidewalks to driveways, roads, and more. In fact, over 750 million tons of asphalt is poured and rolled every year in the USA, alone.
But where did asphalt come from?
Asphalt Facts
• Asphalt occurs naturally in asphalt lakes and rock asphalt.
• Asphalts first recorded use was in Babylon in 625 B.C. in the formation of roads.
• The ancient Greeks and Romans used asphalt to seal their baths, reservoirs, and aqueducts. In fact, the word asphalt comes from the Greek word “asphaltos”, meaning “secure.” The Romans later changed the word to “asphaltus.”
• Sir Walter Raleigh wrote about using natural asphalt to re-caulk his ships in 1595.
• Then, in the mid 1800’s, John Loudon McAdam used hot tar to bond broken stones together.
• In the late 1860s, “asphalt” came to America!
• The first bituminous mixtures were used for sidewalks, crosswalks, and roads.
• Then in 1870, Edmund J. DeSmedt laid the first true asphalt pavement in America, a sand mix in front of the City Hall in Newark, New Jersey.
Since then time, asphalt has really taken off.
If you have any questions about Asphalt or if you have a construction project that you need completed right the first time, please contact Reliable Contracting by calling 410-987-0313 or visit our website.
Reliable Contracting maintains a reputation as a leader in the construction industry. Our clientele includes builders, developers, individuals and government agencies. With projects ranging in cost from $10,000 to over $10 million, Reliable can be seen working on Maryland’s roads, highways, airports, office parks, shopping centers, hospitals, churches, and residential neighborhoods earning our reputation by providing clients with consistent quality and dedication to their projects.
Reliable Contracting Company serves the following and surrounding Counties: Annapolis, Queen Anne’s, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Calvert, Caroline, Charles, Howard, Prince George, St. Mary’s, Talbot, and Washington D.C.
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History of Asphalt
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Asphalt is one of the most commonly used paving materials around. Its waterproofing and binding properties make it an ideal material for road and parking lot construction. But what many people do not know is that asphalt is also recyclable.
When old asphalt roads are replaced, the old asphalt can be reused. This is not only better for the environment (it requires less new material), but it is better for your wallet, as well! Other benefits of using recycled asphalt include:
Environmentally Friendly: As we already mentioned, recycled asphalt is much better for the environment than using new asphalt. Recycling asphalt reduces the need for new asphalt and thus new oil. Asphalt is derived from the remnants of oil and mixed with sand and stone in order to created a strong material for paving.
Economic Benefits: Since asphalt is made using petroleum, its price fluctuates with the price of oil. Using recycled asphalt will save you money!
Engineering Benefits: Recycled asphalt can be added into both “hot mix” and “cold mix” asphalt. The Colorado Asphalt Pavement Association has even come out to say that pavement mixes using recycled asphalt sometimes have superior performances than those made with virgin materials.
Some More Fun Facts: Did you know that up to 25 percent of the asphalt in some states is made up of recycled asphalt? Pretty interesting, huh? The Colorado Asphalt Pavement Association reports that 90 million tons of asphalt is recycled annually, saving taxpayers over $300 million each year.
If you have any questions or remarks or if you wish to discuss this matter further, please comment. We at Reliable Contracting want to know what you think. You can also contact Reliable Contracting by calling 410-987-0313 or visit our website.
Reliable Contracting maintains a reputation as a leader in the construction industry. Our clientele includes builders, developers, individuals and government agencies. With projects ranging in cost from $10,000 to over $10 million, Reliable can be seen working on Maryland’s roads, highways, airports, office parks, shopping centers, hospitals, churches, and residential neighborhoods earning our reputation by providing clients with consistent quality and dedication to their projects.
Reliable Contracting Company serves the following and surrounding Counties: Annapolis, Queen Anne’s, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Calvert, Caroline, Charles, Howard, Prince George, St. Mary’s, Talbot, and Washington D.C.
You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
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Benefits of Using Recycled Asphalt
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Friday, January 20th, 2012
Recently, Governor Martin O’Malley proposed a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) for the Detention Center in Cheltenham, Prince George’s County. Such labor agreements discriminate against merit shop contractors and disadvantaged businesses, making it hard for them to submit bids and potentially win construction contracts. Union-only PLAs are also incredibly unfair to women-owned and minority-owned business, both of which are traditionally underrepresented by unions, mainly due to artificial and societal barriers in union membership and union apprenticeship and training programs.
PLAs include the following provisions that typically discourage merit shop contractors and other non-union companies from working on PLA projects:
•PLAs require non-union companies with their own benefit plans to pay their employees’ health and welfare benefits to union trust funds. Thus, companies have to pay benefits twice: once to the union and once to the company. Workers never see any of the benefits sent to the unions unless they decide to leave their non-union employer and remain with the union until vested.
•PLAs require non-union companies to obtain apprentices exclusively from union apprenticeship programs. Participants in federal and state-approved non-union apprenticeship programs cannot work on a job covered by a PLA. This means craft professional enrolled in a non-union apprenticeship programs are excluded from work in their hometowns.
•PLAs require non-union companies to obtain their workers from union hiring halls. This means a non-union company has to send its own employees to the union hiring hall and hope the union sends the same workers back.
•Non-union workers may have to pay union dues and fees or join a union in order to work on a PLA project.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics’ most recent data, unionized private construction workers currently make up just 15.6 percent of all of America’s private construction workforce. This means union-only PLAs would prevent more than 8 out of 10 construction workers from being employed for said projects who would otherwise gain work from construction projects.
Furthermore, union-only PLAs drive up the cost of construction projects by unnecessarily limiting bidders and following inefficient union work rules. Several academic studies indicate PLAs increase the cost of construction between 10 and 20 percent when compared to similar projects not subject to union-only PLAs.
So why is Governor O’Malley proposing a PLA for the Detention Center?
If you have any questions or remarks or if you wish to discuss this matter further, please comment. We at Reliable Contracting want to know what you think. You can also contact Reliable Contracting by calling 410-987-0313 or visit our website.
Reliable Contracting maintains a reputation as a leader in the construction industry. Our clientele includes builders, developers, individuals and government agencies. With projects ranging in cost from $10,000 to over $10 million, Reliable can be seen working on Maryland’s roads, highways, airports, office parks, shopping centers, hospitals, churches, and residential neighborhoods earning our reputation by providing clients with consistent quality and dedication to their projects.
Reliable Contracting Company serves the following and surrounding Counties: Annapolis, Queen Anne’s, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Calvert, Caroline, Charles, Howard, Prince George, St. Mary’s, Talbot, and Washington D.C.
You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
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Friday, January 13th, 2012
Following the terrorist attacks of September 11th, several industries began to make drastic changes to the way they conducted business. Airlines, the Transportation Security Administration, varying other security agencies, and even the construction industry started questioning their current systems, realizing there were some inherent flaws. For the construction industry, the primary question raised following 9/11 was this:
Why did the towers collapse?
Now, after nearly 5 years of research and $40 million, we finally have answers. From those answers, we have been given recommendations on how to improve high-rise building design and functionality. These recommendations were developed to address any potential emergency situation – including earthquakes, widespread power outages, tornadoes and other events – not just another terrorist attack.
The recommendations found in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) report are broken into eight subject areas. They are:
•Increased structural integrity.
•Enhanced fire resistance of structures.
•New methods for fire resistant design of structures.
•Improved active fire protection.
•Improved building evacuation.
• Improved emergency response.
•Improved procedures and practices.
•Continuing education and training.
While it is unlikely that all of these recommendations will go into full effect, becoming actual building codes, it is obvious that there is a need for change.
If you have any questions or if you have a construction project that you need completed right the first time, please contact Reliable Contracting by calling 410-987-0313 or visit our website.
Reliable Contracting maintains a reputation as a leader in the construction industry. Our clientele includes builders, developers, individuals and government agencies. With projects ranging in cost from $10,000 to over $10 million, Reliable can be seen working on Maryland’s roads, highways, airports, office parks, shopping centers, hospitals, churches, and residential neighborhoods earning our reputation by providing clients with consistent quality and dedication to their projects.
Reliable Contracting Company serves the following and surrounding Counties: Annapolis, Queen Anne’s, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Calvert, Caroline, Charles, Howard, Prince George, St. Mary’s, Talbot, and Washington D.C.
You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
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The Future of High-Rise Building Design
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