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Pave It Forward is your premier local asphalt contractor specializing in top-notch asphalt paving services.
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From durable driveway paving to comprehensive commercial asphalt paving solutions, our team is dedicated to delivering quality and reliability.

01/11/2026

Episode 57 breaks down the daily plan that moved 3,200 tons of mill and overlay through a subdivision of roughly 500 homes in about 60 crew hours. The mill started at 7 each morning and ran a few hundred tons ahead before any trucks were switched over to asphalt, and that same morning gap is when the crew reinstalled 17 speed bumps. When the asphalt orders ran over on Tuesday and Wednesday, two or three extra loads came from a different plant's night shift, which was the only hiccup of the week. Trees overhanging the streets meant the truck beds had to come up and down around them while the paver kept moving. The episode also covers how the HOA and property manager handled the towing and resident calls so the crew never had to stop paving.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/IJ1JkFtbj_c
For more on our company, visit https://www.paveitforwardllc.com

25/10/2026

Episode 57 covers our largest project of the season: a 3,200-ton mill and overlay across every street and alley of a Louisville subdivision of roughly 500 homes, completed in five working days. The schedule held because milling and paving ran on the same day in planned phases, residents had a phasing map and advance notice before each section closed, and the property manager handled the resident side so the crew never had to stop. The episode also covers how the project was awarded and what the schedule looks like for the rest of the season.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/IJ1JkFtbj_c
For more on our company, visit https://www.paveitforwardllc.com

18/10/2026

Amber Oaks Assisted Living remix. About 250 tons of overlay on a Shelbyville, Kentucky lot that runs downhill. We built a flat pad into one corner for two ADA spaces with a walkway to the sidewalk, and kept 24 foot drive lanes all the way around.

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04/10/2026

We know the plays to run and the people we need to hire, and we have already outgrown the structure we built for a smaller company. In this AOS discussion I talk about what that stage looks like for a company that wants to grow, improve its culture, and hold people to a standard. Some stretches of that work are not clean, and that is part of it.

AOS membership doors reopen October 14 with limited seats. Comment REMIND ME and we will send you a reminder when doors open.

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03/10/2026

With less financial fear in the business, we can be more selective about the projects we take on. In this AOS discussion I talk about running the company differently now that we have some stability and are sold out for the rest of the season. Not every job that comes in has to be a good job, and not every opportunity is a good opportunity, regardless of the price tag.

Stay tuned for the next AOS membership enrollment window, coming soon.

For more on our company, visit paveitforwardllc.com

13/09/2026

Project complete at the Kroger shopping center in Ashland, Kentucky. The scope covered about 900 tons of asphalt across four large areas, with the largest section at 325 tons, plus 10 to 12 smaller patches around the property. We completed the paving in two days with two mobilizations, and the crew is finishing the striping today.

The property is three hours from our Louisville base, and in 18 years of paving this is the farthest into Eastern Kentucky I have taken a crew. Setting up material supply with Mountain Enterprises ahead of the start date allowed us to meet the customer's timeline, and minimal disruption to the businesses in the center was the priority throughout.

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08/09/2026

What does a 900 ton parking lot look like before the first load hits the ground? This is me walking the Kroger shopping center in Ashland, Kentucky at six in the morning, laying out the plan for the crew.

The night before, we cracksealed 6,500 feet and cut the edge keys around every section we were overlaying, so the lot was ready for mix at first light. From there it was 375 tons on day one and another 525 on day two, in and out with two mobilizations. In 18 years of paving I had never taken a crew this far into Eastern Kentucky, and a property manager who needed it done fast is exactly the kind of job we like.

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21/08/2026

I voluntarily put myself at the bottom of the pyramid. The crew, my family, the business, everybody eats first. Three years into building this company, I learned the hard way what that costs when you never refill your own tank, and getting back to taking care of myself gave me my clarity back as a leader. Oxygen mask on yourself first: you can't be useful to anybody around you if you're not taking care of yourself.

Check out this week's podcast on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/
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18/08/2026

"There's no one else in the labor pool" is not a reason to keep a problem on the crew. If somebody is a cancer to the culture, we get them out and figure the rest out. We just lived it: talked it through with our key guys, and let a guy go last week even though we're short on hands. The culture comes first.

Check out this week's podcast on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/
For more on our company, visit paveitforwardllc.com

15/08/2026

Don't wait until September to find out you missed your number. Know your expenses, know the gross margin number that has to come in the door to cover the year, and check it mid-season while there's still time to fix it. That discipline carried me from the ADC days to building Pave It Forward, and it's the difference between finishing the year strong and just hoping. Right now there are still 100 days left in the season. Do the math now, not in October.

Check out this week's podcast on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/
For more on our company, visit paveitforwardllc.com

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40245

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