Helping Hands

At Atlantic Southern Paving we take pride not only in our work for our clients, but also in our work for others. Most recently, we went with The Home Depot to help them on their Habitat for Humanity Project. They were partnered with Sea Island Habitat for Humanity (SIHFH) for their 2012 Community Building Invitational, which took place in the beautiful Johns Island, South Carolina. Sea Island Habitat for Humanity was founded in 1978 and built only one house in its first year. It took $2,500 just to do that! By 2010, they built 275 in Johns Island and the surrounding areas.

For many of these folks, this is their first time owning a house, but it doesn't come cheap. They are required to make a down-payment, contribute 500 hours of "sweat equity" and pay for thier brand new home through a 30 year, 0 interest mortgage. Atlantic Southern Paving was more than willing to help these folks and had a great time doing it!

Meet Our Newest Team Member!

Atltantic Southern Paving and Sealcoating has been very busy these last few months. Not only have we had more jobs come in from clients, but we have also hired two new members to add to the team. We are happy to announce our new hire Rafael Contreras Jr, who will become a part of our sales division. With over 6 years of experience as a General Contractor and over 10 years of sales experience, we are excited to see him bring all his knowledge to help our company grow. “We are looking forward to see Rafael in action and how he can pass along his wisdom to the rest of our team,” states Terry Smith, Director of Operations. “With all of his combined experience working with estimating, construction, and sales, we are sure he will be an invaluable asset to our company.”

Keep your eyes out for the next bunch of new hires, as I am sure they are almost here! 

 

Social Madness!!

We are happy to report Atlantic Southern Paving & Sealcoating made it through the qualifying stage of Social Madness, and Round One has started!

Thanks to all who voted and continue to vote for us — it really means very much to all of us here Atlantic Southern Paving.  We are hoping to get as many votes as we did in the qualifying round and once again will need your help. The polling is now bracketed, like March Madness…hence the name so please go online at this link and vote for us.  http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/exclusives/socialmadness  We also need everyone to connect with us on Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin.

Thank you again for your support as we try and win for our wonderful charity, The Susan B. Anthony Recovery Center.

All the best,
Atlantic Southern Paving

Bet You Didn't Know - About Roads

A little fun fact for you about the roads…

Did You Know: The first indications of constructed roads date from about 4000 BC and consist of stone paved streets at Ur in modern-day Iraq and timber roads preserved in a swamp in Glastonbury, England. The road builders of the late 1800s depended solely on stone, gravel and sand for construction. Water would be used as a binder to give some unity to the road surface.

Like Us for a Great Cause!

Atlantic Southern Paving and Sealcoating is taking part in The Business Journals' Social Madness competition, and we need YOUR help!

Round 1 of the competition runs through June 18th, so please follow the link below and vote for us right away (every vote counts and it only takes a few seconds). The voting mechanism also takes into account the growth in Atlantic Southern Paving’s social media presence, so if you haven’t followed our company’s page on LinkedIn, or our fan pages on Facebook and Twitter, please be sure to do it now.

You can do so right from the voting page:
http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/exclusives/socialmadness


Think we're doing this just for us? This is for a great cause!

If we make it through all the rounds of the competition and finish in the top three nationally, we will be able to designate $10,000 to be donated to a charity of our choice from The Business Journals. With your help we can be one of those three winners, and help a worthy cause in the process. But please vote and follow us right away, every vote counts.

We really appreciate your help and support!

The Atlantic Southern Paving Team

P.S. Please be sure to share this with your friends as well, their votes and following of our pages would be greatly appreciated!

Our Time at Susan B Anthony Center

One of the things we enjoy most, is giving back to our community. Susan B. Anthony Recovery Center is a great non-profit in South Florida. Giving in-house rehabilitation to mothers with addictions and their children. We were happy to donate our time and material in building a concrete walk way for the ladies at Susan B. Anthony Recovery Center. Below are some photos of our project.

Asphalt Tidbits

The story of asphalt begins thousands of years before the founding of the United States. Asphalt occurs naturally in both asphalt lakes and in rock asphalt (a mixture of sand, limestone and asphalt). The ancient Mesopotamians used it to waterproof temple baths and water tanks. The Phoenicians caulked the seams of their merchant ships with asphalt. In the days of the Pharaohs, Egyptians used the material as mortar for rocks laid along the banks of the Nile to prevent erosion, and the infant Moses' basket was waterproofed with asphalt.