McAnany Construction Inc., a third-generation family-owned construction company based in Kansas City, recently marked an important milestone in its revolutionary pavement resurfacing process. To date, the company has repaved 555 miles of road using the Ultrathin Bonded Asphalt Surface (UBAS) process, which provides a “coat of armor” for neighborhood streets and is unlike anything else currently available to municipalities.
UBAS is nine times less expensive than complete road reconstruction and a third more cost-effective than the traditional “mill and fill” resurfacing method. UBAS removes just ½-inch of existing roads to maintain the pavement’s integrity. UBAS was already being used to resurface arterial streets, but McAnany is the first to employ UBAS on residential streets, using specialized equipment designed to navigate narrower roads. The innovative UBAS application also combines steps, spraying emulsion while laying hot mix asphalt simultaneously. The result is a durable yet flexible surface drivers can use almost immediately. For more, visit mcananyconstruction.com.