You may have noticed the bumpy, textured roads in construction zones throughout Howard County recently. That’s because P. Flanigan & Sons crews have been busy milling in preparation for new asphalt pavement overlays on a project for Howard County. The pavement that is removed is 100% recyclable and milling is the first step of the reclamation process.

Crews use a large milling machine to grind away the asphalt road a few inches at a time.  The milled material, known as RAP (Recycled Asphalt Pavement), is then taken to one of our production facilities in Baltimore, where it is tested to determine how it can be incorporated into new asphalt mixes. P. Flanigan & Sons produces a full range of road building materials that utilize RAP and other recycled materials, some of which include nearly 98 percent recycled content.

Baltimore County, MD – As students celebrate the end of the school year, P. Flanigan & Sons is beginning work on five Baltimore County Public Schools projects that were bid in the spring. These projects are to be completed before school reopens in late August. Work  includes grading, drainage improvements, concrete curb and sidewalk repairs, asphalt patching and paving, concrete step construction, lighting improvements, and miscellaneous landscaping. We look forward to improving the local schools for students and faculty.

Over Memorial Day weekend Flanigan crews assisted Hake Rigging with the unloading of three very large transformers from a barge at Vulcan Stone quarry in Havre de Grace, MD. Crews had to manage the half-million pound transformers around the shifting tides and had to take significant measures counter-weighting the barge so that the load could be rolled-off smoothly. The following week Flanigan provided emergency repair assistance to the Hake crews during the 5 MPH crawl to the energy plant in Peach Bottom, PA.

We had approximately 150 people show up to our Winchester Recycling plant on Wednesday, May 19th. With a traditional BBQ, familiar faces and an educational tribute to Porous asphalt paving, we had a great day! There are pictures of our Porous Demo in which we used a water truck to demonstrate how the material functions with water draining through the pavement. In attendance was a representative from National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA)—Kent Hansen, P.E.—who is very knowledgeable about the Porous product. He was available to answer questions all day.

Having so many attendees on site at the plant provided an excellent chance to catch up and network across sectors. Overall a very successful day! Thank you to the attendees, to Kent and to our hardworking employees who helped to make this day a reality.

We are moving along very efficiently with this project at BWI. We have finally poured the concrete slabs after starting from scratch on this area.

Arrived last Friday, check out the latest in our recycling operation: A new crusher. It is a new portable crusher. It replaces a sixty year old crusher that served us well! The new crusher will increase the quality of the recycled asphalt pavement product we use in hot mix production. Improving our equipment increases our ability to innovate and provide quality products for our customers.

This winter we moved over 1.5 million cubic yards of snow and utilized over 150 pieces of our equipment during the winter & spring 2010 snow storms in Baltimore. Everything from a skid steer loader, rubber tire loaders of various sizes, graders, gradalls, plow trucks, dump trucks, and pick-up trucks were out on the streets making it possible for schools to open, the port to function and the airports maintaining steady travel.

All-time record seasonal snowfall was observed throughout the region and 80.4″ snow fell at BWI alone. P. Flanigan & Sons spent over 25,000 man hours out on the tarmac and taxiways to ensure safe travel. In total we spent well over 32,000 total hours during the snow season this year. It was a pretty incredible couple of weeks and some of the biggest recorded in history.

P. Flanigan & Sons have worked on horse tracks for most of the last century. We are experts. Pimlico and Laurel have been long time customers. This is a photo of a work in progress, the new track at Sagamore Farm in Baltimore County. We started and completed the project in 2009.

Horse tracks are demanding projects. Not only does the geometry have to be precise, but the material the horses come into contact with must be precisely grated. We apply the same attitude towards a track that we do towards a runway. All built the Flanigan way.