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Integrated Paving Concepts – The World Leader in Decorative Asphalt Solutions VOLUME I ISSUE 1

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StreetPrint continues to gain momentum as bridge above the Plaza. The City’s landscape towns are showing interest in the revitaliza- a preferred decorative paving solution for architects found StreetPrint to be the solution tion of their communities. StreetPrint and municipalities and commercial clients across that would beautify the Plaza while meet- DuraTherm are perfect products to meet their the continent and around the world. An ing the maintenance traffic requirements. decorative paving needs. Communities are example of this is a highly visible StreetPrint Rather than just opting for a standard paving interested in improving the general aesthetics project recently unveiled in . solution, they approached the pavement as if of their neighborhoods. They are focused on The project is part of New York Mayor Michael it were a canvas and created unique designs maintaining and improving the value of their Bloomberg’s $25 million program of thirteen in StreetPrint. ipc technical representatives neighborhoods to attract new residents and projects for the of Parks and worked with ny City Parks and Recreation businesses. Recreation Department. The fi rst project just took place: the reopening of Drumgoole Plaza. It is located at Frankfort and Gold Streets in Lower Manhattan, adjacent to and the City Hall, and directly beneath an on-ramp to Bridge. Drumgoole Plaza was featured in an article which appeared on the front page of Metro Section on November 5, 2003. [Ed. Note: The article is by David W. Dunlap, and is titled Turning Lower Manhattan into Parkland a tough stretch of asphalt in Lower Manhattan will be claimed as the city’s newest parkland.] Andrew Salkin, South Manhattan Borough Commissioner of Public Works learned about StreetPrint over two years ago, through one of the company’s direct mail campaigns. The Drumgoole Plaza project was co-ordinated by Cleve Stordy, Manager of Government Markets and Greg McEwen, Regional Vice President for ipc who developed and maintained contact with the city. “The combination of benches, gardens and the DRUMGOOLE PLAZA UNDER THE unique StreetPrint surface makes for an incredible transformation of the space. The ny City Parks department did a good job of Landscape Architect, Steven Whitesell to “Municipalities are paying more attention utilizing the limitless design flexibility offered optimize his unique creative design to best fi t to things like decorative pavement, which by our product and it will be here for years for with StreetPrint. has for a long time been a desirable solution, others to enjoy,” says McEwen. The reconstruction of Drumgoole Plaza but has generally been too expensive and The Drumgoole Plaza area is one of the includes an unusual and eye-catching very high maintenance,” says Cleve Stordy. very few open spaces in Manhattan. The project with 4,000 square feet of herringbone “ipc products can meet all these needs; existing pavement was in a poor condition, walkways and decorative bands bordered enhance everything from parks to crosswalks, but it was not possible to turn it back to green in stack brick in three designer colors: improving the overall profi le of the neigh- space. City maintenance and service vehicles Khaki, Chestnut Brown and Suede Brown. borhood. ipc solutions are affordable, durable needed paved access to the section of the Governments, municipalities, cities and and extremely low maintenance.”

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IPC Solutions in Vancouver, British Columbia

TransLink, the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority operating The City of Vancouver, British Columbia, used DuraTherm to beautify in the Greater Vancouver Regional District in British Columbia, is using a busy crosswalk in its world-famous, 1,000 acre, Stanley Park. DuraTherm and other ipc solutions to enhance its transit system. The park – named after the same Lord Stanley who established the Following the model of London, England, TransLink uses color hockey world’s most-coveted trophy – includes a popular rose garden to indicate priority bus lanes. This practice has proven to reduce that boasts dozens of varieties of rare roses. The DuraTherm crosswalk lane hopping by cars, which in turn improves the bus traffic flow. In leads from the rose garden to the Stanley Park Pavilion area. London, color enhanced priority bus lanes have increased ridership and improved the perceived value of bus transportation in the opinion of transit users.

Head Office WE’RE HERE TO HELP YOU… 102-17957 55TH Avenue If you have any questions, would like to receive Surrey, British Columbia more information, or see a sample of DuraTherm V3S 6C4, Canada in your area, please contact: USA Office Cleve Stordy, Manager, Government Markets PMB 48 telephone 1 800 688 5652 extension 226 936 Peace Portal Drive email [email protected] Blaine, Washington or visit www.streetprint.com/gov 98230-4040

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