Following on the Heels of the Company’s Acquisition of Environmentally Progressive Excavator Pacific Earth, Coast’s RePlay West Division Will Market 100% Nontoxic, Biobased Asphalt Sealer to Municipalities, Transportation Agencies and Commercial Development throughout Oregon, Washington and California
PORTLAND, OR – Sept. 8, 2020 – Coast Pavement Services today announced it has formed a subsidiary division, RePlay West, to commercialize and distribute biobased RePlay pavement rejuvenator throughout Oregon, Washington and California, according to Coast president and CEO Ken VanDomelen.
“Our entire country has an infrastructure problem, and our roads are falling apart faster than tax dollars are generated to fix them,” VanDomelen said. “This has forced us to take a reactive stance to solve the budget issues, but we now have a solution with RePlay that can slow this problem down by keeping good roads in good condition, enabling budgets to catch up.”
The launch of RePlay West follows Coast’s acquisition of Sandy, Oregon-based Pacific Earth, an excavation company that specializes in environmentally sensitive projects. Both division’s bolster Coast’s progressive focus on sustainable asphalt construction.
RePlay can significantly reduce transportation infrastructure costs by reversing the oxidation in existing asphalt, bringing it back to 95 percent of original strength. This applies to any and all asphalt surfaces regardless of traffic counts or design characteristics. RePlay works within the top ¾- to 1-1/4 inch of the asphalt to restore the binding agents, which hold the road together.
RePlay’s cost and time savings to local and state transportation agencies are many. Unlike repaving, no restriping is required, and after application RePlay cures in minutes, enabling road use immediately after. It can be applied at night, during low traffic hours. Generally, it is not as temperature-sensitive as bitumen-based products, which means it can be applied nearly year-round.
Significant infrastructure savings are also achieved through the extension of pavement life, which delays major maintenance and rehabilitation works. If RePlay is applied early in the pavement’s life, a transportation agency can achieve long-term cost savings of several hundred percent compared to cost of traditional asphalt overlays. If RePlay is applied shortly after paving occurs, it has proven to increase the lifespan of pavement by two to three times. A single application of RePlay has been reported to add up to five years to the pavement’s service life.
RePlay is made from 88% biobased materials, a large portion of which is soybean oil. And its other key ingredient is derived from recycled polystyrene. It is 100% petroleum-free. RePlay gives off no odor (or off-gases), leaves no oil tracking once cured, and is safe around people, pets and foliage.
“Using RePlay removes harmful greenhouse gases, giving it a ‘carbon-negative footprint,’” VanDomelen said. “The US Green Building Council determined that RePlay has a more favorable lifecycle environmental performance by almost 40% because it is carbon-negative.”
Additionally, as it goes on clear, RePlay doesn’t make pavement black; it reduces the thermal index (reflects the heat) to mitigate urban heat island effect.
Currently state agencies in Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri and Minnesota have approved RePlay for use on its roads and freeways; Nebraska has additionally specified RePlay as an authorized “joint sealer.” Due to its ease and speed of application, RePlay has also been rated by American Trails Council; repaving trails is very difficult and expensive due to access and pedestrian interference. And in Oregon, the City of Medford has used RePlay for the past nine years for all of its road maintenance.
About Coast Pavement Services
Founded in 1969 as a sweeping service, Coast Pavement Services provides a comprehensive line of seal-coating services, asphalt paving, crack-sealing, striping and stormwater services.
The company is passionate about providing the best products and services possible to care for pavement and the greater environment. Coast illustrates this mission by being the first pavement company in the world to join forces with 1% for Planet, dedicating 1% of each sale dollar to an environmental cause. Coast believes it is our responsibility to pave it forward for future generations.
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