Zuckerman Gravely Management Inc. manages numerous properties around the National Capital Region and one of their recurring challenges has been failing tree surrounds. Whether they consist of bare soil, granite cobblestone, bricks, metal grates, overgrown grass or rubber panels, they all fail eventually and become tripping hazards for pedestrians. Zuckerman must ensure that their properties are ADA compliant and thereby eliminate these trip/fall hazards. Once Zuckerman execs realized the benefits of Flexi-Pave, they began replacing failing tree surrounds on their properties with this poured-in-place rubber & stone mixture that remains a porous, non-slip, non-cracking and ADA compliant surface.
Phase 3 of the work at the Potomac Place Shopping Center will be to replace the timber tree surrounds in the parking lot. The parking lot trees have died and been replaced numerous times due to the harsh conditions of new trees in parking lot tree pits surrounded by asphalt with it’s heat island effect. So Flexi-Pave is being explored to remove the tripping hazards, increase water infiltration into tree pits, and reduce heat island effects.
