I am available anytime today or tomorrow…..really need to resolve this week as we have closings beginning within 7-10 days. Steve King Savannah Developers 500 W Lookout Drive Richardson, TX 75080 972-965-9282 cell From: Mike Henjum [mailto:mhenjum@concretepaversystems.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:43 PM To: cbarnett@addisontx.gov; sstrickland@addisontx.gov Cc: steve@savannahdevelopers.com; charp@forcecon.net; Rafael Villalta (Bricks - Carrollton); Casey Ross; Roger Henjum Subject: pavers in Meridian I would like to get together on site with everyone listed in this email. There seems to be some misunderstanding, misinformation and misdeeds going on that need to be brought out in the open. First and foremost we installed pavers that were approved and have been approved before on various projects in the city of Addison. These same pavers were approved by Slade Strickland for the Allegro on January 9, 2009 at 7:50 am on the phone call with Roger Henjum (my partner) and were installed without incident or problems. The same manufacturer Belden Brick which is sold by Boral Brick was approved by Mr. Ron Lee for the Two Addison Circle project that we completed last year. On this project Mr. Rafael Viallta with Boral Brick hand delivered the Regemental Red, Belden brick directly to Slade Strickland in his office of which he was given the approval for this project when he was confirmed that these were the same pavers used on Allegro. The moment Mr. Viallta left Mr. Strickland’s office he called me and stated that the pavers had been approved. I sent a proposal to Forcecon immediately and was approved and signed by Mark Thomas with Forcecon on 9-29-09 and the material was immediately ordered so as to not delay the project. The proposal stated clearly that I was using the Belden Brick. The city of Addison has not changed their specs for quite some time as they still are specifying a paver that is no longer manufactured which is the Acme Eureka. The plant has been closed for quite some time. The Glen Gerry pavers that have been allowed at times through submittals were not readily available and had a 12-16 week lead time. The only other traffic rated paver available is the Belden brick supplied. Acme now has the ability to get a Pinehall paver that costs $6.53/sf which you were made aware of in your meeting with Bryan Hackett of Acme just recently. He also has informed you that there is not a nickels worth of difference between his paver and the paver we installed. Both meet or exceed ASTM C-1272 for traffic rated pavers. Will this be the new approved brick for the city of Addison? Please let us know as we bid many projects with many of the developers. As far as the line control problems that I have heard wind of… the last paragraph in the specs for asphalt paver installation states that the pavers must be protected to avoid depressions and paver alignment. Our installation was turned over to Forcecon and Savannah Developers and they did nothing to protect my installation. Instead they have used heavy equipment all over the areas with the most concern. This was brought up to Wayne Stewart the Superintendent on this project. I also have heard that there is a concern about a small amount of the asphalt or tack material coming up in a few of the joints. I have witnessed this as there is approximately 8 sf of this happening over the 3100 sf of installation. This is not abnormal as was pointed out to you again by Mr. Bryan Hackett on the jobsite. I drove around Addison and have seen this in many other areas of the city. The use of asphalt in Texas as a clay paver base is not the best application in this Texas heat. Aphalt degradates when heated and loads are applied. A clay paver can hit 140 degrees and transmits this heat directly to the shallow ¾” asphalt bed and can cause problems which have been discussed with Clay and Roger Henjum (my partner) on various other projects. The pavers have held up under the heaviest of loads as concrete trucks, tractors, loaders and 80,000# semis with very little movement. In closing I would like to state that we at CPS have not been paid one cent on this project and have had no support in getting paid. I have had to pay ahead for the Belden brick used as they are one of the only brick suppliers to this market with any inventory and they are out of Ohio. I would ask, if these pavers were to have been removed what would you put in their place? Various people have said I did not get the material approved before installation which is erroneous. The line control is well within spec even after the material was not protected and abused. The tack coat is a very fixable problem although it is not a failure as I have heard. It can be cleaned in a few minutes. I have walked this project with David Wilde, with the city of Addison and have assured him that we have always, as all of you know, warranted all of our work as we will this project which includes repairing punch list items. My company has been in business for over 22 years and we are one of the largest installers of pavers in the country and as a registered architect I have consulted on the proper use of pavers all over the country and with many architects and engineers here in the metroplex. I would appreciate everyone concerned help me get these issues resolved, get paid and hope that Forcecon will someday return one of our many calls from all of us. We have not been the problem but stand ready to help with the resolution. Michael L. Henjum President 972 780 5554 fax 972 709 0682 Cell 214-957-8257