City of London

“I would like to express the satisfaction that the City...has with your company…”

City Lawyer Mr. Geoff Belch, states that he “is very impressed with the results of concrete raising…the initiative to have this work completed should reduce the trip and fall claims…I would like to commend your staff for having your vehicles equipped with safety lights, proper road cones posted, your staff wearing professional safety uniforms…”

                                            Ken Reidy
                                            Manager of Operations
                                            City of London (Ontario, Canada)
                                            (Jeff Belch, City of London Solicitor)
 

MTO
(Ministry of Transportation Ontario)

“In the fall of 1997, the Ministry of Transportation carried out a resurfacing contract.  A portion of this project has curb and gutter which is on a longitudinal profile grade of approximately 5% with a three lane cross section.  The project…was prepared under severe time and financial constraints…  Subsequently, items for curb removal and replacement were not addressed.”  We were “requested to provide a detailed cost breakdown, staging and work plan, traffic control plan in accordance with the Manual of Uniform Control Devices and proof of General Liability Insurance and WSIB coverage according to Ministry requirements.”  We were expected to “establish required elevations from the milled surface to set the finished curb elevations, then proceed to level the curb up to the required profile grade.  The longitudinal profile along the concrete curb for 350 metres on each side of the pavement surface was severely distorted…which would provide difficulties for profile control during surface paving and pavement edge drop off hazard.  The curb was restored to a satisfactory profile, was able to correct containment of flow in the gutter and profile was matched to the Ministry specified tolerances.

“Of particular interest was that…you were able to successfully raise to finish profile grade and re-level sections of this curb that were broken into sections down to 400mm (15 inches) in length by careful application” of the leveling process.

“After inspection in late March 1999” (18 months following completion), “this section has no settlement or separation from the pavement edge, or ingress of water into joints and flow of runoff is contained in the middle of the gutter portion.

“The Ministry was able to avoid a significant expenditure and avoid a time delay which would have arisen from curb removal and replacement.  This operation has the potential to provide significant cost savings due to the ability to salvage and restore function to existing concrete structures such as curb and gutter.”

                                            R.H. Meertens/ P.D. Beech
                                            Engineering Services Supervisor
                                            Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
                                            London/Stratford District

City of Regina

“The City of Regina has been using concrete raising and leveling services for over 15 years.  This service provides the opportunity for our limited funds to be used more effectively in providing higher quality and quantity of service to our residents.  We use this service to repair heaving and settlement of concrete walks, patios, driveways, curbs, gutters and roadways, as well as to fill voids and abandoned service lines.

“This method of compaction, lifting and filling has proven to be the most effective, in comparison to the alternatives we have used in the past, to maintain proper elevations of all our concrete works.  The service is especially useful with large service line trench settlements and drainage correction prior to recapping of roadways.  Compared to other municipalities, the soil conditions in our area seem to accelerate our need to provide solutions for drainage, heaving and settlement problems.

“Level Corp’s total bid was more than 30% lower than their nearest competitor, whose prices were indicative of prior years’ unit costs (3 – 10 years).

“We were very pleased to find the level of service, technical aptitude and ability were not compromised due to lower unit prices.  We found Level Corp to be customer satisfaction oriented and flexible in accommodating our changing schedules.  Level Corp continually proved themselves to be more than capable as we doubled their workload and tested their ability to produce larger quantities.  At the end of the season Level Corp had completed more than double the initial tender.  As a result, the City of Regina was able to realize a 35% increase in production in the area of pavement resurfacing and full block trench settlement repair.

“Level Corp was able to maintain a consistent quality of work and to work in accordance with various city departments to produce the increased quantities.  We feel very confident that Level Corp will exceed the expectation of all public and private customers seeking this type of service.”

                                            Shane Simpson
                                            Roadways Maintenance Coordinator
                                            City of Regina, Saskatchewan (Canada)