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Pave It Forward Pave It Forward is your premier local asphalt contractor specializing in top-notch asphalt paving services.
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From durable driveway paving to comprehensive commercial asphalt paving solutions, our team is dedicated to delivering quality and reliability.

04/10/2026

We know the plays to run and the people we need to hire, and we have already outgrown the structure we built for a smaller company. In this AOS discussion I talk about what that stage looks like for a company that wants to grow, improve its culture, and hold people to a standard. Some stretches of that work are not clean, and that is part of it.

AOS membership doors reopen October 14 with limited seats. Comment REMIND ME and we will send you a reminder when doors open.

For more on our company, visit paveitforwardllc.com

03/10/2026

With less financial fear in the business, we can be more selective about the projects we take on. In this AOS discussion I talk about running the company differently now that we have some stability and are sold out for the rest of the season. Not every job that comes in has to be a good job, and not every opportunity is a good opportunity, regardless of the price tag.

Stay tuned for the next AOS membership enrollment window, coming soon.

For more on our company, visit paveitforwardllc.com

13/09/2026

Project complete at the Kroger shopping center in Ashland, Kentucky. The scope covered about 900 tons of asphalt across four large areas, with the largest section at 325 tons, plus 10 to 12 smaller patches around the property. We completed the paving in two days with two mobilizations, and the crew is finishing the striping today.

The property is three hours from our Louisville base, and in 18 years of paving this is the farthest into Eastern Kentucky I have taken a crew. Setting up material supply with Mountain Enterprises ahead of the start date allowed us to meet the customer's timeline, and minimal disruption to the businesses in the center was the priority throughout.

For more on our company, visit paveitforwardllc.com

08/09/2026

What does a 900 ton parking lot look like before the first load hits the ground? This is me walking the Kroger shopping center in Ashland, Kentucky at six in the morning, laying out the plan for the crew.

The night before, we cracksealed 6,500 feet and cut the edge keys around every section we were overlaying, so the lot was ready for mix at first light. From there it was 375 tons on day one and another 525 on day two, in and out with two mobilizations. In 18 years of paving I had never taken a crew this far into Eastern Kentucky, and a property manager who needed it done fast is exactly the kind of job we like.

For more on our company, visit paveitforwardllc.com

21/08/2026

I voluntarily put myself at the bottom of the pyramid. The crew, my family, the business, everybody eats first. Three years into building this company, I learned the hard way what that costs when you never refill your own tank, and getting back to taking care of myself gave me my clarity back as a leader. Oxygen mask on yourself first: you can't be useful to anybody around you if you're not taking care of yourself.

Check out this week's podcast on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/
For more on our company, visit paveitforwardllc.com

18/08/2026

"There's no one else in the labor pool" is not a reason to keep a problem on the crew. If somebody is a cancer to the culture, we get them out and figure the rest out. We just lived it: talked it through with our key guys, and let a guy go last week even though we're short on hands. The culture comes first.

Check out this week's podcast on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/
For more on our company, visit paveitforwardllc.com

15/08/2026

Don't wait until September to find out you missed your number. Know your expenses, know the gross margin number that has to come in the door to cover the year, and check it mid-season while there's still time to fix it. That discipline carried me from the ADC days to building Pave It Forward, and it's the difference between finishing the year strong and just hoping. Right now there are still 100 days left in the season. Do the math now, not in October.

Check out this week's podcast on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/
For more on our company, visit paveitforwardllc.com

21/07/2026

"So basically you ride around in a truck all day." Every owner has heard some version of it.

In this clip, the crew listed forty things Kevin supposedly gets to do now that he's off the paver. Kevin didn't argue. He just made an offer. Anybody who thinks the job is riding around in the AC can carry his cell phone for one eight-hour day. After that, we'll talk about who wants to be back on the rake.

Episode 56 of the Pave It Forward Podcast gets into the real conversation behind the banter. Andre Gray shares how he worked his way from never touching a professional rake to running the paver, and Kevin breaks down what promoting from within actually takes.

Watch the full episode at https://youtu.be/GklKgpNOkGo

12/07/2026

Have a promising crew member thinking about quitting their first month on the crew? Andre started as a shovel guy. Military, blue collar, 300-degree days.

His advice: be a sponge, ask questions, and trust that it gets better. It did for him, he runs the paver now.

Full podcast episode now up on our YouTube channel. It's a great episode.

25/06/2026

One of the things I like most about our team are the conversations that keep us going throughout the day.

Smoke has been with me a long time and he is as reliable as they come. He's always good for an entertaining story as well.

His reliability is what helps makes the company run, and his personality is what makes each day a little bit better.

I am so grateful to have a team and crew around me that makes my job easier and more enjoyable coming to work every day.

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16922 Shelbyville Road
KY
40245

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+15025281526

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