New asphalt in Odessa fails for predictable reasons: a mix that gets tender at 150°F surface temperature, a caliche base that was dumped instead of built, and truck turning movements nobody designed for. We pave the other way.
A Permian Asphalt Co. new-pave starts with the heaviest regular vehicle on that property, then the base, then the mix. Residential driveways, retail lots on 42nd Street, and West Odessa shops do not get the same section — and they should not.
City of Odessa right-of-way work follows municipal inspection. Private lots do not, which is why we still write thickness, PG binder, and compaction into the scope instead of a single square-foot number.