Maneval Construction Co

Maneval Construction Co, which operates as Maneval Paving, is a woman-owned paving and site contractor founded in 1983. Its corporate office is in Ingleside, Illinois, with a second office in Grayslake, and its clients include large residential developments as well as industrial, commercial and municipal owners.

The company's capabilities include highway construction, underground utilities, site grading and excavation, parking construction, and commercial and parking lot paving. Its parking lot services fall into four groups: patching, resurfacing, partial or full reconstruction, and new development. For areas of alligator cracking and potholes, crews grind out both base and surface asphalt and replace them with new binder and surface layers totaling about 4 inches. Resurfacing generally means grinding off the existing surface and placing 1.5 to 2 inches of new asphalt, or overlaying the existing surface; the company suggests resurfacing every five to ten years, particularly in colder climates.

Each job starts with a free site inspection, carried out by either a civil engineer or a project manager, who looks for cracking, ponding, potholes, grade depressions and safety hazards before a plan and quote are prepared. A dedicated project manager then handles planning and keeps the client updated on permits, scheduling, temporary parking and meetings. The company uses digital planning software.

Maneval runs a large fleet that includes Wirtgen and Bomag milling machines, Weiler commercial-class and Caterpillar highway-class pavers, about 20 rollers and nearly as many skid loaders, Caterpillar dozers, John Deere excavators, a motor grader, and semi trucks with lowboys. Everything on the equipment list is also available to rent.

Projects listed on its website include parking lot reconstruction at a Chrysler assembly plant, paving at eight Life Time Fitness clubs in the Chicago suburbs, a $2.3 million reconstruction at Moon Lake Village Apartments, and work at Arlington International Racecourse, Caterpillar's corporate office, Commerce Plaza, Oakbrook Terrace Tower and Westbrook Corporate Center. Several of these were large jobs finished on short schedules: the Chrysler plant reconstruction was a $3.8 million contract completed in 12 days, and the Caterpillar office project ran $1.3 million over five days.