Stark Pavement Corp

Stark Pavement Corp is a Wisconsin paving contractor and materials producer whose asphalt work predates its 1965 incorporation. The company started out with a single asphalt plant and now operates several facilities around the state, with its office in Brookfield and a terminal in Milwaukee. It works for public agencies and private owners, and its crews have paved airports, interstate highways, distribution centers and city streets, among other municipal, industrial and commercial projects.

Asphalt production is central to the operation. Stark runs four drum mix plants that blend recycled, natural and crushed aggregates with asphalt cement. Mix designs are developed in-house at a state-qualified design laboratory, and quality control staff test material during production. The plants regularly make mixes to WisDOT specifications and can produce commercial and specialty mixes on request. The Milwaukee site holds a bulk storage terminal for asphalt cement, which supplies all four plants. As an approved WisDOT product source, Stark supplies standard asphalt binder grades as well as polymer-modified blends, with formulation and testing handled in its own SuperPave asphalt cement laboratory. It also sells asphalt mix and recycled crushed aggregate to outside contractors and to municipalities.

Although best known for asphalt, Stark also handles concrete paving from start to finish, partnering with a number of ready-mix suppliers. Its concrete crews handle mainline paving for municipal and commercial clients using a laser screed, a finishing machine, curb and gutter machines and a mainline paver, and they also take on flatwork and specialty installations. Other services include grading, crushed base course and ancillary concrete, plus aggregate recycling and in-house technical services for testing and quality assurance.

Featured projects include the 7th Street roundabout in Racine, paving for an Amazon warehouse in Kenosha and interstate work in Waukesha and Milwaukee counties. Stark also bids on state highway contracts and posts monthly bid opportunities with disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) goals for subcontractors and suppliers.