CONTRACTOR ’ S CORNER
CHAD BUCK
BUCK BROTHERS ASPHALT PAVING & CONCRETE , TOLEDO , OHIO
By Jeff Winke
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HO ARE WE ? “ The original company was started by my great-grandfather and grandfather in 1947 , which makes this our 76th year in business ,” stated Chad Buck , president of Buck Brothers Asphalt Paving & Concrete , Toledo , Ohio . “ My sons Zach and Jacob are now heavily involved , making them the 5th generation . I remember my first year was 1991 and after completing my first day , I told my father this is not what I ’ m doing for the rest of my life … and 32 years later I ’ m still here ! My dad knew me better than I thought .”
WHAT WE DO Chad Buck ’ s family has been providing Toledo with the best in asphalt paving at first focusing on paving asphalt driveways and small parking lots . Today , the company offers a diverse set of services :
• Commercial Asphalt
• Residential Asphalt
• Asphalt Repair and Maintenance
• Parking Lot Restriping
• Asphalt Overlay Repair
• Pothole Repair
• Asphalt Sealing
• Concrete Services
Growing up in the business , Chad realized there was an opportunity to provide maintenance services to asphalt owners . Believing he could provide a quality job and service to customers in the
Toledo area , the company has been servicing some of the same driveways and parking lots that his father and grandfather had installed . In 1997 , Chad created Buck Brothers Asphalt Maintenance , a specialized service dealing with the seal-coating and crack filling of driveways , parking lots , and athletic surfaces like tennis courts . At first , Chad was running the sealcoat business on the weekends since his dad and uncles wanted nothing to do with it . Their thoughts were always that money could not be made in sealing , but rather only in actual pavement installs . “ Let ’ s just say I proved them wrong ,” Buck said . “ I was making more money on weekends then working with the actual company all week . In the coming years , I also started attending NPE , the National Pavement Expo , where I was exposed to new products , innovative methods , technologies , and practices that have helped shape our subsequent success .”
RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS Today Buck Brothers has grown considerably , being voted as one of the Top 100 seal-coating companies in the USA by Pavement Magazine in both 2002 and 2003 . In recent years , Buck Brothers Asphalt Paving & Concrete has continued to be recognized as a quality commercial and residential asphalt paving , service and maintenance contractor in Toledo and Northwest Ohio .
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