Continues Their Remarkable Growth with Purchase of New Wirtgen SP 15i Compact Offset Slipform Paver and New LeeBoy 8520 Paver By Ian Hoover, Editor
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hen we last touched base with Moreno Valley Construction in 2019, they were in the fledging stages of forming their new asphalt construction division. One year later, Moreno Valley Construction has not only successfully launched this new division but has also more than doubled its business overall. Zach Zuppardo is the vice president overseeing daily business activities and field operations, along with his father and partner, Jay Zuppardo, who serves as the company president. “A little after the first of the year, we started bidding asphalt paving projects in the San Francisco Bay Area and have been awarded more than $8 million in road work to date,” says Zuppardo. “We are currently looking for a permanent location in the Bay Area right now and even have a spot in mind. We will offer all of our full civil general engineering services while focusing on roadwork for the cities, counties, Caltrans and other agencies.” Zuppardo explains that one of the roadwork projects in northern California is a $2 million-plus job for the City of Albany. “This is a full 18
remove and replace project where we are placing new asphalt on city streets, pouring new sidewalks, placing new curb and gutter and replacing underground utilities,” says Zuppardo. “Additionally, we are paving around 3 miles of asphalt trails for the City of Tiberon, along with other asphalt jobs at several other northern California locations.” With a new asphalt division, comes the equipment that is needed to support the work. Moreno Valley Construction has over 70 machines in their heavy equipment fleet that consists of primarily Cat equipment. “Our equipment fleet has also more than doubled over the past year.
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Zach Zuppardo (left) is Moreno Valley Construction’s vice president overseeing daily business activities and field operations, along with his father and partner, Jay Zuppardo, who serves as the company president.
We predominantly own Cat equipment with an emphasis on machines like 938 wheel loaders and 325 excavators. We also own and operate 20 Cat skid steer loaders, John Deere skip loaders and 44 work trucks,” says Zuppardo. “We turn to other vendors like Nixon-Egli Equipment Co. for C A LCO N T R AC TO R .CO M
