North Bay Grading and Paving Marks 15 Years, Expands U.S. Coast Guard Asphalt Project
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PETALUMA, Calif. - Californer -- North Bay Grading and Paving, a Petaluma-based asphalt paving and grading contractor serving Sonoma and Marin counties, is celebrating 15 years in business while beginning the largest annual phase of its multi-year roadway resurfacing work at a U.S. Coast Guard facility in Novato.

The 2026 phase will cover approximately 54,000 square feet at a 2.5-inch compacted finished depth and require an estimated 715 tons of asphalt. It is the third consecutive year the company has performed paving work at the facility. Previous phases included a 26,000-square-foot reconstruction project and a 36,000-square-foot milling and overlay project completed in 2025 with approximately 465 tons of asphalt.

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Founded in 2011 by third-generation paving contractor Zack Peterson, North Bay Grading and Paving continues a family paving history that began in Sonoma County in the early 1960s. Peterson started working alongside his father at age 8 and earned his contractor's license at 18.

"What I say is what I do," Peterson said. "If I tell a customer they're getting two and a half inches of asphalt, they're getting two and a half inches after compaction."

North Bay Grading and Paving provides residential driveway paving, commercial parking lot paving, roadway resurfacing, asphalt repair, grading, sealcoating, concrete flatwork and striping throughout Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park, Windsor, Healdsburg, Sebastopol, Novato and surrounding North Bay communities.

The company plans to expand its municipal roadway, utility infrastructure and public-works capabilities while continuing to emphasize workmanship, transparent estimates and long-term customer relationships.