Project Name: Dana Automotive
Main entry sign and also the entrance to the grass drive lane just to the left.
Behind the sign and further up the hill. The red bollard on the right defines the edge of the lane. Trees on the left mark the other edge.
Progressing up the hill, note the same red bollard on the right. The row of trees on the left continue to delineate the left edge.
Dana Automotive Customer and Engineering Program Center shown with the access lane to the right.
Product: Grasspave2 permeable fire lane
Application: Display Area for Engine Chassis and Fire Lane
City: Farmington
State/Province: Michigan
Install Date: October 1999
Install Size: 720 m2 (7,750 sq ft)
Address: 27404 Drake Road, Farmington, MI 48334
Client: Dana Automotive
Designer: NA
Contractor: Rudolph/ Libbe, 7001 Haggerty Rd, Canton, MI 48187, phone Brian Lamerson at 734-455-0600 to discuss job. General Contractors who would normally use a sub to install, but did this one themselves.
Directions: I-96, took 5 north to 12 Mile, travel east to 27404 Drake Road, turn right (south), and Dana is just a quarter block on the left. Or, drive 3.5 miles east of Hwy 5.
Location: When you make your turn into Dana, look to the right for a long sloping grass area behind the Dana sign.
Photography: Vicki Bohnhoff, July 2002
Summary: This is GP2, used to take chassis up to a display area around back. This area didn’t appear to be irrigated and with the summer draught, the grass area looked a little dry.