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Time Weathers All: The Importance Of Sidewalk and Entryway Repair

Everything in life is subject to wear and tear over time. After enough time passes, even mountains can be eroded away down to nothing. Concrete sidewalks and entryways tend to get a lot of traffic on top of the onslaught of the elements. Even though concrete is a very low maintenance composite building material, it will at some point need […]

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Hot Summer Asphalt

It’s finally summer and asphalt and concrete contractors are in full swing and working harder than ever. Leading asphalt and concrete contractors offer plenty of “warm weather” tips for you to remember during this hot season. When the temperature is 75 degrees, asphalt can heat up to 125 degrees. You can fry an egg on asphalt when it reaches 131 […]

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Lot Striping: Why It’s Important

Here’s the scenario: You pull into a parking lot and the parking lot has a mess of cars parked here, there and everywhere. The reason? The lot striping is almost non-existent, it’s so weathered and worn. Trying to navigate into a parking spot when the stripes are so faded is a job in and of itself. For as silly as […]

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Seal Coating: Invest in the Long Term

As a commercial property owner or manager, it’s likely that you are doing some repairs and patching, if not resurfacing your parking lots and other paved surfaces right now. As you work with your commercial paving contractor, talk with him or her about protecting your investment and extending the life of your asphalt and concrete paved surfaces. Many commercial paving […]

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Vacation Season: Hitting the Highway

For the first time in years, Americans are headed to the highways instead of the sky ways for family vacations and travel. Because of the lowest fuel prices in two decades, more families are choosing to drive to their destination and enjoy the intimate family time in a car. Those of us who grew up in the 70’s and 80’s […]

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Asphalt and NASCAR

NASCAR is one of the most popular motor sports in America. Created in 1948 by Bill France, Sr., NASCAR ran it’s first officially sanctioned “Strictly Stock” race in 1949 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, beginning a quick rise for NASCAR to position itself as one of America’s favorite spectator sports and a multi-billion dollar industry, sanctioning over 1,500 races annually. […]

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Summer Road Construction: Beware!

This morning I left my house headed to my favorite department store down the street from my home. As I neared the intersection where I would turn right, I noticed that the county was working on replacing the blacktop on the six lane thoroughfare that I needed to take. As I merged into the only remaining lane headed the direction […]

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