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Worn Asphalt: To Patch or Resurface?

That is probably one of the most frequently asked questions concerning commercial paving. The answer is highly dependent on a lot of different factors and it isn’t always going to be one or the other. Sometimes, your aging concrete and asphalt paved surfaces will require both. Patching blacktop can involve simply adding more asphalt to an area to fill in […]

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Commercial Paving: Neighborhood Associations

Neighborhood associations are great because they make it easier to create a unified appearance throughout a neighborhood. All the driveways are uniform concrete or asphalt. The homes all look the same or at least similar. The landscaping is all done by one company so there too, a uniform look. Choosing a single commercial paving contractor to handle all the association’s […]

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The New Face Of Concrete

Grey, uninteresting, smooth, rough, simple, plain. These words describe concrete, or at least they describe what most people think of concrete. Most people don’t know that concrete can be a beautiful commercial paving product. So much so that it can be a major component in creating a desirable and welcoming ambiance. Many people have probably already seen the many different […]

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Appearances Matter: Commercial Paving

We’ve been told throughout our lives that we should never judge a book by its cover. By that reasoning, we shouldn’t judge a person, a home, or a business by its appearance. But, when you pull into the parking lot of a commercial property and it is aged and in dis-repair, you notice. Your first thought may not be that […]

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The Aesthetic Experience Of Decorative Concrete

In this day and age, people don’t expect to just go and buy stuff from retailers. They expect an experience in service, in ambiance, both visual and auditory, and the end product, whatever that may be. Online shopping has become the norm and not the exception, it has reversed from retail stores not so long ago. Brick and mortar businesses […]

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Commercial Paving: Scheduled Maintenance

Commercial property owners and managers are no strangers to schedules. One thing that does seem to be overlooked though is scheduled maintenance services for their commercial paving assets like asphalt and concrete paved surfaces. It’s certainly not on the top of people’s priority lists until there is a problem. Just like anything else, asphalt and concrete do require routine maintenance […]

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Puddles Today, Damage Tomorrow

Commercial paving contractors have been locked in an epic and never ending battle with a single element for decades. That one element is obviously water which is bolstered by heat and cold along with its own, rather unique properties. Commercial paving contractors have science and logic on their side. You may see a puddle form on blacktop and think nothing […]

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Commercial Paving And The Business Park

Ah, the magnificent business park, a playground where professionals go to exercise their business plans and world changing ideas on a Monday thru Friday basis. A place that wouldn’t exist in a modern form if it weren’t for commercial paving. You might be thinking that business folk could probably survive with gravel parking lots and dirt walkways. I’m sure they […]

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Commercial Paving Of The Extraordinary

When most people think of commercial paving, asphalt parking lots and concrete foundations and slabs probably come to mind. Is that extraordinary? Not really, blacktop parking lots are beyond common these days. So what about commercial paving could be considered extraordinary and not “seen it every day humdrum?” How about at the Olympics? The Summer Olympics are currently underway in […]

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Save Your Cars Bumper: Parking Stops

Parking stops are the formed concrete or rubber obstructions in many parking lots that are placed at the head of each parking spot. Some people may not even know what I’m talking about due to the fact that many commercial properties don’t use them anymore, despite the fact that most commercial paving contractors will recommend them. Parking stops are traditionally […]

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