Paving Job Of The Month |Aug 2010

Customer Type:

Property Manager

Project Type:

Retail Center

Project Location:

La Verne California

Scope of Asphalt Work:

Empire was asked to do some asphalt repair including, removing 12 areas of broken & damaged asphalt throughout the center, and replacing it with new asphalt. In addition to that, the customer was looking for some additional skin patching in 4 other areas, and then asked us to re-stripe the lines and legends wherever the new asphalt affected the old parking lot striping layout. In total the work was to be completed in just one day.

The Challenges:

The biggest challenge Empire Parking Lot Services faced on this project was timing and safety. Getting as much of the asphalt removal & asphalt replacement done as quickly as possible while maintaining public safety was our chief concern. The golden rule for us is to try and keep businesses open during the construction process. This center had many small restaurants in it and for them even losing one lunch day can cost thousand of dollars.  Although some projects require us shutting parking lots down overnight, this was one we were confident we could do the pavement repairs in one day safely. The amount of asphalt repair were large but no impossible.

How the Job Went:

As we predicted the shopping center was very busy. By 5 am cars where already pouring into the center from every direction. With a fitness club and a bank on the property, our project site was a first stop for many of the local early morning commuters. We quickly laid out the areas  of asphalt repair and started the asphalt removals on the shopping center by saw-cutting and using a backhoe to remove them. In total the removals were completed in about 2 hours.  Not bad considering there was over 100 tons of asphalt removed and hauled away. Once the old and broken asphalt was hauled off we started prepping the areas to be patched by compacting the surface and tacking the edges of the existing asphalt. By 10 am the hot asphalt started showing up and the asphalt paving process started. We off loaded the new asphalt into the newly prepped patches and spread it with a skip loader. The asphalt is always installed in two lifts when you hire Empire Parking Lot Services.  Some contractors skip this step and just toss the new asphalt in hole and roll it. While this will work some times what more often happens is low spots will form where asphalt was compacted poorly. By installing the new asphalt in multiple lifts better compaction is achieved and  a longer lasting product is whats created. Once the second lift of asphalt was installed the areas where rolled and opened as soon as they cooled to an acceptable level. Empire Parking Lot Services tries to strike a perfect balance between installing a superior paving product, and getting a parking lot open fast for the tenant and customers affected. Once rolled the project was finished and the entire lot was opened up.

About Empire Parking Lot Services

When it comes to asphalt repair, no other contractor cares about you and your property the way Empire Parking Lot Services will.  We give you more quality and value than any other asphalt contractor hands down. We always leave our customers happy and satisfied or we don’t leave at all. It is absolutely imperative for us to do the best we can do on every asphalt repair project that we take on.  If you have an asphalt repair, concrete repair, seal coating, or parking lot maintenance project that we can assist you with than please give us a call.  We would love to serve you today.

Call us toll free at 877-760-2757 or check us out online at www.empirepls.com