Local Business Gets Asphalt Repairs in Anaheim Ca. 92806

For the first Asphalt Repair project of the New Year, Empire Parking Lot Services did an asphalt / concrete / sealcoating / striping combo project in Anaheim California. Sandwiched in between Garden Grove, Placentia, Yorba Linda, Villa Park, Orange, (takes another breath) Garden Grove, Stanton, La Palma, and Buena Park (and exhale). This project was a perfect project to showcase the diversity in our services, as well as the quality of our work. The project was for a local business that needed to resolve an issue with their parking lot, as well as yard, where their delivery were picked up and dropped off. Take a look at the project details below and let us know how we can help you with your asphalt and concrete problems.

 About This Asphalt / Concrete Repair Project

As mentioned above this paving project had us doing a little bit of everything. The first step of the project was the saw cutting and removal of broken asphalt, as well as broken concrete swale (also known as concrete flow line). Once the asphalt and concrete were broken into manageable pieces we loaded the dump trucks and hauled them off for recycling. Next, we moved into the concrete construction phase with the framing and pouring of a new concrete swale. Once that was done, we gave the new concrete flow lines 48 hours to cure enough to work around. With the new concrete cured we moved onto the Asphalt Repair portion of the project. All new asphalt done by Empire Parking Lot Services is installed in two lifts and as well as rolled in two passes. Once the asphalt was completed all that was left to do was to seal coat the parking lot and re stripe all of the marking back to the existing layout.

About Empire Parking lot Services

When it comes to Paving Contractors in Anaheim, California we know you have a lot of choices. This is why we place so much emphasis on service, quality, and value. We want you to come back again and again for your parking lot maintenance needs. Our services offered at Empire include Asphalt Repair, concrete repair, sealcoating, and parking lot striping. Our services area is all of Southern California including the city of Anaheim and Orange County. Give Empire Parking Lot Services a call today, our estimators will meet with you, discuss your project and give you a clear plan to repair your parking lot at a cost that makes since to you and your budget.

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Anaheim Business Gets Asphalt & Concrete Repairs Done

Laguna Beach Shopping Center gets Asphalt Repair & Ruble Strip Removal.

This week Empire Parking Lot Services was hired by a local Irvine property management company to perform some asphalt repairs. Our project was one of their busy centers located in the city of Laguna Beach California. Our customer was in need of some changes in the parking lot that included the removal of some old rumble strips, as well as the repair of the pavement surface underneath the area where the strips where located. Take a look at the project below, for the before and after work photos. Like always Empire Parking Lot Services places a heavy emphasis on quality and that’s why our paving customers always return.

About this Laguna Beach Asphalt Repair Project:

As mentioned this project was located in a very busy shopping center in the Crystal Cove area of Laguna Beach. The property manager needed the rumble strips in their center to be replaced because many where breaking, as well as the asphalt repairs below them. We were hired to remove the rumble strips, as well as repair the asphalt surface than install new rumble strips after the asphalt repairs were completed. The best approach for this project was to use one of our caterpillar skid steers with the grinder attachment on it to remove not only the rumble strip, but the damaged asphalt as well. This grind and patch approach works best in this type of situation for a couple of reasons. First off the area we were working in was already crowning from previous repairs that had been done some years earlier. Some of the asphalt needed to be removed, but not all of it. This approach saves the customer money on material cost and down time in the area.  Secondly, we wanted to keep the asphalt work area contained, since we were working around the general public. By using this compact equipment we were able to do just this.

About Empire Parking Lot Services

Empire PLS is not just an asphalt repairs paving contractor, we offer our customers real solutions to their parking lot problems. From asphalt parking lot repair, to concrete flow lines, we have everything on the ground covered. Our services include repairs to asphalt parking lots, concrete sidewalks & flow lines as well as other issues such as ada related issues, sign, bollard, and post replacements, and countless other services. We specialize in work done correctly that will last longer than others. Call Empire today to discuss your parking lot needs and goals. We have estimators that can help direct you in making the best decision for your budget.

Call us toll free at 877-760-2757

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Asphalt Repair For Laguna Beach Shopping Center

Happy Holidays 2011

With the New Year quickly approaching we at Empire Parking Lot Services would like to give thanks and warm wishes to the people who entrusted us with their parking lot maintenance & warehouse maintenance needs. In 2012 our focus will continue to be on good quality, solid value, and top rated customer service and care, and to continue to offer new and money saving services and products such as shotblasting, as well as asphalt grinding.

At Empire Parking Lot Services, we recognize that our customers have many choices when it comes to asphalt, concrete, sealcoating, striping, and warehouse maintenance services, and we truly appreciate your choice to work with us.

Many Thanks & Happy Holidays

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Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays From Empire Parking Lot Services

Tustin Business Center Gets Asphalt Repair

This week Empire Parking Lot Services was hired to repair all badly damaged areas of asphalt in a business center in Tustin California. Tustin is in Orange County and is surrounded by the cities of Irvine, Orange and Santa Ana. This project was an asphalt repair project that took us one day to complete and turned out fantastic. See our work below.

About this Asphalt Repair Project

Every project that Empire Parking Lot Services takes on is treated the same way. We follow three simple principles for success. The first is to do quality work, the second is to give the customers what they pay for, and the last is to exceed the customer’s expectation in both service and value. On this property that’s exactly what we did. The project consisted of asphalt repair at a few dozen low spots of eroded asphalt, throughout the business park. The customer was concerned with getting these repairs made before the rainy season began. The majority of their parking lot was in good shape, and the repairs that needed to be done where mostly skin patches to treat minor surface abrasions. Take a look at our video that highlights our crew performing the repairs. Note that all crews at Empire Parking Lot Services are trained to use all the tools available to professional paving contractors. These include a Caterpillar 3-5 ton asphalt roller, a dynapack vibe compaction plate, heavy duty asphalt edge irons, and one of our 8 ton asphalt dump trucks.

About Empire Parking Lot Services

When it comes to asphalt repair, no one matches Empire Parking Lot Services. Not only can we provide you with competitively priced repairs, but we offer the best service, guarantees, and value. We are confident that the job we do for you will meet or exceed your expectations every time. Empire Parking Lot Services works throughout Southern California offering a wide variety of repairs. These repairs include asphalt paving, concrete repair, seal coating, parking lot striping, truncated domes, steel bollard installations, ADA repairs, sign and pole installations, warehouse striping, warehouse sign hanging, and many others. Please take time to look through our website to see all of the services offered. Please call us today if you need a price on your project.

Toll Free 877-760-2757

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Tustin California Asphalt Repair Project | Empire Parking Lot Services

Warehouse Striping for Laguna Costco Location

This week the Costco located on Laguna Niguel California called Empire Parking Lot Services looking to get some warehouse striping done in their shipping area. The striping was installed to clearly mark out the area of the store where customers should not be, stand, etc.  Although the project was small in nature the precautions taken on these projects are massive.

About the Warehouse Striping installed

What Costco needed from Empire Parking Lot Services was to get these areas painted in a coating that would last for more than the typical year or two. Many warehouses we work in will paint warehouse striping and warehouse floor markings, using standard water base paints or oil base products. These products are almost guaranteed to fail under harsh warehouse floor environments. They just cannot hold up to the forklifts and pallets that get pulled and dragged over them day and night. The answer to the problem is warehouse striping using 2 part epoxies over a shot blasted surface. With this combination lines go down and stay down. Empire Parking Lot Services have striped lines in over 50 warehouses in 2011 alone. Companies such as Vons, Coca Cola, Fed Ex and Costco have been using our services for years, they know that they will get a product that goes down and stays down.

About Empire Parking Lot Services

When it comes to asphalt and concrete construction, no one can offer your company a better combination of value and service. Our employees share over a hundred years of combined knowledge in asphalt repair, concrete repair, sealcoating, and warehouse striping. All of the services we offer are guaranteed. Other warehouse services we offer include concrete repair (indoors) warehouse floor coatings, Warehouse floor cleaning (sweeping), warehouse sign hanging, and bollard installation. When it comes to warehouse maintenance we have you covered.  Call Empire today toll free  877-760-2757

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New Safety Warehouse Striping for Costco Laguna Niguel

Hacienda Heights Property gets Asphalt Repairs

This week in Hacienda Heights Empire Parking Lot Services was contracted to do asphalt repairs to a parking lot that had some badly damaged areas. The parking lot itself was in decent shape however, the areas that were bad needed to be excavated and repaired. Often times in asphalt repair damaged areas can be fixed by placing new hot mix asphalt over areas of pavement with simple surface erosion issues. For our customer in Hacienda Heights unfortunately it wasn’t quite that simple. In order to get there parking lot in to top shape again, we had to saw cut the damaged asphalt areas out and then use our skip loader to remove that broken asphalt. Once the asphalt was removed and hauled to the dump, we trucked in new hot mix asphalt and installed it into the areas where we had removed the damaged asphalt. This asphalt repair project went well and the customer was pleased. Read more about the project below.

About this Asphalt Repair Project

When it comes to quality not all contractors are the same. Many contractors will cut corners to save a dollar, and they do this in a few different ways. Take notice that when the removals were done on this project they were saw cut out, and not just broken out with a jackhammer. This gives the repairs a clean and precise look. It also adds to the integrity of the repair over time. Another thing to note is that when asphalt is installed it is supposed to be installed in what’s referred to as “lifts” Asphalt is installed in lifts to help fill in all potential voids on your parking lot. Many times repairs are done and a few months later they start sinking causing the whole damage cycle to repeat. All asphalt repairs performed by Empire-PLS are installed in a minimum of 2 lifts. The base lift and the finish lift. Each lift is laid and rolled individually. As you can imagine this is a lot of extra labor. But that is the correct way to repair and install asphalt so that’s why we do it.

About Empire Parking Lot Services

Empire Parking Lot Services is A Southern California asphalt repairs contractor that specializes in quality asphalt repairs that will last.  We are not a paving company that counts on large volumes of work to survive. We are a medium sized paving contractor that places a strong emphasis on quality, service, and value.  We try to focus on projects and accounts that have high expectations. We are not a low bid paving contractor, there are too many of those already. If you need your asphalt repair done in a way that will last than give us a call. You just might find that over time Empire Parking Lot Service is the least expensive contractor to use.

Call us today 877-760-2757

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Asphalt Repair in Haceinda Heights

Pasadena Asphalt & Concrete Repaired to Meet Local ADA Codes

This week Empire Parking lot Services was hired to perform some concrete and asphalt repairs at a local Pasadena strip center. Pasadena is in Southern California and although they are famous for hosting the Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Fuller Theological Seminary, Le Cordon Bleu School of Culinary Arts-Pasadena, and the Norton Simon Museum of Art and the Pacific Asia Museum. Whoosh talk about accomplishments. My opinion about Pasadena is that it is one of California’s best kept secrets in terms of places to work, play, go to school, or play. That’s right I said play twice. It’s a very fun city.

About this ADA Repair Project

The reason for these repairs was ADA related. The center’s handicap parking spaces were not up to code, and some asphalt and concrete repairs needed to be done in order to achieve compliance. The repairs included fixing the asphalts grade for the handicap parking stalls, as well as the parking lot striping, handicap signs, and some concrete work. Empire Parking Lot Services was contacted by a local contractor that needed to have these repairs done for their house account. They hired Empire Parking Lot Services because we have a reputation for being able to achieve proper grade on these types of ADA projects. Many asphalt repairs companies can patch a hole, or pave a parking lot, but when it comes to achieving a grade that gradually drops is a little more complex and is easy to mess up. This ADA project was pretty straight forward. Once the concrete was dry it was time to block off the work area and fix the asphalt. After a couple of hours we had the grade set and the asphalt laid and rolled. With the asphalt done we installed the handicap striping, signs, and truncated domes all to the most current Cal DAG standards. Once the paint was dry we opened up the area and turned it back over to the store.

About Empire Parking Lot Services

When it comes to asphalt repairs, concrete repair, parking lot striping, or just about anything that needs to be repaired in a parking lot, there is only one company that you need to know about. Empire Parking Lot Services is the fastest growing company in Southern California. The reason for this is simple, we take the time to listen to our customers, we install only the best quality products, and we stand behind our work. All of this offered at the best prices possible. This philosophy is what allows our company to grow with new customers and projects every week. In a phrase “we care” we care about your job, we care about the relationship, and we care about the customer long after the project is completed. Serving all of Southern California including Los Angeles, Orange County, Riverside, as well as parts of San Diego and Ventura Ca.

Call us today 877-760-2757

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ADA Parking Repairs for Pasadena Shopping Center

Happy Halloween 2011

Wishing you a safe and Happy 2011 Halloween!

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Happy Halloween 2011

Empire Parking Lot Services uses Asphalt Grinding to Save you Money

If one thing stands true about asphalt repair, its the undeniable fact that no “one size fits all” solution exists, that can fix every asphalt repair problem. Each project we look at has a custom solution that will not only repair the problem, but it will repair it for the smallest amount of time and cost to the customer. Asphalt grinding is a perfect example of one of those custom solutions. Not every job is a perfect candidate for asphalt grinding, however, when it is a good fit, it can save our customers thousands of dollars. This is the case of our project we took on in Los Angeles, California. The project consisted of a parking structure with a paved ground floor level. The asphalt in the driveway was worn and needed to be replaced, however the asphalt in the parking stalls we’re in good shape and the asphalts integrity was still intact. This combination is what lead to the solution we presented.

Understanding Asphalt Grinding

To understand the advantages of asphalt grinding you have to understand the process. Grinding asphalt only removes a small portion of the asphalts surface when doing an asphalt repair. By doing this you don’t have to replace all of the paving that is on the ground in your parking lot. The cost of the asphalt saved can be very substantial over a large area. For our customer instead of replacing hundreds of tons of asphalt for them we were able to reduce it to just 10 -20 tons of asphalt. Also, by reducing the amount of asphalt installed you are also greatly reducing the labor needed on the project as well. Another advantage to asphalt grinding versus replacement is that it restores pavement to a uniform cross-section and longitudinal profile, restores even drainage flow and, it can help in restoring curb-reveal for roadways and parking areas that have had numerous overlays.

About Empire Parking Lot Services

Empire Parking Lot Services is a full scale parking lot maintenance contractor that services the Southern California market for many asphalt repair services including asphalt grinding. Other services we offer include asphalt patching, petromat overlays, as well as total asphalt removal and replacements. Call Empire today to set up an appointment for one of our estimators to look at your asphalt repair project. We service all of Los Angeles, Orange County, Riverside, and Parts of San Diego & Ventura Counties.

We can be reached toll free at 877-760-2757

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Asphalt Grinding & Repairs Los Angeles Parking Structure Project

Reflectorized Striping | Why Property Managers & Property Owners Should Consider it.

Did you know that Empire Parking Lot Services is not just an asphalt repair company? We offer far more services than most Southern California paving contractors, including some of the newest and most innovative products for the parking lot and warehouse maintenance industry. Although we do offer all of the typical parking lot maintenance services, such as asphalt repair, concrete repair, and sealcoating, we also help our customers solve more unique problems such as this month’s featured “product spotlight” on reflectorized striping. Learn more below about the benefits of reflectorized striping, and why it’s not just being used on airports & freeways anymore.

About Reflectorized Striping

Since the 1940’s glass beads have been added to line striping on the freeways and roads across the United States. Originally it was added to the lines to help drivers navigate through the blackouts during WWII. But lately, more and more property owner and managers are using glass beads to help reduce the number of accidents that can occur in the parking lot.  The reason for using glass beads is simple, It makes parking lot markings, such as stop and bar stencils and painted center lines that divide traffic, show up much better at night. (see photo below). By adding glass beads to the parking lot striping, the paint reflects the drivers headlights back at them where ever the paint is beaded making it glow brightly and show up much better.

These glass beads make the striping stand out better and in return can greatly reduce the overall safety of your parking area. On the project above located at a mall in southern California you can see a side by side comparison of what the striping looks like with and without glass beads or reflectorizing. Many malls and busy shopping centers are looking for cost effective ways to reduce their exposure to costly litigation. Glass beads over fresh parking lot markings are a perfect fit for that. For just a little bit extra cost you get quite a bit of punch. Furthermore, glass beads really only need to go onto your crosswalks, stops and other critical markings that affect pedestrians in cars and on foot.

About Empire Parking Lot Services

Empire Parking Lot Services offers parking lot maintenance and warehouse maintenance services throughout Southern California. Our service areas include Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, & Orange County. We also offer services to parts of Ventura and San Diego. Our services include asphalt repair, concrete repair, sealcoating, parking lot striping, as well as very unique services such as glass beads or reflectorized striping, truncated domes, safety bollards, speed bump installations and many others. In addition to the parking lot repairs we do each day, Empire also offers warehouse repair services to concrete. These services include striping lines in epoxy paint, acid resistant floor coatings, sign hanging services, and shotblasting, plus many others. Call us today if you have a project that you need help on. We would love to add you to our list of happy customers.

Call us Toll Free: (877) 760-2757

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Reflectorized Striping | Product Spot Light