Steps to Maintaining your Asphalt Parking Lot with a Pavement Management Plan

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Steps to Maintaining your Asphalt Parking Lot
with a Pavement Management PlanSource
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Step 1 Information Gathering

• Before doing the maintenance service or repair of
  the pavement, you need to have a good
  understanding of the details of your pavement
  like-
• The age of the pavement.
• Past maintenance (type and date).
• Size/area of the pavement
• Thickness of the pavements asphalt.

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Step 2 Assess the condition of asphalt pavements

• After collecting the details of the history of
  your pavements, knowing the condition of your
  pavement is valuable knowledge to help you plan
  for maintenance and rehabilitation. As assessing
  your pavement every year or two will give you a
  better idea of how your pavement is deteriorating
  and allow you to plan and budget even further in
  advance.

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Step 3 Budget for future maintenance and
rehabilitation

• After assessing your pavement, take some time to
  plan for future maintenance. Based on the
  assessment of your asphalt pavement, some
  immediate maintenance may need to be performed to
  address any safety concerns, like filling
  potholes, cracks and the edges of the pavement.

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Step 4 Plan for future maintenance

• Your plan should include routine maintenance such
  as
• ? Pavement assessments every 1-2 years.
• ? Cracksealing every 2-3 years.
• ? Patch potholes as soon as they appear.
• ? Sealcoat surface every 3-7 years
  (depending on the sealcoat type).
• ? Patch fatigue cracking areas every 4-6
  years.

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Step 5 Follow and modify the plan as needed

• Stick to the plan! You can set reminders on your
  calendar, and after each pavement assessment, be
  sure to review and modify your plan as needed.

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• For best service of asphalt pavings repair and
  maintenance,contact All Shore Paving Corporation.
• Visit
• http//www.allshore-paving.com