Preventive Maintenance

Sealcoating is one of the simplest and most cost-effective ways to protect your asphalt pavement, but timing is everything. Apply it too early in the season and cold temperatures can prevent the material from curing properly. Wait too late, and cool nights or early frost can ruin a perfectly good jo…

Spring thaw is when potholes, and frustrated phone calls, multiply. But it’s also the time crews are forced to patch with less-than-ideal weather, limited hot-mix availability, and saturated pavement. The result is all too familiar: a “fixed” hole pops back open weeks, or even days…

Small cracks rarely stay small. Moisture and traffic turn a hairline fissure into potholes, base failures, and, eventually, a full-depth reconstruction bill. Two frontline countermeasures keep that progression in check: crack sealing and crack filling. They share the same goal, keep water and incomp…

(Why targeting the “vital few” miles, and dollars, pays off) What the 80/20 Rule Is The 80/20 Rule, or Pareto Principle, states that roughly 20 percent of inputs generate about 80 percent of results (investopedia.com). Though the split is seldom exactly 80/20, it’s a useful lens fo…