What Is the Process for Asphalt Paving Construction?

Experienced professionals can make difficult tasks seem easy. For example, if you have ever watched a highly experienced truck driver back a trailer up to a loading dock in between two other semis on the first try, you might not realize everything that goes into this feat. Similarly, if you have ever watched an experienced, well-trained crew install asphalt paving, you might not realize all the steps that are required to construct the pavement.

When Constructing Paving, What Are the Initial Steps?

An Orange County commercial paving contractor will typically start by asking several questions. How will the pavement be used? In other words, how many vehicles are expected to drive on the pavement on an average day? What percentage of these vehicles will be heavyweight trucks or heavy equipment? Parking lot paving contractors will ask how long vehicles, especially heavy ones, will remain parked on your pavement, and they may also ask how often your waste management company will empty your dumpster.

If you operate a logistics center or manufacturing facility, your paving company will want to know how many trucks will be arriving and departing from your loading docks during a normal 24-hour period. If your existing pavement failed prematurely, your contractor will want to determine the cause of the failure. Correcting the cause can help prevent another premature failure, but it may require additional asphalt paving services. Potentially, these additional services could involve addressing drainage issues, problems with runoff from the surrounding terrain, or issues with your current schedule for routine asphalt maintenance.

What Are the Intermediate Steps When Installing Asphalt Paving?

The intermediate steps revolve around engineering, planning, and scheduling. Every pavement must be engineered to support whatever traffic is expected to have access to the pavement. This means that the depth of the asphalt, the slope of the pavement, the depth of the aggregate foundation, and the number and location of storm drains, swales, or catch basins must be considered. Next, your Orange County commercial paving contractor will create a preliminary schedule to ensure that the machinery, staff, and tools will be available when needed. The schedule will also include the timing of deliveries from the batch plant.

What Are the Final Steps When Constructing an Asphalt Pavement?

Typically, the final countdown begins when an asphalt paving company clears the site to get it ready for the new construction. Whether the site has been previously developed or is raw land, there will almost always be obstacles that require removal. These may be an existing pavement, trees, existing buildings, or fences. Once the land has been cleared, the paving company will establish the pavement’s boundaries. The soil will be compacted; if the soil is insufficient, the contractor may need to amend it first. If the engineering plans call for an aggregate base, the contractor will install it. Finally, the contractor will place and compact multiple layers of asphalt until the specified depth has been reached.

Peterson Grading & Paving Is the Orange County Commercial  Company You Can Trust

Peterson Grading is an experienced commercial paving company serving most locations in the state of California with exceptional craftsmanship and remarkable customer service. Our asphalt paving services include asphalt repairs, crack repairs, paving, asphalt resurfacing, asphalt sealcoating, and milling. We also offer parking lot striping, concrete paving and repair, parking lot signage, bollard installation, shot blasting, warehouse striping, marking removal, and ADA compliance. To request a free quote, email Ryan@GradePave.com, call 949-402-6979, or submit the online form.