Save money by properly maintaining your asphalt pavement
Posted by Jesse Willoughby on Fri, Mar 06, 2009 @ 05:54 AM
The benefits to consistent parking lot maintenance are clear:
- Protecting your asphalt pavement investment
- Avoiding serious liability issues to tenants, guests and customers
- Beautify the landscape and appearance
- Plus - save more than 48% over unmaintained pavement
Let's talk about Maintenance Savings and a way to free up revenue. Unmaintained (or unsealed) asphalt pavement will likely require repairs after the first two years. Furthermore, this unmaintained surface may require overlay as early as seven years, versus fifteen years for a maintained parking area.
According to a study performed by Girish C. Dubey, chairperson of the Pavement Coatings Technology Center at the University of Nevada at Reno, maintaining asphalt pavement with sealcoat every three years saves an average of $15.25 per square yard or $152,500.00 for a parking lot averaging 10,000 square yards. This translates into more than 48% in savings over unmaintained asphalt. Maintaining asphalt with sealcoat is a small expense that secures nearly 300% increase in asphalt life as well as the aforementioned maintenance cost savings.
Parking lot maintenance is most economical when consistently performed from the outset. However, it is never too late to implement a maintenance plan that will optimize your current pavement's condition and prolong its life.
So how about you save thousands by properly maintaining your asphalt pavement for years to come? It only gets worse with time if not taken care of. Call a pavement expert to find out what you can and should be doing.