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How Temperature Affects Pavement Cracks in the Northeast


Everyone loves a newly paved parking lot, playground, or roadway. That ‘rich’ dark asphalt pavement, known by such names as ‘pitch,’ ‘macadam,’ ‘blacktop,’ or ‘tarmac,’ is appreciated for its strength, durability, environmentally friendly nature as it's capable of being recycled for future paving projects. Business professionals love asphalt for the curb appeal such brings to their business property investment.

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Asphalt Milling: Knowing the Signs


All asphalt surfaces will eventually require repairs, however big or small the problem is. Remedies such as minor patching, sealcoating, and crack-filling are often quick, cost-effective fixes. Yet more complex issues such as asphalt that is severely cracked and rutted to the point of no return are cause for concern.

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Asphalt Milling Services Near Me


In today's blog, we're looking at three specific signs which point to the need for the blacktop paving maintenance service, asphalt milling.

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Asphalt Parking Lot FAQs


If you’re looking to install a new parking lot, you’ve probably noticed that the most common pavement option is asphalt. Asphalt is an effective paving material because it creates a durable and long-lasting surface for lots and roadways. We’ve outlined five of the most common FAQs about asphalt parking lots below!

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Why We Need Sealcoating Companies


Indeed, the work and knowledge of sealcoating companies and asphalt sealcoating contractors go deeper than the resulting 'rich' dark surface shine to the blacktop.

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Repaving a NASCAR Speedway


In the spirit of summer fun, Haskell Paving will share some fun facts about the NASCAR speedway and how to pave a racetrack.

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Looking for a Snow Removal Contractor?


We realize a blog about how to find a snow removal contractor might seem to be rushing the season of ‘fun in the sun.’ However, if you read our previous blog, 4 Commercial Snow Removal Tips for Property Managers, you’d understand that the summer season is the perfect timing for talking of snow and ice.

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Are you Selecting the Best Vendors Possible?


Whether a vendor is supplying resources for a single organization or uses multiple vendors itself, ensuring that the efficient operation of day-to-day business is sustained is heavily reliant on selecting the best vendors.

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Why Planning for Commercial Snow Removal is a Summer Job


Summer is the best time to solidify your commercial snow removal contract as you’ll need to comb through contract details, ensure liability insurance, and more.

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Making Room in Your Budget for Asphalt Maintenance


As a business owner, making room for asphalt paving maintenance is one way you can stay on top of variable costs in your overall budget

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Common Pavement Milling FAQs


To those unfamiliar with the pavement milling process, the questions are many. Haskell Paving appreciates an informed customer, and so we assembled the most common pavement milling FAQs and road resurfacing techniques

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Your Parking Lot Spring Maintenance Guide


Not as commonly known is spring maintenance of the parking lot pavement, ravaged by winter's constant freezing and thawing, as well as re-painting pedestrian crosswalks, parking spaces, and directional arrows, showing wear from endless rock salt and snowplow scraping.

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Navigating Employee Safety Practices at Haskell Paving


Having served the commercial paving needs of the local community for over 50 years, we extend to you a message of hope and well-wishes as we try to balance our business operations while focusing on employee safety using the appropriate social distancing measures. Our primary objective is to protect the health of our associates, their families, and the communities we serve.

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Parking Lot Damage 101


The strength and durable nature of asphalt is an excellent business investment. Unfortunately, this investment is not immune to damage over time.

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What Do Paving Companies Do With Old Asphalt?


The National Asphalt Pavement Association does its due diligence at keeping this country just as the song describes it - beautiful. And with 2.7 million miles of asphalt paved roads and highways carrying an estimated 276 million cars, buses, and tractor-trailer trucks, this is no easy feat.

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Parking Lot Budget Considerations For Property Managers


Haskell Paving understands a well-maintained parking lot is as vital to bringing customers to the front door as a business card, brochure, or company website. The paving professionals of Haskell Paving offer three easy and essential business parking lot tips that will not ‘bust' the business budget!

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How Can You Improve Your Business' Curb Appeal?


Most brick and mortar businesses understand the necessity of maintaining a presence. However, with the e-commerce industry growing exponentially, keeping your business afloat means you have to strategize outside of the box. After all, your place of business has to be navigation-friendly and appealing enough to entice consumers to leave their homes.

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Asphalt Milling 101


Asphalt milling, also known as pavement milling, cold planning, or profiling, is a cost-effective method of upgrading a weathered parking lot or roadway. The milling process, which originated in the mid-1970s, involves removing either the full depth of asphalt or one to two inches of asphalt layers in need of repair, without going near to the sub-base. The removed asphalt is then recycled and ground into gravel for use down the road. With the damaged pavement removed, new asphalt is layered and leveled.

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What To Do After You Complete An Asphalt Paving Project


To maintain those great first impressions with customers and sustain those investment dollars, we present a few simple dos and don’ts after the paving project has been completed. Let the well-seasoned experts at Haskell Paving walk you through it. To ensure you’re protecting your investment, we can help with your commercial asphalt installation and the best maintenance practices to keep your lot safe.

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6 Ways You Can Stay On Top Of Parking Lot Safety At Work


The majority of daily commutes ultimately end in a company parking lot, where employees inevitably engage in the habitual ‘race to the space’ after a long drive in traffic. As a business owner, you may be deemed wholly or partially liable for the accidents that occur on your property, solidifying why parking lot safety at work is as vital to your business’ bottom line as the quality of products or services you’re providing.

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Why Commercial Asphalt Installation Is The Way To Go


While owning and operating a storefront, office, or warehouse is a very rewarding pursuit, the number of crucial decisions being made on a regular basis are significant. At every level of operations, any decision could make or break the continued success of any business. To ensure that things are done correctly the first time, it’s not unusual to outsource help from various service providers.

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Protecting Your Asphalt Pavement This Winter


Somehow, running a business successfully in a region with four distinct seasons carries a whole other level of considerations. The winter months are hardly kind to business operations, not to mention the exterior of your office, storefront, or warehouse. Maintaining winter operations without a hitch doesn’t have to be left to chance.

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Commercial Asphalt And Your Business


A professional, well-maintained exterior and parking lot is not only aesthetically appealing but also shows you care about the well-being of your customers. As employees, vendors, and potential clients will be using your commercial lot, you want to ensure you’re doing your part to make the visit as seamless as possible. Utilizing a local, commercial asphalt company for your parking lot will help to ensure proper drainage, installation, regular maintenance upkeep, and more.

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Fall Maintenance For Your Parking Lot


For those of us braving the east coast climate, we know that the onset of fall means that winter is fast approaching. Like clockwork, we all begin to prepare for the harsh elements and drop in temperatures to protect what’s nearest and dearest to us. Fall maintenance tasks to help increase your commercial parking lot’s lifespan include rectifying standing water, crack-filling, and sealcoating.

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