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Preventative Maintenance Tip of the Month

flock — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 18:35:58 +0000

Maintenance Spotlight By Steve Jackson

Tip of the month: Sprinkler Runoff / Asphalt Killer. Asphalt Doesn’t Grow

Water has the power to tear mountains down, cut through the Earth like a sharp knife and is fully responsible for epic landmarks like the Grand Canyon. Water can easily erode asphalt parking lots and roadways. Whenever I see major damage to asphalt surfaces, water is always the culprit. We all like to have green spaces. Plants make us happy. But sprinkler runoff and over watering destroy asphalt. To prevent surface erosion:

• Adjust sprinklers to contain all watering within planter borders.
• Cut down watering time to 5 minutes twice a day (morning and evening).
• Install water conserving drip system.

Asphalt maintenance is a major expense. These simple steps will help protect and increase the longevity of the asphalt investment. For more information, please contact us.
We are available at your request.

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Two new coatings added to Berkeley Lab’s Cool Pavement Showcase

flock — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 16:46:30 +0000

On Saturday, March 16, the Heat Island Group added two new cool pavement coatings to the Bevatron Lot at Berkeley Lab. The new additions feature Western Colloid Armor Top asphalt-based coatings in two colors – Stealth Gray (near in image at right) and California Tan (far). The coatings are tinted light colors using titanium dioxide and recycled materials to produce a surface with an initial solar reflectance above 20%, higher than the 5-10% of the dark asphalt parking lot surface underneath.

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Cool Pavement Coating Systems

flock — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 16:40:55 +0000

Western Colloid’s “ArmorTop” sealcoat product can be produced in cool colors to cool down your parking lot and help reduce the “Heat Island” effect. Our cool colored sealcoat is an economical way to achieve the pavement cool-down that will soon be required by some state and federal agencies.

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