Do you know how a road is built? It’s much more than simply laying down asphalt. There’s a whole process to building a new road that takes months to complete! If you’re ever wondered about how a new road is… Read More
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What Do the Markings on Underground Utilities Mean?
Whenever a new road is constructed, the contractors building the road must pay special attention to the underground utilities. These are the underground pipes and wires that provide services to a city or town, such as stormwater grates, electric power… Read More
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Helping Your Pavement Recover from Winter as We Move into Spring
The winter pattern of snow, sleet, ice, freezing, and thawing can take a huge toll on the pavement outside of your home. Now that the chill of winter is leaving the air and spring is on the way, it’s time… Read More
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Why to Invest in Professional Snow Removal
If you are a homeowner with just a small driveway and patch of sidewalk to shovel and salt, then you probably have everything under control. However, if you’re a business owner or property manager, then it’s likely that you have… Read More
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What is Asphalt Resurfacing?
Asphalt surfaces tend to only last between 8 to 12 years, depending on traffic and weather conditions. This means that simply patching up the asphalt will not be a sustainable solution; the entire asphalt surface needs to be replaced. But… Read More
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How to Stay Healthy as the Weather Gets Warmer
It’s that time of year again…as the Western hemisphere lurches towards spring, the weather fluctuates between warm and cold. Unseasonably warm weather paired with drastically changing temperatures means that many people will get sick as we move into spring. People… Read More
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5 Things You Never Knew About Asphalt
Asphalt is everywhere we go, from the front of our homes to the parking lot at the store to the highway on the way to work. While asphalt is all around us, most people don’t know a lot about it…. Read More
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3 Tips for Getting into Green Construction
As new green technology develops and more and more individuals and companies demand greener practices, the green construction industry has increasingly become one of the hottest sectors to stake a claim in. If you offer or are able to implement… Read More
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Why is Sitework Important?
Sitework is the process of getting your construction site ready for all of the actual construction that is going to take place. Sitework can be used to describe a whole host of things done to the site, but many people… Read More
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The Amazing History of the Interstate Highway System
It wasn’t until 1956, under the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower, that the United States began building an interstate highway system. There were many good reasons to transition from winding, local roads to large, straightforward interstate highways. As the population grew,… Read More