Commercial Paving for the greater Chicagoland and Midwest Area!
Commercial Paving for the greater Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana Area!
Whether you are investing in asphalt paving for your home, business, or municipality, you will likely have many questions that you would like answered. You will probably ask your contractor how much the job will cost, when work will commence and end, and how you should care for your new pavement. However, one of the most critical pieces of information you need to obtain from your contractor is the pavement’s estimated life expectancy. The precise life of an asphalt pavement will depend on a number of factors, including the quality of the installation, the preventive maintenance it receives throughout its life, the timeliness of repairs, and the loads to which the pavement is subjected. Therefore, no one can predict the exact date on which you will need to have your pavement resurfaced or rebuilt. It is possible to estimate a pavement’s life expectancy, though, assuming a quality installation, proactive maintenance, rapid repairs, and prohibitions against overloading.
A newly constructed home driveway should last at least 20 years, and it is possible for it to have a life of more than 30 years. Due to the harsh weather that Chicago asphalt paving must endure, most contractors estimate the life of a residential driveway at 20 to 25 years. If you have your driveway resurfaced, the asphalt overlay will usually have a life of 10 to 12 years, but, under certain conditions, some overlays can last 15 to 20 years.
Life expectancy primarily depends on the volume and weight of the traffic that the street supports. In a gated community, the streets could easily last for more than 20 years. On a busy boulevard that is heavily trafficked by every type of vehicle from subcompact cars to 18-wheelers, an asphalt paving company typically estimates a pavement life expectancy of 15 to 20 years.
Like streets, parking lots can support a variety of vehicle types and weights. Typically, a paving company estimates the life of a parking lot that supports passenger vehicles exclusively at 20 to 25 years. A mixed-use lot often has a life that is between 15 and 20 years. Enforcing weight limits, sealcoating your parking lot, and repairing any damage as soon as it happens can increase the pavement’s life by 10 to 18 years.
Busy highways, including interstate highways, typically need to have an asphalt overlay installed every 10 to 12 years. Lightly trafficked rural highways frequently require resurfacing every 15 to 20 years.
You can start with our experience; we have completed almost 4,800 significant projects since we opened our doors in 1975. Next, we can provide you with impeccable references from our thousands of happy customers; your total satisfaction with everything we do is our primary goal. We are a full-service Chicago commercial paving company; our services include asphalt resurfacing and paving, parking lot striping, asphalt repair, concrete work, asphalt milling, excavations, asphalt sealcoating, site grading, and traffic signage. We are equipped to handle projects of all sizes; our employees are among the best in the industry, and we have excellent, well-maintained equipment. We work with Chicagoland businesses, national clients, counties and municipalities, nonprofit organizations, and virtually every other type of enterprise. We also make it easy for you to request a free quote; simply submit our online form, or send an email to Info@BlackHawkPaving.com. You can also call us, if you prefer, by choosing the phone number for the area in which your property is located. In Chicago proper, call 773-378-2390, or call 708-479-0400 in the south suburbs.
Our team has provided commercial and industrial paving installation and maintenance services to our clients in Chicago and its surrounding suburbs for more than 46 Years in Business- 1975.
