Pavement is usually one of the largest assets on a commercial property and one of the least planned. It gets attention when a pothole appears or a tenant complains, which guarantees the most expensive version of every repair. A maintenance budget turns that into a schedule.
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Start With An Inventory
Record the last paving date, the last sealcoat date, and the current condition of each area.
Set The Cycle
Spreading those items across years keeps annual spend flat instead of producing a single crisis year.
Fund The Reserve
Even perfectly maintained pavement reaches end of life.
Working With One Contractor
A contractor who self performs paving, concrete, grading, sealing, and striping can build a multi year plan that sequences correctly, rather than selling one service at a time.
Start With An Inventory
Record the last paving date, the last sealcoat date, and the current condition of each area. That is the baseline everything else is planned from.
Measure the pavement by area and by usepassenger parking, drive aisles, truck routes, loading areas, and fire lanes. Each wears at a different rate, and a budget that treats a lot as one uniform surface will be wrong in both directions.
Set The Cycle
Spreading those items across years keeps annual spend flat instead of producing a single crisis year.
For most Arizona commercial propertiesannual inspection before monsoon season, crack sealing every one to two years, sealcoating and restriping every three to four years, localized patching as identified, and a planned overlay or reconstruction reserve based on remaining pavement life.
Fund The Reserve
Even perfectly maintained pavement reaches end of life. A reserve funded against a realistic remaining life estimate means the eventual mill and overlay is a scheduled project with competitive bidding rather than an emergency with whoever is available.
Deferred maintenance does not reduce cost, it converts a maintenance line into a capital line and pulls it forward by years.
Working With One Contractor
A contractor who self performs paving, concrete, grading, sealing, and striping can build a multi year plan that sequences correctly, rather than selling one service at a time. American Asphalt has served Arizona commercial, HOA, and municipal clients for over thirty years and backs every project with a two year workmanship warranty.
See our maintenance plans or request a site walk to get a condition assessment and a written multi year schedule.
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