As the paving experts at MH Greeson in Marietta, try GA can tell you, there’s a lot more to building a new asphalt parking lot for a commercial or industrial site than laying down asphalt and then painting stripes to mark individual parking spaces.
Of course, ensuring a properly constructed pavement with good water runoff is the first and top priority. After that, however, you still only have a large asphalt surface – a blank slate of a parking lot that won’t be able to manage the flow of traffic from vehicles and pedestrians.
Without a comprehensive parking lot design plan, it’s not only a potential nightmare for the people trying to get in and out of the lot, but also a serious liability risk for the property owner.
MH Greeson Paving is a Marietta GA asphalt contractor that specializes in asphalt parking lot design and construction.
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A professional asphalt contractor will be able to design a properly constructed lot that includes the right signage and stenciled directional markings at the right locations for efficient traffic control. If the lot is particularly large and may handle especially heavy vehicle and pedestrian traffic, speed bumps and things like specially marked pedestrian crossings will have to be installed by the contractors.
Then there are also things like concrete vehicle stops and bollards to prevent errant drivers from causing damage to surrounding vehicles and buildings. Bollards are incredibly strong and thick posts, often made from concrete or a similar aggregate mixture, that are anchored in the asphalt pavement.
Bollards can measure anywhere from a few inches in thickness and a foot or so in height to as much as a foot thick and four feet high. Bollards can be decorative and incorporate lighting, to create a streamlined entrance that improves a property’s overall look. When contractors plan and install them correctly, bollards blend in with the scenery and visitors hardly notice them.
There’s a lot more to creating a safe and efficient asphalt parking lot than just grading and paving. The “complete” parking lot not only requires a high level of expertise in actually laying down the pavement by the contractor’s paving crew, but they must also have the know-how to install extras like bollards and speed bumps that minimize accidents and security risks.
MH Greeson Paving is an asphalt contractor in Marietta GA that services the metro Atlanta area along with most of North Georgia. MH Gresson specializes in sealcoating, paving repairs, striping, and crack filling. Its most recent clients include Norfolk Southern Railroad and the Emory University Healthcare System.
