Parking Lot Paving in Alexandria, VA

Parking lot paving in Alexandria usually means working on lots that cannot close. Garden apartment complexes, condo associations, townhouse parking courts, churches and small office buildings all need their pavement renewed while people keep coming and going. We plan the work in sections and around the schedule of the people who use the lot.

Heavier traffic, thicker sections

A lot carries trash trucks, moving vans, delivery trucks and sometimes buses, not just cars. HomeGuide calls for 4 inches or more of asphalt in commercial and heavy-wear areas. Dumpster pads, entrances and drive aisles take the worst of it and are often the first places to rebuild at full depth before the rest of the lot is resurfaced.

Repair, overlay or rebuild

Most lots in the area are decades old and have been patched many times. If the base is mostly sound, the usual plan is full-depth repairs in failed areas, crack sealing, then a mill-and-overlay across the lot. If large areas have spread cracking or ruts, full reconstruction may cost less over the next twenty years. We walk the lot with you and mark each area on a plan.

Drainage to the inlets

Older lots often have low spots that hold water away from the storm drains. Water that sits on asphalt finds its way through cracks into the base, and on clay soils that base softens fast. During repaving we correct slopes toward inlets where we can and mill along curbs and drains so the new surface does not block them.

Phasing and notices

For HOAs and apartment communities, we provide a section map and schedule so management can notify residents ahead of time, and we sequence work so every building keeps access. Church lots are scheduled around services, and offices around business hours.

Striping and accessibility

Repaving covers the old lines. The Department of Justice notes that restriping a lot brings the accessible parking under the 2010 ADA Standards, including the number of accessible and van-accessible spaces, access aisles and signs. We lay out the new striping plan before the paint goes down.

Budgeting over several years

Many associations and property owners cannot redo a whole lot at once. A multi-year plan works: repair failed areas and seal cracks this year, mill and overlay the worst sections next, and seal and restripe the rest after that. We provide a written plan with costs by phase so the budget stays predictable.