What Is Asphalt Milling and When Is It Needed?
April 9, 2025
Over time, asphalt surfaces degrade due to continuous vehicular load, environmental exposure, and oxidation. Surface distress, manifesting as alligator cracking, rutting, ravelling, and pothole formation, compromises both structural integrity and safety. When conventional patching fails to provide a sustainable solution, asphalt milling emerges as the most efficient method for surface rehabilitation. Asphalt milling, also known
Read
How Do You Navigate Colorado Springs’ Updated Drainage Criteria Manual for Commercial Paving?
June 22, 2026
Colorado Springs’ updated Drainage Criteria Manual (DCM) is the city’s consolidated regulatory document governing stormwater detention, water quality treatment, erosion control, and best management practices for all commercial development and redevelopment sites. It carries binding enforcement authority under the city’s MS4 Permit, Consent Decree, and Intergovernmental Agreement with Pueblo County. This guide covers the manual’s
Read
Why Do Expansive Clay Soils Cause Parking-Lot Heaving Across the Pikes Peak Region?
June 22, 2026
Expansive clay soil heaving in the Pikes Peak region is the upward displacement of parking-lot pavement caused by moisture-sensitive clay minerals in the subgrade that swell when wet and shrink when dry. The Pierre Shale and Dawson formations underlying much of Colorado Springs contain montmorillonite, smectite, and illite clays capable of generating forces that far
Read
How Should You Schedule Commercial Sealcoating Around Colorado Springs’ Summer Hail Season?
June 22, 2026
Scheduling commercial sealcoating around Colorado Springs’ summer hail season means timing your project within narrow weather windows that fall before or after the region’s peak storm activity, which runs from mid-April through mid-September. This guide covers hail season timing and its threat to fresh sealcoat, pre-season and post-season scheduling windows, cure requirements and application-day conditions,
Read