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Did you know that opting to use asphalt for your driveway or car park can lead to significant cost savings?
Asphalt paving stands as a prevalent choice for road and parking lot construction due to its versatile installation capabilities. This flexibility makes it a highly cost-effective solution for various projects. Chemically resembling tar and oil, asphalt, also known as bitumen, doesn't demand an extensive array of costly ingredients for its production. While it can be naturally occurring in solid form beneath the ground as asphaltum, the majority of asphalt is derived from crude oil. Through refining processes, crude oil is transformed into components that can be blended with either hot or cold liquid ingredients to produce the asphalt paving material utilised in construction endeavors.
The Benefits of Asphalt Paving
Asphalt pavements offer a number of benefits to businesses and homeowners alike. Check out the information below for it's various benefits.
Asphalt is Smooth Asphalt is a flexible pavement built in multiple layers with a continuous flow of material moving through the asphalt paver. No construction joints are needed. This construction method creates the smooth, quiet ride the public enjoys and increases fuel efficiency, reduces wear and tear on vehicles, and leads to longer pavement life.
Asphalt is Cost-effective Asphalt has low initial costs, lasts longer and due to its recyclability, has residual value greater than other pavements. Asphalt pavements can also be “staged.” Staged construction involves placing the initial base course, building your commercial building or subdivision and then placing the surface course after all building construction has been completed. This allows easier access storage of materials and deferment of the costs of the roadway.
Asphalt is Safe The smooth surface of asphalt provides maximum tire contact with the roadway, decreasing skid potential. The dark color of asphalt reduces glare, helps melt snow and ice, and provides a high contrast for lane markings. Fast construction of asphalt roads means shorter construction delays, contractors “get in and get out”, and this significantly reduces safety risks for the traveling public.
Asphalt is Durable Asphalt is a flexible pavement. This flexibility allows asphalt to withstand occasional overloading of the pavement. The grading of the asphalt cement to specific regions of the country allows asphalt to adapt to its environment and withstand rutting in the summer and the harsh freeze / thaw cycles of winter.
Asphalt is Fast to Construct Asphalt pavements are fast to construct. Because asphalt effectively needs no “cure” time, motorists can use roadways as soon as the last roller leaves the construction zone. This means fewer delays and safer roads for the traveling public.
Asphalt is 100% Recyclable! Asphalt is one of Australia's favourite recycled product. Many tons of asphalt are recycled each year, saving taxpayers dollars. It also makes asphalt pavements sustainable. Less new petroleum is needed to make new asphalt pavements and tons of new aggregate remains in reserves. Scientists are working hard to create a pavement using 100% recycled asphalt.
Asphalt is the Best Choice
The advantages of asphalt simply add up to superior value. Asphalt is safe, smooth and durable. It can be built to be an everlasting perpetual pavement. Asphalt is fast to construct and asphalt contractors know how to “get in and get out” of construction zones. Asphalt is the green pavement: It is 100% recyclable and new technologies are making asphalt the only sustainable pavement choice.
Ready to start your asphalt paving project? Contact us at Ian Rich Asphalt on (02) 4942 5496 to book in your project. We lay various asphalt surfaces for commercial, civil and residential applications throughout Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and other surrounding areas.
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