Do's and Don'ts: Parking Lot & Facility Maintenance

As a property manager or owner, each day you’ve got a hundred items on your “to-do” list and the challenge is prioritizing each item. What needs to be taken care of now? What can wait? The problem is, if you wait too long, a small, minor issue that “can wait,” could turn into a large, costly issue down the road.

Below are five simple Dos & Don’t's for proper parking lot and facility maintenance:

• Don't allow lawn sprinklers to direct water onto your parking lot’s pavement –it will cause deterioration of your pavement
• DO make sure the sprinklers are directed to drain through the grass or lawn

• Don't allow water to stay on the pavement—otherwise it will puddle and pond
• DO make sure that storm drains and gutters are clear so water flows off of pavements as quickly as possible

• Don't place signs, trees, plants, and mailboxes in the sight line around corners and curves in the road or parking lots
• DO make sure there is a clear view for motorists in order to prevent accidents

• Don't place trash bins in the back of the parking lot when being picked up
• DO move them to the main road curb for pick up; this will minimize heavy loads on your pavement

• Don't delay pavement maintenance
• DO stay on schedule for maintaining your pavements to maximize your investment and minimize your life cycle budgetary needs for your facilities pavements