Commercial Asphalt Paving in Surrey, BC

What the job includes

• Full site assessment and base condition evaluation
• Traffic management and phased work planning
• Milling and removal of existing asphalt where required
• Granular base installation and compaction
• Hot-mix asphalt paving machine-rolled to spec
• Drainage corrections and catch basin tie-ins
• Line painting: stalls, fire lanes, accessibility markings
• Sealcoating and crack sealing programs available

Industrial yard paving in Surrey

Surrey has some of the largest industrial land in Metro Vancouver. Campbell Heights Business Park along 192nd Street is one of BC's biggest, covering hundreds of hectares of warehousing, logistics and light manufacturing. We've paved yards in Campbell Heights and throughout the Cloverdale Industrial area along 176th and the industrial blocks off 64th Avenue. These aren't driveway jobs.

Industrial yards see daily traffic from semi-trucks, forklifts, container handlers and heavy equipment. Standard residential asphalt spec doesn't hold up. We build industrial surfaces to handle axle loads: deeper granular base, higher asphalt thickness, and compaction targets that match the expected traffic. We also pay close attention to drainage because standing water in a heavy-use yard destroys the base fast in Surrey's wet climate.

The Cloverdale Fairgrounds area and the industrial blocks near 64th Avenue in Newton are other places where we regularly do yard paving, access road work and loading dock apron repairs. If your business is operating on cracked, potholed yard surface, it's worth getting us out for a look.

Loading dock aprons and truck turning areas

The worst asphalt damage in an industrial yard usually isn't in the middle of the yard. It's at the apron in front of the loading dock where trucks brake and turn, and at the gate entrance where traffic is heaviest. These spots need thicker asphalt and a well-compacted base or they'll rut and break down quickly. We focus extra attention on them.

Strata parking lots and laneways across Surrey

Surrey has tens of thousands of strata units across City Centre, Whalley, Newton, Guildford and the growing areas around Clayton. Townhouse complexes especially generate a steady stream of laneway and parking surface work. The asphalt laneways running between townhouse blocks take constant traffic: residents, delivery trucks, garbage collection, moving vans. They wear fast and need proper maintenance to stay safe.

Strata councils often defer resurfacing longer than they should because the decision involves owners and budgets. By the time the council finally approves the work, the surface is usually well past the overlay stage. We see a lot of strata lots near Surrey Central, around the Whalley area north of 104 Avenue, and in the Newton Town Centre neighbourhood that need full base-down replacement because the original paving was underbuild for the traffic load.

We work with strata councils, property management companies and strata managers to plan jobs around resident schedules. Phased work, clear advance notice to residents and careful traffic management during the job are standard practice for us on strata sites.

Strip malls, retail plazas and commercial centres

Surrey has commercial strips running along most of its major corridors. King George Boulevard from Whalley down through Newton is lined with strip malls, car dealerships, service businesses and grocery-anchored plazas. 104 Avenue around Surrey Central carries heavy foot and vehicle traffic around the SkyTrain station. South Surrey has newer mixed-retail centres at Grandview Corners off 32nd Avenue, Morgan Crossing near Thrift Avenue, and the growing area along 24th Avenue toward South Point Exchange.

Retail parking lots have a specific challenge: they can't close completely. Businesses need access. We plan commercial retail jobs around off-peak hours and weekends, and we phase the work in sections to keep the majority of your parking functional while we work. A grocery store lot we paved near Newton Town Centre was done in four weekend overnight phases, zero business days lost.

Drive-through lanes and approach pads

Drive-through lanes at coffee shops, banks and fast food locations along King George and 152nd Street see concentrated turning and braking in very tight spots. These areas rut faster than open parking because vehicles stop and pivot repeatedly in the same place. We build drive-through lanes with heavier asphalt spec and a reinforced base to extend the surface life.

School and institutional paving in Surrey

The Surrey School District is the largest in BC, with over 120 schools spread across the city from Semiahmoo Peninsula up to the Cloverdale area. School parking lots and drop-off loops take a specific kind of beating: they sit almost empty for ten hours, then get hit with hundreds of vehicles in a twenty-minute window at 8:30 and 3:00. That concentrated traffic in a short window, combined with months of low use, creates different wear patterns than a retail lot.

We've done parking lot work at elementary and secondary schools throughout Surrey and have worked with the School District on maintenance scheduling that fits around the academic calendar. Summer is the right window for school lot work, and getting on the schedule early is important because every contractor targets the same window.

Community and recreation facilities are similar. The Fleetwood Recreation Centre on 80th Avenue, Newton Recreation Centre near the Bear Creek area, Bear Creek Arena and Guildford Recreation Centre on 104th Avenue all have high-traffic lots that need regular attention. Churches across Surrey, from the large congregations near Cloverdale out to the newer buildings in South Surrey, maintain parking lots that see heavy weekend use and need periodic resurfacing.

Resurfacing vs. full replacement: how we decide

This is the most important decision on any commercial job, and we make it honestly. An overlay saves money when the base is still solid, the existing asphalt is bonding well, and the damage is limited to the surface. We'll walk the lot, look at the crack patterns, and in many cases do a base assessment by coring a sample to check what's underneath.

Alligator cracking across a large area, spots where the pavement flexes underfoot, and multiple potholes that keep coming back after patching are all signs of base failure. A two-inch overlay over a failed base is money wasted. It'll crack through in two or three years following exactly the same pattern as before.

When full replacement is needed, we mill or saw-cut and remove the existing asphalt, assess and correct the base, then build the new surface from the ground up. It costs more upfront, but it's the only fix that actually works when the base is gone.

Commercial paving across Surrey and Metro Vancouver

We work throughout Surrey and the surrounding Metro Vancouver area. That includes Whalley and City Centre, Guildford, Fleetwood along the Fraser Highway corridor, Newton along King George, Cloverdale and its industrial areas, and South Surrey from Morgan Crossing down to the White Rock border. We also regularly work in North Delta along Scott Road, Langley Township, and the Burnaby/New Westminster commercial areas.

If your commercial property needs asphalt work, call us for a free site visit. We'll look at what you have, give you an honest assessment of whether you need an overlay or full replacement, and quote the job straight.