Lots & Access
Curbs, Wheel Stops and Bollards
The last two yards off a truck at a fuel canopy job went into eight bollard footings. Nobody sampled that concrete; the specification only called out testing for the slab. What I did write down was the six gallons the…
Trash Truck and Fire Access Requirements
My hauler quit driving into the strip retail lot without telling me. I found out from a tenant, who found out from the smell. The driver had watched the approach slab dish under his front axle and quietly flagged the…
Striping, Slopes and ADA Basics for Small Lots
A friend who rents a small storefront asked me to help turn the gravel behind it into concrete parking, because he knew I had poured my own driveway and figured that qualified me. My first sketch fit seven spaces. I…
Commercial Lots and Hurricane-Season Drainage in Northeast Florida
A property manager off Belfort Road in Southside called me about a coating he was sure had failed. Inside the roll-up door, a band about twelve feet deep had gone milky and lifted in sheets. Everywhere else in that 14,000…
Turning Radius and Apron Width for Delivery Access
There is a flex-bay building in Doral where I have poured the same apron corner twice. First time, the general contractor drew a 20 foot wide drive off the street because that is what fit on the site plan. Then…