Lots & Access

  • 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…

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    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…

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    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…