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"We have our trimmers trim ahead for next day if we can be assured people aren't going to get into the trim work overnight," Maul says.

Eventually Maul Asphalt coated the lot twice, Rowe striped more than 100,000 linear feet, and they hired a subcontractor to install thermoplastic stop bars and turn arrows at the parking lot entrance.

"The main entrance driveway was the most difficult part of the job because it's the only entrance in and out with a traffic control device so it couldn't be closed, plus it required thermoplastic markings," Maul said. So they showed up at 1 a.m. to get the entrance done, increasing some additives to speed sealer drying so the thermoplastic sub could get on and off quickly.

"We were on and off in four days, and we're very proud of that and the client appreciated that too," Maul says. "As a result of this we got another AMC Quarry cinema job and they wanted us to sealcoat it in the fourth week of October and we wouldn't do it because of the weather."

Maul suggested cracksealing the lot in the fall and then waiting until this spring to sealcoat.