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Maul says the company tries to schedule work on retail properties for Monday through Thursday and tries to schedule office buildings on weekends. Because Illinois has "blue laws" that prevent car dealers from selling on Sundays they try to schedule any dealership work on Sunday.

Maul says they try to discourage night sealcoating because they feel the material doesn't hold up as well and because if the goal is to open the parking lot in the morning it's not often ready if they seal at night and the client is upset.

"Also, we feel that if you work at night a lot it ruins your crew. They're used to early morning starts and then they have to work late, it just makes it very difficult on the crew," he says. "Safety also is a concern because there's a greater chance for error because the workers are fatigued."

Maul Asphalt actually started work on the project in July, when they performed remove-and-replace repairs on 25,000 sq. ft. of potholes and spider-webbed pavement. Once that was done they scheduled the job for four days, starting right after Labor Day.

"Our big sell is pre-planning. You can't show up to a job this size without plans," Maul says. So after Maul Asphalt had determined how it was going to approach the work, they contacted the client and brought him into the planning.