Asphalt Paving: Striping Your Parking LotWritten by Brett S. Lane
As you may already know, asphalt paved parking lots do need maintenance from time to time. One known asphalt paving maintenance technique is to have your parking lot re-striped to add a nicer look to existing asphalt paving properties. The repainting (striping) of an asphalt lot usually takes place every one to two years; it mostly depends on amount of wear and tear made by people driving on asphalt paved lots. First, lot must be cleaned and checked to see if there are any major problems with lot currently. As a rule of thumb, number of parking spaces on lot will typically designate how many handicapped spaces are required. By using high quality paint when asphalt striping, you will ensure a greater life expectancy of clean look of your paved lot. The lines have to be as bright as possible for people who will park in between them at a later date. The striping also serves to direct parking lot traffic to ensure safety of drivers. You want to make it as easy as possible for drivers to see where they are supposed to go at all given times. Also, by having very bright yellow speed bumps on your asphalt paved parking lot, you make it safer for those who will not be in cars as well. Also, proper signs must be displayed on parking lots as well, i.e., crosswalks, loading zone, and handicapped signs. The lines that will be put on parking
| | Creativity for SuccessWritten by Kathleen J. Wheelihan
Creativity and innovation are important keys to success in today’s rapidly changing world. Process improvement, problem solving, recruiting, retaining and motivating employees, decision making, dealing with limited resources, satisfying customers, and rapidly changing technology are all examples of business realities that require creative solutions. Yet, innovative thinkers are often tough to find today.Somewhere along line, many adults have forgotten how to use their imagination to think and solve problems out of box. Roger von Oech, in his book A Whack on Side of Head, recounts a teacher’s exercise in examining creativity. The teacher drew a dot on chalkboard and asked a class of sophomores to identify it. They responded with obvious: a chalk dot. She noted that day before she had asked a group of kindergartners, and they had come up with numerous examples of what it might be: top of a telephone pole, a squashed bug, an owl’s eye, a cigar butt, a rotten egg, and so on. Somewhere between childhood and adulthood many of us lose ability to be creative and search for more than one right answer. So how can we as adults regain and maintain our spirit of fun and creativity? Here are a few tips: Be curious. Practice developing your curiosity by asking questions to get a better understanding, or to see things from a different perspective. Some questions you might ask: 1. What are you taking for granted? 2. What are you assuming is impossible? 3. What if... 4. Why do we... Celebrate your failures. There are many inventions we view as essentials today that exist only because someone recognized their failure as an opportunity. Examine what can be learned from each "failure." It may be an opportunity to create a new product, improve a process, or solve a problem. Look for ways to make this type of evaluation part of your normal practices so entire workforce is encouraged to think more creatively!
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