Is the pavement condition assessment really free?
Yes — no charge and no obligation. The written report is yours whether or not you hire FGG. If the pavement is in good condition, that is what the report will say.
Pavement condition assessment
A walk of the property, measured and photographed, returned as a written report with a prioritized repair schedule and budget figures. It is free, it carries no obligation, and the report is yours regardless of who does the work. For a property manager or a board it is documentation before it is a quote.
What the job includes
- Measured square footage by surface, taken on site
- Photographed defect log — cracking, raveling, depressions, standing water
- Trip-hazard and ADA path-of-travel notes with locations
- Drainage observations and where water is sitting
- Remaining service life estimate for each area
- Repair schedule split into this year, next year, and monitor
- Line-item budget figures you can hand to a board or an owner
When you need it
- A budget or reserve cycle is coming and pavement is a line with no evidence behind it
- A slip-and-fall claim has made documentation suddenly important
- You have three bids that describe three different jobs and no way to compare them
- You have inherited a property and do not know what condition the pavement is in
How it runs
Step 1
Book the walk
You do not need to attend, though it helps if there is history worth knowing.
Step 2
The walk
Measured, photographed, defects logged with locations. Drainage and path-of-travel noted.
Step 3
The report
A written PDF, structured so it can go into a property file as documentation or a board packet as line items without being rewritten.
Step 4
Your decision
Do the work, stage it, or do nothing. If the pavement has years left, the report says so.
Specifications
- Cost
- No charge, no obligation
- Deliverable
- Written PDF report
- Ownership
- Yours regardless of who does the work
- Cold weather
- Runs year-round — winter is planning season
Where
Delaware County, Pennsylvania — Brookhaven, Aston, Media, Springfield, Ridley Park, Swarthmore, Wallingford, Nether Providence and the surrounding townships. Chester County by arrangement.
Owner-operated by Sean McCullough, serving Delaware County since 2016 — 10 years.
Questions about pavement assessments
What is in a pavement condition report?
Measured square footage by surface, a photographed defect log with locations, trip-hazard and ADA path-of-travel notes, drainage observations, a remaining service life estimate per area, and a repair schedule split into this year, next year and monitor, with line-item budget figures.
Can the report be used to compare bids from other contractors?
That is one of its better uses. Boards and property managers usually receive three bids describing three different jobs. Issuing one written scope to every bidder is the only way the numbers become comparable.
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